Dianne's Best Mac & Cheese Ever! With Ham, Peas & Habene

"DO NOT OMIT THE HOT PEPPER HABENEROS OTHERWISE, THIS IS NOT MY RECIPE YOU ARE REVIEWING AND SHOULD NOT BE REVIEWED PLEASE. THANK YOU. I don't like dry, baked, bland Mac & cheese. If I'm going to stuff my self with fat and carbs in the same meal - IT BETTER BE WORTH IT! I sincerely think my mac & cheese is better than my mothers because I don't bake all the flavor out of it and dry it out with bread-crumbs. I never understood the point of bread-crumbs on Mac & Cheese anyway. So, please: NO BREADCRUMBS!!!!!!! Thank you :-)"
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
13
Yields:
1 Serving
Serves:
1
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ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 14 cup flour (I always or only use 'Bob's Red Mill Soy Flour' to significantly cut the carbs and boost protein.)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 12 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 12 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 14 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
  • 12 cup diced ham
  • 12 cup diced peas
  • 1 cup chopped habeneros with seeds
  • 12 cup Tabasco sauce
  • 8 ounces dry whole wheat elbow macaroni, cooked according to package directions (to make it lower carbs, use 'Dreamfields Pasta' (In the black box)
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directions

  • Part 1:

  • Melt butter in medium saucepan.
  • Stir in flour, salt, mustard, cayenne and pepper until smooth.
  • Remove from heat and gradually stir in milk until smooth.
  • Stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until thickened (about 10 minutes).
  • Add ham & peas and Haberneros and Hot Sauce.
  • Blend together well.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Stir in 1 1/2 cups cheese until melted.
  • ******************** This is where I END my recipe - at the MAXIMUM, Oooey, gooey, yummy, melty goodness. But SOME people insist I go further. As long as there are no bread crumbs involved, I'll compromise and continue.
  • Part 2:

  • Combine cheese mixture with macaroni in greased 2 quart casserole.
  • Sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
  • Bake in 375 degree oven for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Like I said, if I'm making this for myself - I only do Part 1 and I strongly suggest everyone give it a try that way too. You don't know what you're missing!

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From my name you can tell I am C-R-A-Z-Y for British telly and films. I'm not British, I just wish I was :-( My 4 passions are: British Film & Telly, Traveling, Cooking/new recipes and DRINKING!!!! (I quit smoking recently otherwise that would have been my 5th passion) I tend to go through extreme food and product "Phases" for example: for 2 months I'll be in an "India" phase where I ONLY eat food and use products from India . The month after that might be my "Dutch" phases, where EVERYTHING has to come from the Netherlands, etc.... Sometimes I even DRESS the part - Like when I was in my "German Phase" I actually bought a few dirndls (and WORE them - in public!!! In all honesty, they are cery cute dirndles, not the hard-core grandma style) - the German phase what my longest - it lasted and entire year and made me broke buying all my groceries and milk from Germany (from www.lila.de --just in case you're interested) The shipping cost MORE than the actual food sometimes. But I HAD to have my SonnenBasserman Schlemmergulasch! LOL! Another time, I would only by my groceries at any of the 4 Polish grocery stores in my city, that was my least favorite phase because Polish food isn't that tasty, and it SMELLS! . I think that was my shortest phase, lasted 2 weeks, but I still by this yummy apple & mint juice drink there and Paprika flavored chips/crisps. I feel so embarressed admitting that here - and hope I'm not the only one who does that. Gawd, I hope my mother does read this and see what I'm spending all my money on! So, no matter what "phase" I might be in Friday night is ALWAYS "British Night" - no matter what!
 
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