Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese

Yummy Pinspiration

There are two kinds of people in this world...the ones who like their macaroni and cheese dry and the ones who like their mac and cheese soupy. I fall into the "SOUPY" category, much to the chagrin of my husband who supports the dry team...GROSS! Of course, when I stumbled on the photo above on Pinterest, I most certainly thought to myself...that is some SOUPY mac and cheese (maybe even too soupy for me...)...BUT, that didn't stop me from trying it out!

My family is a hard core macaroni and cheese family. My kids are pasta fanatics. We have boxed KD, boxed PC white cheddar, no name mac and cheese, Annie's Bunny Pasta, and I try my best to make this as healthy as possible for them (since we eat it SO OFTEN - My Italian family is vomiting as we speak...!). Most times I puree either butternut squash or sweet potato into the "orange" variety, and some chick peas or white beans into the white cheddar variety, but I still know about all the preservatives in that deadly (read: amazingly tasty, of course) dried cheese packet. So, often I try to make my own "version" of the boxed stuff. I've tried so many different kinds of baked mac and cheese I've lost count. Each time, however, it's SO DRY not an ounce of soupy cheese sauce anywhere to be found. Didn't I put a carton of milk and a brick of cheese in this stinkin' recipe????? Where'd you go?????????

That's why I've given up and tried to work with the stove top variety (hence photo above).

When I looked at this recipe (click here), I couldn't believe my eyes. The ingredients were mind blowing. I was NOT abiding by any sort of diet eating this masterpiece, I can tell you that much...and when I made the mistake of actually looking at the caloric content of one serving (and who actually eats one serving???) my brain actually exited my head...BUT...you know that when it's bad for you, it tastes SO GOOOOOOD, right?

Very true.

I made this as a blastball dinner (which means that my son and his dad/coach have to get the eff outta the house asap so dinner better be on the table and eaten in a flash or they're gonna be late to play the mini version of t-ball) and it was super quick to make (A MUST on blastball night) and eaten quickly by all! Mision cumplida! (yes, my son used to be a HUGE Diego fan). One thing I did notice, however, was that my pasta was not as soupy as pictured on the actual recipe, but this time...that was fine by me.

Delicioso! YUM YUM YUM!!!!

Dinner is served!

If, however, you have a super duper soupy baked macaroni and cheese recipe, I'd love to try it, too!



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Recipe for Creamy Stovetop Mac & Cheese provided by America's Test Kitchen (but found HERE)