Dinner Is Ready: Let Them Eat Homemade Mac And Cheese

Oh, is this stuff good!

{Fattening-sorry-, but oh so delectable!}

I serve it with a salad, so I feel {a little bit!} better about eating this Mac and Cheese! It is easy to make too, because the sauce is made in the microwave.
{It is kid friendly-and we are doing what we can here to get the little people to eat!}

Ingredients:

1 cup elbow macaroni {or other type of pasta noodle-we use cavatappi noodles: cute little corkscrews!}

1 cup milk

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

salt and pepper to taste

2 tablespoons butter

1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese/Mexican cheese blend and a tiny dash of parmesian cheese

Directions:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and reserve.

In a microwave-safe bowl, combine milk, flour and salt and pepper to taste; whisk or beat until smooth. Add butter and cheese; microwave on high for 5 minutes and whisk until smooth. Microwave for an additional 4 to 5 minutes and whisk or beat until smooth and no lumps remain.

Add cooked pasta to mixture; stir and serve:

(...Who loves a little bit of fattening foods...alright-a lot!)

***A Post-Script: Our youngest does has severe food allergies to milk and egg products-and I have gotten a few e-mails asking what we do when we serve things that he is allergic to for meals. It is second nature to us now, but we are always making substitutions for him. So when I make things like Mac and Cheese, I use the same noodles {which I make sure are egg and milk free-} but make him pasta with marinara-

{...Just so ya know!}