Home Style Mac Cheese Food

HOME-STYLE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a 3-quart saucepan over medium heat. Stir flour into melted butter and cook until smooth and bubbling, about 1 minute. Mix milk, cream cheese, jalapeno peppers, Dijon mustard, black pepper, and salt into flour-butter mixture; cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes. Mix macaroni and Cheddar cheese into sauce; pour into a 2-quart casserole dish.
• Mix bread crumbs, 2 tablespoons butter, and parsley together in a bowl; spread over macaroni and cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.

HOME STYLE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• In a 3 quart saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and stir in flour. Cook for about 1 minute, until smooth and bubbly; stirring occasionally. Mix in milk, cream cheese, salt, pepper, and Dijon mustard. Continue cooking until sauce is thickened. Add cooked macaroni and Cheddar cheese.
• Pour into 2 quart casserole dish. In small bowl mix together bread crumbs, butter and parsley; spread over macaroni and cheese. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and heated through.

HOME-STYLE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Lightly mist an 11x7 inch(2 quart) glass or ceramic baking dish with vegetable oil cooking spray and set aside.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat.Add salt,if using,and stir in the macaroni.Reduce heat to medium-high and cook uncovered about 8 minutes.Reserve 1 cup of the pasta cooking water,then drain the macaroni well in a colander.
• Transfer the macaroni to the prepared baking dish.Add the pasta sauce,2 cups of the cheese,and the reserved pasta cooking water,and stir until ingredients are well combined.Scatter the remaining 1 cup of cheese over the top.
• In a small bowl,toss the olive oil with the bread crumbs, and then scatter on top of the cheese.
• Bake until the macaroni and cheese is bubbly and the crumbs are lightly brown,25 to 30 minutes.

HOME-STYLE MAC 'N' CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain. In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add the macaroni, ham, cheese sauce, salt and pepper. Pour into a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Cover and bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.

HOMESTYLE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Cook macaroni (1/2 pound= 2 cups dry) until just al dente.
• You can use elbows for a traditional look, but try scoobi-doo-- it works well in this recipe.
• Drain pasta well.
• While the mac is boiling, melt the 1/4-cup butter in a large pot.
• Whisk in the flour.
• Over med heat, whisk until smooth and bubbly (only about a minute).
• Stir in milk, cream cheese, salt, pepper& mustard.
• Keep cooking and stirring until sauce is thickened-- about three or four minutes.
• Cut the block of cheddar into half-inch cubes.
• Add drained macaroni and cubed cheddar& combine well.
• Pour into a casserole sprayed with Pam.
• In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and sprinkle over top.
• Dust with paprika if desired.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until top is golden brown and casserole is heated through.

SOUTHERN MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch or other 3-quart baking dish.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the macaroni and cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, about 7 minutes. Drain, then rinse with cold water.
• Using the same pot the macaroni was cooked in, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the flour and whisk until smooth. While whisking constantly, slowly add the milk and then the heavy cream. Bring to a simmer, then add the cream cheese and all but 1/2 cup shredded cheddar and stir until melted. Stir in the granulated garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Remove the cheese sauce from the heat and stir in the macaroni. Season with salt and pepper.
• Whisk together the eggs and sour cream in a small bowl and then fold into the mac and cheese. Spread in the baking dish, then fold in the cubed cheddar and top with the remaining 1/2 cup shredded cheddar. Bake until the mac and cheese just begins to brown on top, 20 to 30 minutes. Loosely cover with foil and bake 10 to 15 more minutes.

HOME STYLE MAC & CHEESE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray 3 quart casserole dish with canola cooking spray or you can also use a little soft butter and butter the dish.
• 2. Precook macaroni as per package directions. I heat water in a 4 quart pot and add when rapidly boiling and cook till fork tender usually about 7 to 10 minutes. Being careful not to over cook.
• 3. Drain macaroni but DO NOT rinse it off. Shake strainer to remove excess water. Let cool for about 5 minutes. Then pour a layer (about 1/3 of the macaroni) into the baking dish. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of flower and 1/4 of the grated cheese.
• 4. Repeat this 2 more times till all the macaroni is in the dish, leaving 1/4 of the cheese for the last step.
• 5. In mixing bowl combine eggs and half and half, if you prefer to use whole milk that will work too. I mix with my hand mixer. Than add salt and pepper (pepper is optional) and mix in. Melt butter and mix into milk and egg mixture. Pour over the entire casserole dish. Liquid should be to the top of the dish but a layer macaroni should be above the mixture. If you need to add a little more milk that is fine.
• 6. Top with remaining cheese and bake for about 35 to 45 minutes, till a nice golden brown and casserole is set up. Let rest for about 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
• 7. Left overs can be fried in a little butter to warm up or try your hand at deep frying your mac & cheese, but that's another recipe!

KRAFT HOME-STYLE MACARONI & CHEESE CHICKEN PRIMAVERA

Steps:

• Prepare Dinner in large saucepan as directed on package, adding vegetables to the boiling water for the last 3 min. of the Macaroni cooking time.
• Add chicken; cook and stir 1 min. or until heated through.

HOME STYLE SEASONED MAC & CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions and set aside.
• Over medium heat, in a medium size saucepan melt margarine and add onions.
• Cook onions until softened.
• Add flour and cook until lightly browned.
• Turn heat to low and add milk a little at a time, stir until desired thickness is reached. ( You might need a little more milk, it all depends on how thick you want it. ).
• Remove sauce from heat and add 4 1/2 ounces of cheese, a little at a time or it might turn out " STRINGY ".
• Add seasonings to sauce and mix well.
• Add cooked pasta to seasoned sauce and stir until pasta is well coated.
• Pour pasta/sauce into an 11 x 7 inch pan that has been prepared with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle with remaining cheese, and sprinkle additional paprika if desired.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until top is golden brown.

HOME STYLE MACARONI AND CHEESE W. SWEET ROLL BREAD CRUMB TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Using the 1 tablespoon of butter to grease the bottom and sides of a 13x9 inch baking dish or 8x8x2 inch baking dish.
• Melt the 1/2 cup of butter in large saucepan over low heat.
• Add flour and stir with wooden spoon for about 3 minutes until roux is frothy.
• Warm milk in another saucepan or in the microwave.
• Add warm milk slowly to roux, stirring constantly.
• Turn to high heat until sauce reaches its boiling point.
• Turn down heat to low and simmer for about 5 minutes.
• While sauce is simmering, cook pasta in separate pan according to package instructions until al dente.
• Drain pasta.
• Add pepper, salt and Tabasco to sauce.
• Stir in cream and simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Mix 3/4 of all of the grated cheeses into sauce mixture.
• As soon as cheese melts, add macaroni and stir.
• Pour into the baking dish.
• Sprinkle the top with remaining cheese.
• For bread topping, chop sweet rolls in food processor until coarsely grated.
• In a small saucepan, melt butter.
• Add bread pieces and stir until they are coated in butter, about 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle bread crumbs on top of macaroni and cheese dish.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes until bubbly.

KRAFT HOME-STYLE TOMATO-BASIL MAC & CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425ºF.
• Cook Macaroni as directed on package.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in large skillet on medium heat. Add chicken; cook and stir 5 min. or until evenly browned. Add flour; cook and stir 1 min. Gradually stir in milk; cook 3 to 4 min. or until thickened, stirring frequently. Add Cheese Sauce; cook and stir on low heat 2 min. or until mixture is well blended.
• Drain macaroni. Add to chicken mixture along with the tomatoes, basil and Parmesan; cook and stir 2 min. or until heated through.
• Spoon macaroni mixture into 1-1/2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; top with mozzarella and bread crumbs.
• Bake 5 to 10 min. or until mozzarella is melted.

CHEESY ELBOW MAC & CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook macaroni, drain.
• In saucepan melt butter, stir in flour, salt pepper and add milk and cook, while stirring until thickened and bubbly.
• Stir in 1 cup cheese until melted.
• Combine macaroni and sauce in buttered casserole. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake in 350 oven for 30 mins.
• Can sprinkle with a little paprika to aid in browning some.

KRAFT HOME-STYLE MEDITERRANEAN MACARONI & CHEESE

Steps:

• Prepare Dinner in large saucepan as directed on package.
• Add spinach and peppers; cook and stir on medium heat 1 min. or until heated through.
• Top with olives.

KRAFT HOME-STYLE MACARONI & CHEESE DINNER CLASSIC CHEDDAR

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425ºF.
• Cook Macaroni in large saucepan as directed on package; drain. Do not return macaroni to pan.
• Melt butter in same saucepan on medium heat. Whisk in flour; cook and stir 1 min. Gradually stir in milk; cook 1 to 2 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly. Add Cheese Sauce and macaroni; mix well.
• Spoon macaroni mixture into 1-1/2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; top with shredded cheese and bread crumbs.
• Bake 5 min. or until shredded cheese is melted.

HOME-STYLE FOUR CHEESE MACARONI & CHEESE DINNER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425ºF.
• Cook Macaroni in large saucepan as directed on package; drain. Do not return macaroni to pan.
• Melt butter in same saucepan on medium heat. Whisk in flour; cook and stir 1 min. Gradually stir in milk; cook 1 to 2 min. or until thickened, stirring frequently. Add Cheese Sauce and macaroni; mix well.
• Spoon macaroni mixture into 1-1/2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; top with shredded cheese and bread crumbs.
• Bake 5 min. or until shredded cheese is melted.