Sunday, October 21, 2012

Baked Mac N' Cheese

Mac and cheese is one of my all time favorite childhood meals. The warm, creamy, cheesy, carb-filled dish has always been able to comfort me. I have a deeply hidden secret and once I say what it is you got to promise not to think I'm a monster. I....prefer....boxed powdered mac and cheese. It's what I grew up on and it's so good mixed up with tuna, peas, and crumbled potato chips on top. I understand how some like the baked real cheese kind and I do too; I just love the baked aspect of it. To gather the best of both worlds, I've created a mashup recipe of the powdered and real mac and cheese and it's super good.


Ingredients
1-2 Cups veggie spiral pasta (or your favorite kind of pasta)
1 Packet of powdered cheese (from the Kraft box)
1 Cup shredded parmesan and monterey jack cheese
2 Cups of broccoli (or your favorite vegetable)
1 Tbsp dijon mustard
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 Tsp garlic powder
1/4 Tsp onion powder
Salt and Pepper for taste
Optional: tuna without mayo or cooked shredded chicken

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  2. Boil water and add salt 
  3. Boil pasta and veggies for 7-8 minutes or until the pasta is al dente.
  4. In a large bowl mix in the rest of the ingredients with the cooked pasta and veggies.
  5. Grease the casserole pan and pour in the mixed pasta.
  6. Baked for 15-20 minutes.
  7. Enjoy!


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What's your favorite childhood dish?

6 comments:

Unknown said...

You have inspired me with what to make for dinner... I wonder what they used to do before blogs when it came time to decide what to eat??
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Sam said...

Do you know I've actually never made mac and cheese, its not popular here at all. I really want to now after seeing how yummilicious yours look

Unknown said...

i LOVE gourmet mac and cheese - but as a kid i was ALLLLLL about pancakes!

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Emma Litton said...

Mmm, that sounds amazing. For sure something I'd love to try out for a dinner.

xo,
Em

Jennifer said...

Ahh that looks so good!

xo Jennifer

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Dane said...

OMG I love a good Mac n Cheese <3




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