
I wasn’t sure how the little elbow noodles were going to cook and if they were going to get mushy! It was a big debate if I should cook the noodles ahead or time or leave them raw. Mine turned out great on the first try but make sure and read the tips below to make sure yours is baked to perfection.ĭisclaimer- Some links below are Amazon affiliate links, meaning at no extra cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.


Low and behold it was a hit! I received rave reviews from adults and kids. I was a little nervous to make Mac and Cheese in the Slow Cooker! Whenever I make a pasta dish, even though all my other ones turned out great like, Baked Ziti and Lasagna, I get nervous! Plus I decided I would bring it over to a friends house whose a chef and owns 5 restaurants so I knew it had to be delicious. In our mac n' cheese recipe the noodles and veggie pastas are marinated in cheese sauce as well as warmed dehydrator-style underneath a subtle crusted top layer.Slow Cooker Baked Mac and Cheese is the ultimate cheesy creamy comfort food for the whole family to enjoy! This macaroni and cheese is perfect as a side dish to my Slow Cooker Turkey Breast or for dinner on it’s own. Kelp noodles straight out of the bag, in our opinion, have an undesirable crunchy texture and are best when prepared in a sauce marinade or softened in warm or hot water. This type of kelp seaweed, however, has pretty much been stripped of most of its nutrients aside from the algin polysaccharide component. After slight processing this produces a clear noodle-like shape that is the perfect alternative to traditional pasta.

They are a fairly recent invention found in many American health food stores and are basically made from the sodium alginate or algin extracted from raw kelp species. We use them in our raw pad Thai, seaweed salad mix and add them to miso soup. Kelp noodles, another secondary ingredient blended into this mac n' cheese casserole dish, are a product that has become very popular these days in raw vegan recipes.
