It's been a while since I posted an "Eva Recipe"...and this is one I've been meaning to share with you for a while now. Eva's been a little sick this week so we've been all about the comfort food, which, for Eva, means lots and lots of macaroni and cheese. (Although I should add that, sick or not, if you ask Eva what she'd like to eat her answer will almost always be "Mac and Cheeeeese!")
Since Eva requests mac and cheese so often, I've developed my own recipe so I know she's eating real cheese and whole wheat noodles instead of whatever makes up that (oh-so-yummy) powdered stuff that comes in the box. Plus, I can make just a bit at a time so there isn't a perpetual bowl of leftover macaroni and cheese in the fridge.
Homemade mac and cheese is usually a gooey, cheesy, baked concoction. And, while that version definitely has its place, it doesn't exactly fall into the "quick meal for my kid" category. So I had to get creative.
Following, you'll find my recipe for macaroni and cheese. Like the spaghetti-o recipe I shared earlier (follow the link at the top), this one is extremely flexible. You can tweak it to your kid's (or your spouse's) tastes, and feel good about not feeding them the fake powdery orange-y chemical-y stuff. (And then you can send your unused boxes of mac and cheese to me. Because, as good as this recipe tastes, there will always be a place in my heart for the stuff I grew up on.) Happy weekend, everyone!
Click below to see the recipe...
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