Macaroni and Cheese *with beans or butternut or cauliflower or combination - High Desert Farmers Mar

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups elbow macaroni, wheat or brown rice variety may be used
• 1 tbsp olive oil or real sweet butter
• 1 tbsp all-purpose flour (cornstarch or arrowroot may be used)
• ½ cup milk ( I use whole milk, it has less sugar added)
• ½ cup butternut squash puree, any white canned beans, and or ½ cup cauliflower puree or combination of two*
• ¼ cup grated onion
• 1 ½ cups shredded (2%) cheddar cheese
• 4 oz reduced – fat or nonfat cream cheese
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp dry mustard
• ⅛ tsp paprika
• dash white pepper