Butternut squash is the secret ingredient to mac and cheese you never knew you needed

Silky, luxurious sauce without flour? Butternut squash is the most important ingredient in this mac and cheese
A bowl of this mac and cheese is what you need after a tough day.

A bowl of this mac and cheese is what you need after a tough day.

Veggie-phobic families have to be wily sometimes, and butternut squash mac and cheese offers a solution that might work for your vegetable refusers. 

Puréed into the sauce, the squash adds depth and richness to the cheese sauce, which doesn't need any flour to thicken it. 

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