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AND, I just found out that you can just pour heavy cream into a pan, heat it up, add some butter, let that cook down, no flour necessary, then gradually add in your cheese, salt and pepper, to taste... yum! Add Parmesan Cheese, if you want to make an Alfredo Sauce - so easy, right? And healthy! : )
Yum! Super Cheesey, and Super Easy Penne - just like Mac 'n Cheese, but with Penne - lol!
One Pot Macaroni and Cheese - but tonight I used Penne - yum! Any pasta noodle is fine - whatever you happen to have in the house.
You pour the milk right in the large pot, 6 to 8 cups of milk (I ended up using 7 cups of milk - that's a lot of milk... but makes a huuge pot of Penne and Cheese, and you can easily freeze it, too : ), pour in the whole bag of Pasta, ad the cubes of cheese - I just use whatever cheese I have not gotten around to using up... I am very bad for buying a lot of cheese when it's a good deal, and it always seems to come in a 2 blocks of cheese for $10, and I buy it, put it in the fridge, forget all about it - so this is a great meal, and a great way to use up your cheese - lol!
And, the next time I make this, I think I'll try throwing in a block of cream cheese - that would be nice and creamy and delicious, right? Me gots'ta try that! lol!
(So, as a little aside, I thought that was a LOT of milk, so I wonder if it could be half milk, half water? Or even more water, add the milk at the end? Hmm... Is good to play around with these things, in the kitchen, find a nice happy medium, for you : )
Everything you need - I cook for my boy, my son is 15, and not a big fan of Pepper, so I just add in the Pepper, to taste, later, but I do sprinkle in some Seasoning Salt while I'm cooking.. just a wee bit - salt and pepper can always be added, individually, right?
Here it is all melted - yum! Very smooth and delicious - just cook until the pasta or the noodles are tender, to taste, and serve - is fun to watch it all come together, in ONE POT - lol!
Tasty, AND One Pot?? Yahoo!! Almost Done - just carefully check for doneness... is that a word?? lol! Well, taste it, see if it's the right texture for you : ) Be careful, the cheese will be on the inside of the pasta, too, so it'll be hot... and delicious! : )
Yum! And there it is - so super-duper easy, a One Pot Meal, a One Pot Wonder - lol!
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Sooo Easy Macaroni and Cheese - delicious!
Can you really make Macaroni and Cheese in one pot, no fiddling around with a fancy sauce? Yep! I just did it - we had sooo much extra cheese in the fridge, because Walmart had a great price on their cheese, last week, but I can never be bothered with fussing around in the kitchen - I want delicious, healthy, straight-forward food,and this couldn't be any easier : )
Oh, and for the record, WalMart in Canada is really nice, employees are paid well, because we have a good minimum wage (and probably get annual raises), and they treat their employees well, here - hope that happens in the States, soon, too : )
Go ahead and put the water on for your macaroni - I pour in about 3/4 of the bag - use as much as you like : )
Cut up your cheese into little cubes, then cut some butter into cubes, too. I used about 3/4 of the package of sharp cheddar cheese, and about a stick of butter (in Canada, we don't get our butter in sticks - booo! I love how they sell butter in the states : ) lol!
If you know me, and I hopes you do ( lol! ), you'll know that I rarely measure anything - pour this in, a splash o' that...you know, that sort of thing : )
It's so fast to cook the macaroni, so just drain the macaroni when it's cooked the way you like it (I always do a little taste test - take one noodle out, see if it's just right), give it a quick rinse with cold water, so the pasta doesn't stick, then pour the macaroni right back in the same pot you cooked it in.
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Give it a good stir - I use my oven mitts on the pot handle, for extra safety... and add a splash of milk when you need to make it easier to stir, but you want the pasta to stay hot while the cheese and butter is melting - I would imagine you could easily use margarine, instead, I'm just a butter girl, is all : ) But you'll know when to add some milk - you'll want to add some milk, stir, stir, stir, add some more milk, stir again...maybe more milk and stir some more... until it's beautiful and smooth...yum!
Yum, right?? It's perfect, so lovely and cheesy, no hassles with a tricky cheese sauce... and absolutely delicious : )
We each had a bowl of this fabulously easy macaroni and cheese, then I poured the rest into an 8" X 8" pan, sprinkled it with Seasoning salt and shredded cheese, popped it in the freezer for another meal, another day - soo easy, and makes at least 6 meals, maybe more : )
Omg, this Macaroni and Cheese is soo easy!
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You can pop this right in the oven at 350 Degrees F, probably 20 to 30 minutes...and you can add some bread crumbs with some dobs of butter, if you really want to 'fancy it up' - lol! I think you could probably make your own bread crumbs with some toast - process it or crush it, if it's easy to crumble? Hmmm, haven't tried that, yet... but might be worth a try! Ooh, what about some crushed chips, corn chips or Doritoes? lol! We couldn't wait - we just had the macaroni and cheese, right away, wanted to see if this worked! haha! And it was seriously lovely, and super easy.
Oh, and salt and pepper, to taste... : )
Happy Eating!! Ailsa : )
