Mac and Cheese Toppers : I love mac and cheese and put something special on top. Yummy My husband got a night with out the kids so I made a special dinner with a treat of individual Mac and Cheese sides. I love this I made it in about 30 minutes and it was an easy side. That was portion controlled and yummy
Homemade Mac and Cheese with Onion toppers
Makes 4
1/2 lb of pasta (precooked and drained)
1 cup of milk
8oz block of Velveeta cheese or your favorite cheese
3 tablespoon butter
3 tablespoon of flour
salt pepper
Hormel Apple-wood Bacon Bits
Frenches Fried Onions
Shredded cheese
Make your rue add the butter and flour to bottom of pot creating an equal amount of both keep moving till it becomes a paste and move till it get dark nutty color.
Add slight warm milk, no ice cold, stir into the rue slowly allowing the sauce to thicken
Add the Velveeta of your favorite cheese still till smooth
Add noodles and mix cheese
Put mac and cheese in ramekins
Top with onions bacon and cheese cook for 15-20 minutes 375.
This weeks Menu Planning:
Monday : Pizza Biscuit pool night
Tuesday : Fried Rice My husband specialty
Wednesday : Crock pot Meatball Hoagies
Thursday: Bake chicken
Friday: Barbeque Happy 4th
So all weekend I promised my husband my Broccoli cheese soup. This soup is perfect for a cold night. Which was good because I forgot to call the oil company and we ran out of heat. So after sitting in a cold house all day wait for my husband to fix the heat, 99* after the oil truck came. I rewarded him with broccoli cheese soup in a bread bowl. I know with my health living this was not a great choice. So I had a cup”ish” and avoid the bread. I also Immediately pack the extra soup and sent it to a neighbor. Using my trust weight watcher 1cup scoop I make 2 small plastic containers for my hubby to take to his job.
Broccoli cheese soup
Broccoli 2 heads
½ gallon of milk
2 pints of half and half
1 block of sharp cheddar 1lb
1 onion
1/3 cup flour
1 ½ sticks of butter
1 tsp of cumin
1 tbls of worshire sauce
1 tbls of hot sauce
1 tbls of soy sauce
1 ham steak (optional)
1 chicken breast cooked(optional)
Salt
Pepper
10 Bread Kaiser Rolls (optional)
Melt 1 ½ sticks of butter,
Chop onions, place in pot with butter cook until soft, add salt/pepper
Add flour over onions making a rue with opinions butter and flour
Add milk, half and half, cumin, worshire, soy, hot sauces, stir until flour breaks down and blended
Wash broccoli, cut up discarding stems, add to pot with milk
Bring to a almost low boil (watch milk so as not to separate)
Cover turn on low stir in occasionally so the soup does not burn on bottom
Cook until broccoli is tender with fork
Carefully mash broccoli with potato masher, (or use a blender)
Add ham/ chicken heat till they are hot
Add cheese and stir in.
serve in a bread bowl optional
Makes 10-12 servings.. This is a very heavy recipe