My Favorite Mac + Cheese

I have a teenage son who has Autism. He cannot speak, but he can get his point across. His sweet teacher sends me an email everyday about his day. This is what she wrote yesterday, I thought this was fitting with your recipe post today:
" He loves the school Mac & Cheese so we asked for an extra serving. He got at least 4 but as wonderful as that was he would have
wanted more. He actually cried a bit when it was gone. It sure looked like he was enjoying it! "
Mac and Cheese tonight!

You mean people eat Mac and Cheese that doesn't come in a box from Kraft?!?!?
I really need to learn to cook someday. :)

Thanks for the recipe. I love mac n' cheese.

We're having this for dinner tonight! Thanks for sharing!

Love to you and your boy Mary. Simon, on the other hand, wants nothing to do with even this most delicious recipe!

shame you use processed cheese - so BAD and full of nasties for little ones :-( - might be worth a rethink?

okay...just tried this recipe for the first time and it is now in the oven so the jury (Ben 5, Nate 4 and Eli 1)decision is still out ;)
Thanks for sharing...I am sure my crew will love it!!

Thanks so much for sharing this yummy recipe!
Regardless of what some . . . . may think; mac n cheese in moderation isn't going to do anything horrible to the little ones : ) But, don't get me on my soap box {grin}.
I LOVE your blog Ali; thanks for sharing all that you do with us.
Hugs,
Jen

I can't wait to try this....
did you take a picture. I am soo visual!
I know my mom has tried tons of recipes trying to find the perfect homemade one and this sounds great!

Hi Ali-
Great recipe! It reminds me of the recipe for mac and cheese in the African American Heritage Cookbook. This is a MUST HAVE book if you like southern cooking. The recipes are definitely NOT low fat and are best for special occasions- but man are they good! We use this cookbook for our Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. It might be available through your public library. Here is the amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/African-American-Heritage-Cookbook-Traditional-Remembrances/dp/1559723254
Enjoy!:)

Hi Helene - definitely not my favorite thing to use. Do you have a substitution or another recipe suggestion that your family enjoys?

Thanks for the recipe! I made it tonight for dinner! My hubby loved it! I couldn't try any since I don't do dairy but it sure looked good and smelled yummy!! Thanks again! Love your photobooth shots too!
So I have a questions for you! After looking at your great shots of Halloween in Tacoma I thought to myself (since we live not far from there), I wonder if she gets all kinds of people coming up to her asking for autographs when you are out an about! :) Do people know you are THE ALI EDWARDS?

This looks like an interesting recipe! I found my go-to mac'n'cheese recipe on a discontinued food blog two years ago:
http://dinnerdaily.blogspot.com/2007/09/macaroni-and-cheese.html
It's quite straight-forward, uses only one kind of cheese (cheddar, which I replaced with gouda for a European version) and has peas in it! :) I just discovered I actually posted a comment to the recipe on that site a while ago, saying I might try milk only the next time (instead of a combination of milk and cream) - I did, and never went back to the cream version, as it works perfectly. I can highly recommend this recipe!

That looks like a great and healthy recipe -- I have a fave mac and cheese recipe that is not so healthy but YUMMMMMMMY. It involves cream of chicken and cream of mushroom soups, and crumbled BACON! It's a southern thing. :)

HA! HA! I thought this was going to be a post about your favorite snack while working on your computer -- Mac + cheese! Too funny! LOL! Recipe looks great.

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I made the mac and cheese last night for my family and the hunters that are staying with us. It was a hit, thanks for the recipe

Please can you help, this sounds like a great recipe, but can you tell me what measurement the T is for on the flour? I'm from England and we sometimes have different measures.
Thanks Ali.
Lynda

sounds yummo-but I'm so lazy..I do the crock pot man-n-cheese! Comes out perfect every time.

Thanks for sharing Ali, I am making this for tomorrow - having 10 kids over for supper. I just know they are going to love it.
Hope you have a great weekend.