Kick Off Fall with Pumpkin Mac n' Cheese

Hello, Fall! It has officially started (well, tomorrow it begins) and I decided to kick it off with this creamy and delicious stove-top pumpkin macaroni and cheese.

I feel like baking macaroni and cheese and stove-top should be in two different categories. One is crispy on top and has that lovely crunchy cheese texture on the sides and the other one is creamy and delicious. I will always favor the stove-top variety because of the creaminess. It’s also WAY faster to make (no baking!).

This one is super simple. You make a very easy roux, add some pumpkin puree and a ton of black pepper. I added two types of cheese: a Parmesan-Reggiano and a classic cheddar. They both complemented the pumpkin so nicely. But I say get wild. You could do pepper jack, gouda, fontina or any other sort of melty cheese.

Happy almost-first-day-of-fall!

Adrianna Adarme is a food blogger and author living in Los Angeles, California. She writes the blog A Cozy Kitchen, where she shares comforting, everyday recipes from her kitchen. She recently authored her first cookbook, PANCAKES: 72 Sweet and Savory Recipes for the Perfect Stack. She's a lover of breakfast, pie (and sometimes even pie for breakfast), corgis and cute things. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.