Mac and Cheese!

Hello Friends!

Today I'm going to be sharing one of my favourite recipes for macaroni and cheese. This recipe came about through necessity. I had key ingredients that needed to be used up (cream cheese, milk and sage), otherwise they'd go bad, and I really hate wasting food and thus, wasting money. 

Hooray for iPhone pictures! 

Ingredients: 
2 cups of pasta - I used whole wheat macaronis 
1/4 cup butter
3 tablespoons flour
2 cups of milk - I used skim
2 cups sharp Cheddar - feel free to use more cheese if you want to get crazy. 
1 block of cream cheese
A few sprigs of sage - you can use parsley or thyme as well
Salt and Pepper to taste

How To: 
1/ Cook your pasta to about al dante - probably 8 minutes or so.
2/ Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the flour stirring for a minute constantly, making a roux
3/ Add the cream cheese and milk. Stir until blended and slightly thick. 
4/ Add in Cheddar and sage and stir once again until blended. 
5/ Remove from heat and add in macaroni. Coat macaroni with the sauce and pour into a buttered casserole dish. 
6/ Sprinkle with breadcrumbs, and coat the lid with a thin layer of butter.
7/ Cook at 400° for about 20 minutes. 

This is the sloppy mess pre-oven. 

Post-oven less sloppy mess and very delightful. 

This meal was incredible. I ate it all week for my lunches. My waistline however, was screaming at me ever so slightly. To lighten this meal up you can substitute the noodles for cauliflower. I've done it before and it still tastes amazing. I think next time I'll try quinoa instead of noodles. 

Happy cooking my friends!