Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, baked macaroni & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Baked Macaroni & Cheese is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Baked Macaroni & Cheese is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have baked macaroni & cheese using 20 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Macaroni & Cheese:
- Take Mac & Cheese
- Get 3 cup Elbow Pasta
- Prepare 1/2 cup Sharp Chedder Cheese
- Take 1/2 cup Havarti
- Prepare 1/2 cup Smoked Gouda
- Prepare 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
- Take 1/2 cup Plain Greek Yogurt
- Prepare 1/2 cup Cream Cheese
- Prepare 4 tbsp Butter
- Take 4 tbsp Flour
- Make ready 2 cup Milk
- Get Salt
- Prepare Black Pepper
- Prepare Paprika
- Take 1/4 tsp Dry Mustard
- Prepare 1 lb Bacon
- Make ready Bread Topping
- Get 6 slice Potato Bread
- Get 1/2 stick Butter (Melted)
- Make ready 1/4 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
Steps to make Baked Macaroni & Cheese:
- Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 3 quart casserole dish.
- Cook bacon, chop into small pieces and set aside.
- Boil water and cook pasta as directed while making the cheese sauce.
- Melt butter in a sauce pan over low heat.
- Add flour, salt, black pepper, dry mustard, and paprika to the melted butter. Stir until smooth.
- Gradually stir in milk, stirring constantly until thickened and smooth.
- Stir in Greek yogurt and cream cheese until smooth.
- Stir in the rest of the cheeses, cook over low heat, stirring constantly until the cheese is melted.
- Drain and rinse the pasta, setting aside until the cheese sauce is done.
- When cheese sauce is done, add the sauce, and bacon to the pasta. Stir until the pasta is coated.
- Place the cheesey pasta into a 3 quart casserole dish.
- For the bread topping- cut bread into 1/2 inch cubes.
- Melt butter then coat the bread cubes with the melted butter and stir in the parmesan.
- Top the macaroni and cheese with the bread topping.
- Place in preheated oven for 35 minutes or until browned and bubbly.
- Enjoy !
Foods That Can Make Your Mood Better
Many of us have been taught to believe that comfort foods are terrible and are to be avoided. Often, if your comfort food is basically candy or other junk foods, this is true. Other times, though, comfort foods can be totally healthy and it’s good for you to consume them. Some foods actually do raise your mood when you consume them. When you feel a little down and need an emotional pick-me-up, test out some of these.
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As you can see, you don’t need to eat all that junk food when you want to feel better! Try a few of these suggestions instead.
