No-Boil Mac and Cheese Recipes (Slow Cooker, Instant Pot, Crockpot)
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No-Boil Mac and Cheese Recipes are important alternatives to stovetop and baked Mac and cheese. The “set-and-forget” approach to Crock-Pot and Instant pot options make dinner super easy to prep. Maximizing kitchen space is particularly helpful during the winter holidays when the stove and oven are in high demand!
The Easiest Way to Make Family-Friendly Mac and Cheese
Mac and cheese is one of the most popular American dishes. It’s super kid-friendly and tastes delicious. Who can resist pasta covered with cheese sauce?
Some people aren’t very confident with their cooking skills and stress about the water boiling over or cooking the pasta too long. If that sounds like you, don’t despair, I have a tip! Follow a “no-boil Mac and cheese recipe”!
No-boil means no stovetop. Instead, you employ the aid of a kitchen appliance like a slow cooker (Crock-Pot) or Instant Pot rather than following the traditional stovetop Mac and cheese technique.
Slow cooker Mac and cheese is also a great hands-free way to cook dinner! Just dump all the ingredients in the pot, turn it on, and walk away. You can be out of the kitchen while dinner heats up.
How to Make Homemade Mac and Cheese
Every homemade Mac and cheese recipe includes cooked pasta mixed into cheese sauce.
Usually, elbow macaroni is the pasta of choice. Sometimes you cook the pasta first and then pour the sauce over it. Other times you cook them together in the same pot. You can also make baked Mac and cheese recipes, but that’s for another day!
Today, we’re learning how to make Mac and cheese in our favorite kitchen appliances: Crock-Pot, slow cooker, and Instant Pot. I even found recipes for an air fryer and an electric skillet!
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Mac and Cheese Recipes For the Slow Cooker, Instant Pot, & Crockpot
Find your family’s new favorite recipe in this collection of easy homemade no-boil Mac and cheese recipes! They are the perfect alternative to stovetop cooking.
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Your air fryer mac and cheese is such an amazing recipe! This is the perfect spot to find the best mac and cheese recipes!
I am addicted to mac and cheese and these recipes all look so amazing. I’m most intrigued by the air fryer mac and cheese – definitely need to try that one asap!
Thanks Lauren – hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Be sure to bookmark the page so you can try them all 🙂
This is what my dreams are made of! Mac ‘n Cheese us my go-to comfort food! Thank you for all of the yummy recipes!
Lol! Thanks Lori!
I love shortcut recipes and these are terrific! My family loves max and cheese too!
Yes! We need more shortcuts in our lives 😉
I’m definitely trying the air fryer mac and cheese! All of these sound amazing, nothing beats an easy recipe that cooks without much work!
I’ve been seeing these quick mac n cheese recipes on tiktok lately and I’ve been so excited to try them. They all look so delicious and creamy! Yum!
What a great collection of recipes! bookmarking this so I can make some of these! my son loves different types of mac and cheese recipes so I’m going to make some of these!
Hope you enjoy them! And thanks for the bookmark 🙂
So many easy ways to mac n cheese. Definitely going to give the air fryer mac a go!
I love making mac and cheese in my air fryer. It completely surprised me how easy and delicious it was. Next, I’ll have to try making it in my Instant Pot. ‘Cause the kids just can’t get enough of this side dish.
Yep, a kid fave for sure! Be sure to bookmark the page for easy reference 😉
What?! If I can make mac n cheese in my instant pot this is a game changer! I’m going to try it out for lunch today and I can’t wait!
Game changer!