Easiest Way to Make Delicious Baked Mac and Cheese with tomatoes

Baked Mac and Cheese with tomatoes. Pour pasta into a large mixing bowl and add the cheese mixture and the stewed tomatoes. Mix well until macaroni is well coated. The best grilled cheese you've ever had runs head-long into your tomato soup and BOOM.

We love the dairy free gluten free version: brown rice macaroni rice milk cheddar-like goat cheese can tomato sauce and for the butter: coconut oil. Spoon ½ of mixture into greased casserole dish& sprinkle with ½ of cheese. Top with remaining macaroni mixture& sprinkle with bread crumbs. You can have Baked Mac and Cheese with tomatoes using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Baked Mac and Cheese with tomatoes

1. You need 1 box of campenelle pasta or elbows..shells etc. (I love the way camponelle looks in this dish).
2. It's 8 tbsp of butter.
3. Prepare 2 tbsp of flour.
4. You need 2 1/2 cup of milk.
5. It's 4 oz of cream cheese (half a block).
6. Prepare 2 cup of sharp cheddar.
7. It's 2 cup of mild cheddar and colby blend.
8. You need 2 of heirloom tomatoes sliced (I found them at Walmart!).
9. It's 1 cup of panko bread crumbs.

Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add the milk. Add reserved tomato juice and garlic paste.

Baked Mac and Cheese with tomatoes step by step

1. Cook the pasta according to the box directions and drain.
2. Melt 4 tablespoons butter, add flour stirring to make a roux..
3. Add milk, stir until thickened..
4. Add cream cheese, stir to melt.
5. Add the rest of your cheese reserving about a cup for top, stir until melted.
6. Butter a glass baking dish, add the pasta and pour over the cheese sauce. Mix well..
7. Top with remaining cheese.
8. Lay the sliced tomatoes over the cheese.(I sprinkled salt and pepper over the tomatoes).
9. Melt the rest of the butter, mix in bread crums.
10. Sprinkle over the tomatoes.
11. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes uncovered.

Stir water into tomato sauce if mixture becomes too thick. Homemade Mac and Cheese With Tomatoes Tomatoes in Mac and Cheese. My Grandma and my Aunt used to put stewed, canned tomatoes in their mac and cheese and let me tell you, that is the BEST thing you will ever eat if you are a tomato lover. Homemade mac n' cheese with tomato juice is as close as I can get to what I used to eat with them, but man. Raise the volume with Ina Garten's creamy Mac and Cheese recipe, made with Gruy�re, fresh tomatoes and nutmeg for warmth, from Food Network's Barefoot Contessa.