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One for boiling the pasta and (affiliate link) a good enameled cast iron pan for the sauce and the baking cuts down on dishes. So if you’re looking for the real deal, the old school baked macaroni and cheese the way your grandma might have made it–this is it.Īnd just so you know, aside from the baking, this easy macaroni and cheese took 15 minutes and only two pans to make. That works too, but that stuff doesn’t even need to be refrigerated.

Sure, you can get a box of Velveeta and melt that over some noodles. But I can also guess you don’t know many other alternatives. I hate feeding it to my kids and I dare say that you hate it too. Your kids like it, but it glows like the kryptonite they used in the old Christoper Reeve Superman movies.Īnd I hate to break it to you, but there’s nothing real in that box either. Check out my other homemade macaroni and cheese recipes too:īaked macaroni and cheese, spicy baked macaroni and cheese, stovetop mac and cheese, and baked macaroni and cheese with tomatoes.Sometimes you buy that glowing yellow macaroni in the box.

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Want more homemade junk food recipes? Watch the junk food remakes series on YouTube now! You can also check out my gooey cheesy homemade hot pockets (video #1 in the series here). If you’re making 2 cups of pasta, use at least a 4 cup container.

Cook your pasta in an extra large glass container.

Bump up the dried mustard if you feel like it needs that kick.

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Feel free to change the cheeses (we’re using just cheddar here) but you could do parmesan and dried herbs (think Pasta Roni) or another cheese of your choice.

If you use a large pasta it won’t cook in the allotted time. If you can get any pasta that’s small and thin like what’s in the Kraft boxes, absolutely get it. I used miniature penne but something like ditalini would work too. Just take out a scoop and add it to your hot pasta and stir till it melts in. This base can live in your freezer for goodness knows how long–6 months at least. We’ll start by making a cheese mixture base.

This doesn’t taste one tad bit like the factory made stuff so just don’t even go there.

If you want more cheese in your mixture than what I did, go ahead and add it. I had my doubts about this starting out (I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome though!) and I’ll tell you two things up front:

Easy mac and cheese for two how to#

How to make the best homemade easy mac and cheese in the microwave That doesn’t mean that microwavable easy mac is going to put you in an early grave, but it sure doesn’t pass the test for us. And based on that list, I don’t have about 75% of that stuff. Part of my goal with whatever packaged food I buy is to try to stick to ingredients that I would likely have in my pantry right now. “Cheese Sauce Mix (Whey, Maltodextrin, Milk, Corn Syrup Solids, Palm Oil, Modified Food Starch, Milkfat, Salt, Milk Protein Concentrate, Contains Less Than 2% Of Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Dried Buttermilk, Sodium Phosphate, Citric Acid, Cream, High Acid Whey, Lactic Acid, Calcium Phosphate, Guar Gum, Cheese Culture, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Autolyzed Yeast, Torula Yeast, Enzymes, Dried Yeast, Natural Flavor) Modified Food Starch, Maltodextrin, Potassium Chloride, Acetylated Monoglycerides, Salt, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Apocarotenal (Color).” If you’d like to see what’s in the store bought version, here’s a brief synopsis of the cheese sauce mix: But on closer inspection the ingredient list gets sort of…bogged down. Microwaveable mac and cheese is a practically a food group for some people–especially kids and others who just can’t seem to eat an entire larger box of their favorite comfort food.Īnd it might seem super convenient at first: Just add water, stir it up, and microwave it. To see me make this homemade easy mac recipe in it’s entirety, visit me there! This post is part of our junk food remakes series on YouTube. A simple cheese base is stirred in to hot pasta and transforms into a creamy quick side dish or snack. Homemade microwave easy mac and cheese is a gentle nod to the microwavable cups so many people have known and loved–minus all the things about those that you don’t need (hello preservatives).