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cookabilityI am looking for an easy, made-from-scratch mac&cheese recipe.
I'm also open to more complicated recipes with more than the bare minimum of ingredients, but the priority is something that is dead easy, for those times when everything seems overwhelming and just too complicated - not that physical tiredness isn't a problem for me sometimes, but it's the mental-level stuff that really becomes the obstacle, you know?
I strongly prefer something made from scratch, because that works out to be cheaper and I want to make mac&cheese one of my staples, but if there's a mix that you adore feel free to toss that out (I like Annie's, myself) since sometimes it is a choice between something premade and just not eating an actual meal.
I do not like cheddar cheese-based mac&cheese. Monterey jack cheese is already one of my staples but I am all about the dairy products and am not opposed to regularly buying another kind of cheese as well.
Ways of adding animal protein which don't make the recipe much more complicated would be awesome too. I don't think of mac&cheese as something you put meat in, but I'm willing to experiment.
I'm also interested in different ways of seasoning mac&cheese - I've used nutmeg and paprika in the past.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
ETA: I, personally, do not eat pork, though including recipes and variations which do for the sake of other members of the comm is fine with me.
I'm also open to more complicated recipes with more than the bare minimum of ingredients, but the priority is something that is dead easy, for those times when everything seems overwhelming and just too complicated - not that physical tiredness isn't a problem for me sometimes, but it's the mental-level stuff that really becomes the obstacle, you know?
I strongly prefer something made from scratch, because that works out to be cheaper and I want to make mac&cheese one of my staples, but if there's a mix that you adore feel free to toss that out (I like Annie's, myself) since sometimes it is a choice between something premade and just not eating an actual meal.
I do not like cheddar cheese-based mac&cheese. Monterey jack cheese is already one of my staples but I am all about the dairy products and am not opposed to regularly buying another kind of cheese as well.
Ways of adding animal protein which don't make the recipe much more complicated would be awesome too. I don't think of mac&cheese as something you put meat in, but I'm willing to experiment.
I'm also interested in different ways of seasoning mac&cheese - I've used nutmeg and paprika in the past.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
ETA: I, personally, do not eat pork, though including recipes and variations which do for the sake of other members of the comm is fine with me.
Freezable too...
Date: 2011-04-05 07:51 pm (UTC)This is a bit more labor intensive but also a lot creamier with a nice solid crust. I like the fact that I can eat it with a fork or even pick it up by hand on bad days.
And when I bake the whole 11 x 14 pan, I slice it into 12 even size squares and wrap each square individually then freeze in a large ziplock. Dinner the first night, plus 11 more single servings.