I love Butternut Squash and combined with a cheese sauce it makes for a fabulous variation of the classic pasta dish, Mac and Cheese. It adds a lovely richness to the dish and a real sweetness which kids especially love. I am very fortunate that Ben is a great eater and thankfully loves vegetables but if you have a child (or other family member!) that isn't so keen on veg then this is a great way to sneak it in to their meals.
I
wouldn't normally add cream cheese to my Macaroni & Cheese and to
be honest the first time I tried it was purely because I had a lot of
cream cheese needing used up so I thought why not? It turned out that
the tang of the cream cheese balanced the sweetness of the squash so
well that I kept it as part of the permanent recipe. If you would
rather not use cream cheese however, then simply replace with 85g or
3oz of your favourite cheese such as mozzarella or gruyere.
