mac and cheese

[~mikey b]

not the box shit - home-made - baked

making a big batch for Owen and his homie for the Harry Potter marathon and sleepover tonight

I've adapted mine from The Joy of Cooking

you gotta recipe you like?

[irul&ublo]

I hate to tell u this....

But I have witnessed many a little kid say they like Kraft over home made.

[~mikey b]

I hate to tell u this....

But I have witnessed many a little kid say they like Kraft over home made.

not my kid - he asks for it - he's never had Kraft

Annie's is popular around here, though - quick, easy, and slightly less shitty than Kraft - or at least we try to tell ourselves that

[RoanMtnMan]

-3+ cups uncooked elbow macaroni
-2.5 cups (about 10 oz.) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
-3 eggs, beaten
-1/2 cup sour cream
-One 10.75 ounce can cheddar cheese soup
-4 TBL butter, cut into pieces
-1/2 tsp salt
-1 cup whole milk
-1/2 tsp dry mustard
-1/2 tsp pepper

Preheat oven to 350. Spray 13x9 baking dish with cooking spray. Boil the macaroni in 2-quart saucepan in plenty of water until tender, about 7 minutes or longer at altitude. Drain. Return the drained macaroni to the saucepan and add 2 cups of the cheese. Stir until the cheese melts while the macaroni is still hot. Add the eggs, sour cream, soup, butter, salt, milk, mustard, and pepper and stir well. Pour into prepared dish. Smooth top and sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup cheese on top. Bake uncovered for 40 minutes, until browned and bubbly. Serves 12.

Keep in mind, I was raised in the south.

[systemoverblow'd]

I have a good recipe for one with chicken, broccoli and ritz cracker crumb top. I'll look it up when I get home. It sounds weird but it's incredibly good and very simple.

Irul&ublo

The reason kids prefer that is because they were raised on easy, quick and convenient 100% processed bullshit. If they were raised on real food they would appreciate real food.

[RockChalk]

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/...ni-and-cheese/

The prep is a bit intensive, but holy shit is this recipe good. Ive made it a handful of times and it is pretty much idiot/drunk proof.

[iceman]

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/...ni-and-cheese/

The prep is a bit intensive, but holy shit is this recipe good. Ive made it a handful of times and it is pretty much idiot/drunk proof.

That is happening when it gets a bit cooler out, thanks.

[RockChalk]

^^Pretty much everything on that blog is unreal as well as idiot proof....I HIGHLY reccomend it.

[systemoverblow'd]

This can be made with better cheese but it is still soo good just like this:

1 lb Elbow macaroni
1 can Campbell's cream of celery soup (or cream of mushroom)
1 lb American Cheese
1 tube Ritz crackers

While boiling macaroni according to box directions -

Put can of soup in saucepan - add 2 cans of milk. While simmering this on low heat, add about 3/4 lb of of cheese. Just take slices and break them into small pieces. While simmering, they will melt in. Add a few shakes of pepper. In the end, you will have a thick soup - no chunks of cheese showing.

Take ritz crackers and put in bowl - mash with a potato masher, or crush by hand. You can either melt 1/2 stick margarine or butter in pan, than add crackers and stir, or melt butter in microwave and pour over crackers and stir in.

Put cooked elbows in casserole dish, add soup mixture (it will be very soupy, don't worry, macaroni will absorbe the soup). Place the remaining slices of cheese on top of macaroni and soup.

Cover with buttered ritz crackers.

Bake @350 about 15 minutes - just till crackers get brown.

OPTIONAL: (AND THIS IS WHAT I DO MOST OF THE TIME)

Just steam desired amount of broccoli and add some cooked chicken to the soup mixture after cheese melts in. This is delicious.

[~mikey b]

good stuff y'all

I gotta million ways I do it - sometimes it's with smoked gouda or some sorta stinky cheese - one of the best is with cheddar, smoked chicken, bacon and cooked apples mixed in

tonight's version is simple - mostly sharp cheddar cheese - flavored with onion, roasted garlic, sage and rosemary

to be served with smoked turkey and roasted carrots






Kraft my left nut

[bagtagley]

All I know is, you gotta make a roux, and you gotta make the roux with bacon grease, and you gotta add said grease-making bacon to the mix. The rest is just supporting cast.

[montanaskier]

katie makes a kick ass version with bacon and shrimp...unreal good

[userA]

baby back ribs smoked oh so well go great with mac n cheese.

[abraham]

Kraft my left nut

Jer<3's telemike's krafty left nut?

But seriously, now I feel a need to make mac and cheese. Had some with spare chorizo a while ago. It was pretty damn good

[mud]

baby back ribs smoked oh so well go great with mac n cheese.

Oh yeah that's golden, just had it two nights ago. Another favorite is with smoked Amberjack and red onions.

[Mazderati]

On taste alone, Kraft mac and cheese product is hard to beat.

[BS720]

My brother had a kickass recipe for pancetta and Mac. Unfortunately, it sent us all to the toilet 30 minutes after we ate it.

[mtngirl79]

add some asiago cheese! Yummy!

I love homemade baked mac and cheese, but I rarely make it anymore...

I never make it the same, though.

I make a basic white sauce, then melt in cheese, depending on what I have around, rarely just one type..

broccoli, ham, bacon, peas, red peppers, etc all make good add ins depending on the chosen cheeses.

Then I melt a little bit of butter on the stove, and mix it with panko breadcrumbs and add some grated parm, and some of the other cheeses into the bread crumbs, and top it with that about halfway through baking.

yummy!

[GimpToo]

Hey Mike - the new Nexus 7 commercial makes me think of you and Owen

[~mikey b]

TV commercial? no TV here

[iscariot]

Mac and Cheese.

[userA]

My brother had a kickass recipe for pancetta and Mac. Unfortunately, it sent us all to the toilet 30 minutes after we ate it.

sounds like a shitty recipe mate

[iceman]

sounds like a shitty recipe mate

He didn't say it was good, he said it kicked ass. Hence the toilet, I presume.

[GimpToo]

TV commercial? no TV here

Here you go - sorry, don't know how to imbed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqiSE-ukmgc

[Tuckerman]

Don't forget the Lobstah.