In a large pot, melt butter and sprinkle in flour. Macaroni should be too firm to eat right out of the pot.

Optional Spices: Cayenne Pepper, Paprika, ThymeĬook macaroni until very firm.

½ teaspoons Seasoned Salt, More To Taste.

2 teaspoons (heaping) Dry Mustard, More If Desired.

¼ cups (1/2 Stick Or 4 Tablespoons) Butter.

Really should patent the O’Malley Method. I used the same boot camp method I came up with when training Nick (was it really that long ago?!) and though Madeline is much younger than he was, it worked like a charm. We have successfully entered Day Four of Diaper-Free, Accident Free Territory. “Which one do you want?” Go Diego! Diego it was. Clearly she was getting exasperated with me.

And the real test? Nick came back for seconds. The taste? This is a good standard mac and cheese recipe. Can you tell I’m a bit behind in sharing recipes with you?Įven while taking pictures of the kids in the snow and doing laundry, the macaroni and cheese was simple to make and uses basic ingredients you just might have on hand. I made this one back in February after one of the umpteen times that we got hit with a crazy amount of snow. When I saw The Pioneer Woman had her own version of macaroni and cheese, I added it to my to-try list. That is, when she stops long enough to actually put food in her mouth. He will eat a few bites of the other homemade versions that I make, but he really prefers Kraft or Velveeta. When it comes to macaroni and cheese, Nick tends to be a blue box kind of kid. It might mean an extra Zumba class at the gym or another 30 minutes on the treadmill, but surely the ends justifies the means, right? Of course all the cheesy goodness comes with a price.

Anything that can warm you from the inside out is worth putting into your rotation. There is a reason there are a million and one recipes for macaroni and cheese.

Pioneer woman velveeta mac and cheese