Macaroni Cheese

[KarenB]

I make my own. My grandmother taught me how to make it a few years before she passed away. Now I am the #1 macaroni and cheese maker in the family!!!


My oldest DS (15) likes the boxed microwave kind every onec in a while though. YUCK!!

Karen

 

[barbeml]

I LOVE mac & cheese but the stuff from a box is NOT mac & cheese.

If you want to taste the cheese, here is the easiest and best recipe:

Cook 1 pound elbows, ziti or your favorite appropriate pasta.
While pasta cooks, chop TWO POUNDS of the sharpest cheddar cheese you can find (Land O Lakes is very good) in chunks or coarse shreds. When pasta is cooked, drain and dump into buttered or Pam'd casserole dish. Sprinkle pasta with fresh ground black pepper and a half-cup of good grated parmesan (parmesan is optional, but ohhh so good). Reserve two cups of cheese and dump in the rest of the cheese chunks or shreds and toss well. Drizzle a little milk over for moisture. Top with the reserved cheese and more parmesan. if desired. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until that cheese is bubbling and crusty.

Enjoy, and be prepared to crave a cigarette after, even if you don't smoke!!

Barbe

 

[MAC3]

Love it! Any kind! Except of course the store brand!!! Won't even try it. I love the Blue Box and Stouffer's also like the Howard Johnston's versions....

I do make my own from scratch too. My DD doesn't care for it.

 

[PandyPaws]

Kraft mac & cheese!!
The only frozen kind I'll eat is Howard Johnson's

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

I can only make my mac & cheese once a year because it is sooooo decadent! It calls for 5 or 6 types of cheeses, heavy cream and a stick of butter. It is awesome, but not something our hearts and waistlines can afford on a regular basis. Other than that, we only have it if we are at a church supper or someplace like that.

 

[WDWLVR]

I grew up on homemade Mac and Cheese and have never had anything from a box. As for frozen Stouffers is good, but I still prefer homemade and it took me a good 2-3 years to finally get it to be as good as my grandma used to make me.

 

[browneyes]

I prefer from scratch, but my kids prefer the Kraft Mac-n Cheese kind better. I make the Kraft one very buttery and with a lot of milk.

RNMOM, my kids love Outback's Macaroo and Cheese.

 

[ebaynut31]

I always buy the cheapie box and just add cooked hamburg to it. I would love to try a homemade recipe though. Anyone have a good one? and can I freez it for future eating pleasure? I have a foodsaver and really use it a lot.

 

[ptcruisermom]

DD age nine thinks she is the mac and cheese expert. She likes the blue box and whatever Ponderosa serves, She doesn't care too much for golden corals although I think it is probablythe same as Ponderosa. She even packs in her lunch the days she doesn
't buy her lunch at school. she probably eats it 6 out of seven days

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

Just in case anyone would like to try it, this recipe is delicious!

Souffléed Macaroni Cheese

 

[WDWLVR]

I make ti from scratch and it is a staple at our house during Lent.

 

[llebrekniT]

Not trying to brag, but everyone loves mine the best. I am always asked to make it at holidays and anyone whose had it loves it. Here's the recipe:

5 T. butter
4 T. flour
3 C. Milk
Velvetta Cheese (the big box), 4", cubed
1 C. Sharp cheese, shredded
2-1/4 C. Macaroni, uncooked

First boil the macaroni. Drain and set it aside. You can start making the sauce while it is cooking if you want.

Melt the butter over med.low heat, stir in flour, add milk slowly. Cook on med. low for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the cubed Velvetta and stir until melted.

Put macaroni into 9x13 pan, pour cheese sauce over. Sprinkle the sharp cheddar all over and just barely stir it in, so that it just kind of sinks below the top of the macaroni.

Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes at 325 degrees, or until it's lightly browned and bubbly.

Yum-yum! If you like, you may add more cheese, depending on how cheesy you like it.

 

[goofy4tink]

Thanks for the recipes you all!! My dh loves homemade mac and cheese but I don't have a good recipe. Looks like I do now!! My dd also loves the mac and cheese at the Outback. Really good.

 

[MAGICinMYHEART]

Love fresh, but with only two here will get frozen from the store.

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

Originally posted by llebrekniT

5 T. butter
4 T. flour
3 C. Milk
Velvetta Cheese (the big box), 4", cubed
1 C. Sharp cheese, shredded
2-1/4 C. Macaroni, uncooked

Thanks for the recipe!

What does the T. (5 T. butter) and C. (3 C. Milk) stand for please?

 

[MerryPoppins]

I make the homemade variety.

Here's an easy recipe. Boil the macaroni. If you'd like you can add chopped onions to the macaroni as it boils. Drain. Stir in sour cream (low fat works fine). Mix well. Stir in lots of sharp cheddar. It may need a little milk if it seems too dry. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pop in the oven until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Mmmmm. This is the way my mom made mac and cheese and everyone always wants her recipe. It's yummy.