Comments on: Grown Up Mac & Cheese Bake

By: The Suzzzz

The Suzzzz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:04:41 +0000

This is also a great vehicle for stretching leftovers when there isn’t enough to use them to feed everyone for dinner. My husband likes to do cheeseburger mac when we have leftover meatloaf, he just melts cheddar on the top when he’s done and sprinkles it with chopped yellow onion. I’ll shred leftover roast chicken to add and then toss in leftover vegetable medley from the night before. We really like this with penne or rigatoni pasta as well.

By: The Suzzzz

The Suzzzz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:38:05 +0000

This is a good base for adding whatever ingredients you want to dress up the pasta. If you don’t want the crispy cracker crust you can skip baking and just boil the pasta until it is al dente and stir in the sauce and mix ins. My husband hates mushrooms and tomatoes but he loves it when I add in steamed broccoli and grilled chicken. My nieces and nephews like it when it is just the pasta and the sauce. And for roughly the price of a small noodles & co. mac and cheese you can make a meal for six people. double it and have it for leftovers the next day. I have a tendency to prep a lot of basic ingredients about a month in advance, place them in individual usage size bags and then freeze them so they are ready to use whenever I want, like grilled chicken, bacon, fresh veggies, sauces, etc. Then at meal time I grab a few ingredients from the freezer, thaw and throw together over heat and it is done.

By: shilohbarkley

shilohbarkley — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:04:17 +0000

LoVe the mozzarella base instead of a cheddar base mac. I didn’t use cracker topping and I didn’t bake it at all. It was a lot of work though cooking the bacon and the mushrooms. I believe the amount of work a dish is should be directly proportional to how tasty it is. So I probably won’t bother with this again.