Best Ever Macaroni and Cheese

Submitted by Redsie

"Comfort food at its best! Adapted this from a Land O Lakes recipe."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 4 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
• 1⁄4 cup margarine
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups 1% low-fat milk
• salt and pepper
• nutmeg
• 2 cups light cheddar cheese, cubed 1/2 inch
• 1⁄2 cup dried breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon margarine, melted
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F Cook macaroni according to package directions. Drain.
2. Meanwhile, melt margarine in saucepan until sizzling; stir in flour. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until smooth and bubbly (1 minute).
3. Add milk, salt, pepper and a dash of nutmeg. Continue cooking, stirring
4. occasionally, until sauce is thickened (3 to 4 minutes).
5. Stir in cooked macaroni and cheese. Spoon into 2-quart casserole.
6. Stir together all remaining ingredients in small bowl; sprinkle over macaroni.
7. and cheese. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until heated through and golden brown.
8. TIP: for a gourmet flavor, stir in 3 ounces cubed cream cheese and 1.
9. teaspoon Dijon mustard with the milk.

Reviews

[iewe7726]

This is good -- used more cheese than called for (can't have too much cheese!). Used shredded cheese instead of cubed just because that is what I had and it worked great -- melted nicely.

 

[Dreamer in Ontario]

This mac and cheese has good flavour. I used whole wheat pasta and followed the recipe as written. For some reason the cubed cheese didn't melt into the casserole, even the next day when I reheated it. The cheese stayed as little cheese chunks throughout. Next time I think I'll add the cheese to the milk mixture so as to make a cheese sauce before adding it to the cooked pasta.

 

[catercow]

so so good (i omitted the breadcrumbs and it was still delicious) i did everything fat free (milk, cheese, etc.) and did extra calclium enriched noodles. Super healthy and wayy better than the boxed version!

 

[hungry4more]

Pretty good, it was my first time making homemade macaroni and cheese so I have nothing to compare it to, but this tasted pretty good and was easy to make. The milk took longer to thinken up than the recipe said.

 

[Kim127]

Nothing like a hot casserole dish full of comforting mac & cheese when the temperature is negative digits. Thanks Redsie for a wonderful dinner. Simple to make and the taste is great. (4 cups of elbows is a 1 lb box LOL)