This is Our Favorite Mac & Cheese, it’s creamy and delicious just the way it is. But, it makes a great start to adding leftover chicken, seafood and/ or veggies. We had some leftover broccoli we added this time. Patti loves to add mushrooms sautéed in butter and Sherry plus seafood, about a 1/2 pound each lobster, scallops and crab to make it elegant. Ken loves it with added sliced pepperoni. Let your imagination be your guide.

Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme.  Wood Pellet Patio Heater, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…

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Backyard BBQ Mac & Cheese
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes at 350* (177c)
Grill: Any Outdoor Oven/Grill
Pellets: Green Mountain’s Gourmet Blend BBQ Pellet

Ingredients: Our Favorite Mac & Cheese

• cut pasta, we used Celletani, cooked and drained
• ¼ cup butter, divided
• ¼ cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon Country Bob’s Seasoning Salt
• 1 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 ¾ cups low fat milk
• 1 10oz. can Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies, undrained
• 4 cups sharp cheddar cheese (or your favorite), divided
• 2 cups crushed cheese crackers, we used tomato basil flavor
• 1 cup chopped, cooked broccoli, optional

Backyard BBQ Mac & Cheese
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

 

Directions: Our Favorite Mac & Cheese

In medium cast iron Dutch oven melt half the butter.

Whisk in flour, stirring constantly until lightly golden.

Slowly whisk in milk stirring until thickened.

Add three cups of the cheese, tomatoes and seasonings. Simmer until cheese is melted.

Blend in pasta until well coated.

In microwave safe bowl melt remaining butter, toss with cracker crumbs. Spread over macaroni.

Now your ready for the oven. We did this for 25 minutes at 350* (177c).

Backyard BBQ Mac & Cheese
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Backyard BBQ Mac & Cheese
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

About Our Recipes

We do our recipes on our patio where we have a lineup of grills, including Green Mountain, Uuni Wood Fired Pizza Oven, Sawtooth, Louisiana, Royall, Memphis, Traeger pellet grills, Char Griller side box smoker, Saber, Charmglow, Char-Broil, The Big Easy, Lodge Sportsman’s, Brinkman and Weber. I call it our “Wall of Grill”. Our grilling styles are healthy and low fat and will fit pelletheads, gas, natural wood and even charcoal purists. Almost any of our recipes can be done on any kind of good BBQ.

The important thing to keep in mind is TIME & TEMPERATURE. You can do our recipes on any grill, even some of them in the oven or crock pot, but, then you lose all the flavors you get from cooking outdoors. But sometimes it does rain.

Remember that a recipe is simply an outline; it is not written in stone. Don’t be afraid to make changes to suit your taste. Take it and run with it….

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Ken & Patti

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