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Creamy Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese

March 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment

This post is a part of a series I call Lovely Lady Lunch–where I take time, once a week, to make myself a real lunch. On the side, I might read a book, flip through a magazine, or watch something on YouTube. The idea is to enjoy a delicious lunch and just take a minute in the middle of the day to chill. I encourage you to share your lovely lady lunches on media using the tag #lovelyladylunch! 

Creamy Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese

 

Last week was one of those weeks that just would not stop. I won’t get into it, because that’s kind of boring but, basically, it was a total shit-show. All I wanted was a do-over and a giant bowl of carbs. While a do-over isn’t really something I can pull off, a bowl of carbs totally is. Thank goodness. This stovetop mac and cheese is so dang easy, it comes together in a single pot in about 20 minutes. You actually cook the noodles in milk and water before adding the cheese and end up with perfectly creamy, comforting mac and cheese. The recipe actually makes enough for two servings–lunch today and tomorrow…or one emotional lunch for one.

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Creamy Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese
 
Cook time
20 mins

Total time
20 mins

 

A creamy, one-pot, stovetop macaroni and cheese.
Author: Cindy
Serves: 2 servings

Ingredients
  • 4 ounces dried, short pasta
  • ½ cup milk
  • ¾ cup water
  • ¼ teaspoon dry mustard
  • ½ cup grated cheese
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Add the pasta, milk, water, and dry mustard to a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, reduces to simmer and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, so the noodles don’t clump together until most of the liquid has absorbed. Remove from the heat and stir in the cheese. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
Use any mix of cheese you like, to equal ½ cup. I usually use whatever I have in the fridge, this time it was camembert, cheddar, and jack.

I always use whole milk when I make this recipe, so I don’t have a reccomendation for using 2% or skim milk.

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Filed Under: Lovely Lady Lunch, savory Tagged With: cheese, easy, lovely lady lunch, mac and cheese, macaroni, noodle, one pot, pasta, stovetop

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Comments

  1. Katrina

    March 16, 2016 at 8:56 am

    Stovetop mac is a thing of beauty. This looks SO GOOD!

    Reply
  2. cynthia

    March 16, 2016 at 9:29 am

    Boooo for shit-show weeks! This bowl looks like exactly what I crave when those weeks come around — my dream carb-y cheesy meal. Heaven. I wish I had one at my desk right now! Hope things calm down for you soon, Cindy.

    Reply
  3. thenik

    March 16, 2016 at 5:11 pm

    Hope life chills out asap. In the meantime, carb therapy.

    I love this, of course, thank you 💖

    Reply
  4. Tori

    March 18, 2016 at 12:25 am

    Comfort food at it’s best! You killed it with this mac n cheese!

    Reply
  5. Erika

    March 18, 2016 at 4:35 am

    Let’s Chill with Mac -n- Cheese!! I just want to eat that whole bowl. I mean seriously, you got the lady lunch game on lock!!

    Reply
  6. Emily @ Life on Food

    March 19, 2016 at 6:12 am

    Yum! A perfect Sunday lunch for me. I hope I don’t have to share.

    Reply
  7. Morgan

    March 20, 2016 at 1:46 pm

    Just made this for dinner the other day – it was amazing! I used 1% milk (all I had on hand) and due to extreme laziness, didn’t bother to grate (or measure) the cheese; just threw in a few chunks of cheddar and some goat’s milk feta and stirred until melted. Thank you so much of this receipt – it will be a standard on comfort food nights at my house!

    Reply
    • Cindy

      March 20, 2016 at 7:37 pm

      Awesome! It’s definitely a recipe that you can wing it with. Thanks for the comment, Morgan!

      Reply
  8. Priya

    March 22, 2016 at 4:47 am

    Yum! Just made this for lunch and it was delicious! I used soya milk and it worked a treat! Will be making this again! X

    Reply
    • Cindy

      March 23, 2016 at 7:30 am

      Yes! I’m sog glad! and happy to know it worked just as well with soya. Thanks for the feedback, Priya 🙂

      Reply

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