{"id":299,"date":"2017-01-18T15:53:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T15:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2017-01-18T15:53:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T15:53:25","slug":"stove-top-macaroni-cheese-with-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/?page_id=299","title":{"rendered":"Stove Top Macaroni &#038; Cheese with Vegetables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This stove top macaroni and cheese recipe adds both fresh and frozen vegetables as a healthy addition. Using less cheese then many macaroni and cheese recipes, this stove top recipe is a good choice for the health conscious cook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Recipe makes 6 servings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cup macaroni uncooked<\/li>\n<li>2 medium carrots, thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>1 cup frozen peas<\/li>\n<li>1 cup milk<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup cream cheese<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon dried basil<\/li>\n<li>1 cup shredded mozzarella or cheddar cheese<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoon freshly-grated Parmesan cheese<\/li>\n<li>4 green onions, chopped<\/li>\n<li>Salt and coarse ground black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Directions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>In large pot of boiling water, cook pasta until tender but firm.<\/li>\n<li>While pasta is cooking, boil carrots for 4 minutes in lightly salted water. Add peas and cook until carrots are tender-crisp, about 3 to 4 minutes longer. Drain and return to pot.<\/li>\n<li>In small saucepan, heat milk over medium heat, until steaming. Whisk in cream cheese until smooth. Stir in basil.<\/li>\n<li>Add to pasta along with vegetables, mozzarella or cheddar cheese and green onions. Toss to mix and season with salt and pepper to taste.<\/li>\n<li>Top with the freshly grated parmesan cheese when you serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This stove top macaroni and cheese recipe adds both fresh and frozen vegetables as a healthy addition. Using less cheese then many macaroni and cheese recipes, this stove top recipe is a good choice for the health conscious cook. Recipe makes 6 servings. Ingredients 2 cup macaroni uncooked 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced 1 cup &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/?page_id=299\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stove Top Macaroni &#038; Cheese with Vegetables&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":112,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300,"href":"https:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299\/revisions\/300"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homemademacaroni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}