Pumpkin Mac and Cheese is not just another way to sneak more veggies into your weekly meal plan. Adding pumpkin to your mac and cheese gives your cheesy mac a beautiful orange hue, makes the sauce extra-silky, while adding a slightly sweet and earthier taste to the classic.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9 x 13 baking pan with cooking spray.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook pasta until al dente.
While pasta is cooking, combine cheddar cheese, pumpkin, evaporated milk, eggs, ground mustard and ground nutmeg in a large mixing bowl. Combine (slightly cooled as to not cook the eggs) cooked pasta with pumpkin mixture until thoroughly mixed together. Pour pasta mixture into the prepared baking pan.
In a small mixing bowl, combine butter and bread crumbs and sprinkle over the top of the pasta.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until bubbly on the sides. Cover with foil at any time if you feel bread crumbs are getting too brown.
Notes
Nutrition information is only an estimation and variation will occur based on the ingredients/brands you use.