Vegetarian Chili Mac n Cheese (Super Easy)

Vegetarian Chili Mac n Cheese: delicious, filling and flavorful recipe that pleases the whole family. Perfect for busy days and a blend of two favorite comfortfood recipe – Chili and Mac-n-Cheese. This can be made and kept in the fridge for 2 days.

This post was sponsored by S&W Beans and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.

You just cannot stop at one bite of this Super Easy Vegetarian Chili Mac n Cheese !!!

This is what we call a complete comfortfood delight but with a healthier-hearty twist.

It’s super easy to make especially if you’re going through the Back-to-School time as it makes putting together dinner for the whole family a breeze.

It’s especially good if you have a picky eater as you can hide most of the (must have) veggies in it 🙂

Breeze also reminded me of the change in season and many of us have already experienced a slight chill in the air during morning and night.

That only means that we are finally going to step into this fall/winter season, which means all things festive, comfortfood and lots of hot food like soups, chili and what not.

Hence, I decided to combine two of the favorite American classic recipes ( Chili & Mac-n-Cheese) and create this delicious Vegetarian Chili Mac n Cheese.

For an even quicker recipe, I’m using my favorite S&W Beans (ready-made Chili Beans & Black chili Beans mix).

They are absolutely versatile and can be used in various dishes like ‘Healthy Mediterranean Buddha Bowl‘ or ‘Black Eyed Pea Chili‘ (many more – just search beans on the blog).

They also have the highest standards in the industry, delivering premium quality for over 120 years – nobody does beans better than them.

Since I’m using an already cooked variety of Chili beans with most of the spices and sauce included, this recipe becomes even easier to make.

All I had to do was cook the pasta (you don’t need a rue/white sauce) and then lightly cook the fresh veggies you need to add.

Once that’s done, add some more seasoning if needed, mix the chili beans, macaroni and simmer the dish for 10-15 minutes.

Seriously, it can’t get easier than this but you definitely need to simmer the dish for all the veggies and macaroni, to absorb the juices and flavors from the chili.

Now, the only thing that you need to decide is whether you want a ‘breaded-cheesy top’ or a ‘cheesy-herb top’ .

as then you can add the topping and bake for 5 minutes or simply add cheese on top and simmer for 5 minutes (for that ooey-gooey cheesy effect).

I decided to go with a cheesy-breaded top, so mixed some chedder+parmesan cheese along with bread crumbs and baked the Vegetarian Chili Mac n Cheese for 5 minutes in the oven.

The result was this bubbly and insanely delicious smelling chili mac-n-cheese and it was really hard to control my hunger till it reached the table 🙂

I had thought I’d keep the leftover for next day lunch but, we didn’t have any leftovers 🙁  So, I guess, this is being made very soon again!

Before, you go and try this recipe, I wanted to say that this is just another example of using these beans for a quick and delicious family meal and they come in many varieties including organic and 50% less sodium.

They are a staple in my kitchen pantry as they are so convenient, especially when I’m time-constrained and can be swapped with any meat for healthier food options.

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