As part of last post, I shared that I want to continue to try new recipes that are easy to make and require few expensive ingredients.
A favorite staple:
Moira’s Really Cheesey Mac ‘n’ Cheese (serves A LOT)
Everything tastes good if you add a pound of cheese.
- 1 box of elbows
- 1 lb of Land o Lakes American Cheese, sliced and then cut into small squares
- 1/4 cup of butter
- 1/4 cup of flour
- 1 3/4 cup milk
- Make elbows.
- Melt butter, stir in flour and heat til bubbly
- Remove from heat & stir in milk. It will look really weird.
- Remove from heat and add cheese.
- When melted, mix with cooked elbows in a 13 x 9 pyrex pan.
- Bake at 350 until slightly brown on top, I think about a half hour.
Lisa’s Walnut & Zucchini Pasta (serves 4)
You heard right, Lisa made this dish first!
- 3/4 box spaghetti
- 3 TBL olive oil
- 1/2 cup walnut halves, roughly chopped (found in the baking aisle, took me forever to figure that out)
- 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 lbs small zucchini (4-5) cut in half moons
- kosher salt and black pepper
- Parmesan cheese
- Cook pasta, drain & return to pot.
- Heat oil in skillet, brown walnuts stirring 3-4 min
- Add garlic and stir until beginning to brown (1 min)
- Add zucchini and season w 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper. Cook until tender, tossing occasionally.
- Add zucchini to spaghetti. Top with Parmesan cheese.
Do you have any easy recipes to share? I’d LOVE to try them.