Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Macaroni

Photos by Kate Lewis, Copyrighted by Fair Winds Press

Close your eyes for a moment and imagine macaroni covered with a silky butternut squash sauce. Now open your eyes, toss afew things in your slow cooker and get cooking!

It’s a healthier version of traditional mac and cheese and it makes just enough for two or three servings. Please note that it’s made in a 1 1/2 or 2 quart small slow cooker.

In the morning you add the butternut squash, tomatoes, water, garlic and spices so that it can cook do...