I really hope you and your family and friends will really enjoy it. Of course critique it to your tastes and I am sure it could be prepared as a baked casserole as well. It is easy and the ingredients are minimal. I had to share this recipe with all of you. It has taken years of trying different methods and I finally came up with the exact taste and perfect cheese sauce and seasonings. It takes Practice to Make a Great Mac & Cheese My cardiologist would have a fit if I ate that. An average serving per person in a family would be 2 cups. Then the sodium is out of this world, 570mg of sodium per cup prepared. Ouch there are so many words that you can't even pronounce, never mind know what they are. Then I decided to look at the ingredients. I use to cook Hamburger Helper for quick dinners but I found that the taste was changing dramatically. In a pan over medium heat bring elbow macaroni, 2 cups milk, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder to a boil, stirring occasionally about 7-10 minutes until almost all of the milk is gone Stir in cheese and another cup of milk, bringing to a boil, stirring occasionally. I love cream sauces, especially on pasta. I wanted some really cheesy and saucy mac & cheese similar to Hamburger Helper. My grandchildren loved this recipe as I had to use them as my food testers. My youngest daughter Chastina who is 26 years old, still did the shake just a couple of years ago when I made a baked version lol. I use to love to see their excitement shake every time they saw me cooking it. Having 4 kids it was a great way to feed them and their friends. Over the years I have made a lot of Mac & Cheese. Use you imagination and have fun with it. I chose ground meat but you could have chicken, shrimp, crab, etc. You could add any proteins to this dish and it would taste great. Of course I had to add some Meat to this dish. I have tasted some phenomenal Mac & Cheese dishes made by some serious good cooks and I have had some not so good Mac & Cheese dishes. Family Favorite MealĮveryone has their own recipe for Mac & Cheese and of course everyone believes theirs is the best. It probably was created long before that but a written recipe was discovered in one of the oldest medieval Cookbooks called "Liber de Coquina" (Book of Cooking). People believe it originated in Italy in the 13th Century. Macaroni and Cheese recipe has been around for centuries.
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