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I LOVE recipes and I love to cook! What are your favorite recipes? Would you post them?
I'm craving mac n' cheese at work right now....*drool*

Oh my gosh what a great mac n' cheese recipe! Thank you! Shh...I still love the cheap boxed kind now and again....Oh everyone...please feel free to post ANY recipe...no just mac n' cheese :)!

Answer 1

Baked Macaroni and Cheese Recipe courtesy Alton Brown
Show: Good Eats
Episode: For Whom the Cheese Melts 2


1/2 pound elbow macaroni
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon powdered mustard
3 cups milk
1/2 cup yellow onion, finely diced
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 large egg
12 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Fresh black pepper

Topping:
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup panko bread crumbs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente.

While the pasta is cooking, in a separate pot, melt the butter. Whisk in the flour and mustard and keep it moving for about five minutes. Make sure it's free of lumps. Stir in the milk, onion, bay leaf, and paprika. Simmer for ten minutes and remove the bay leaf.

Temper in the egg. Stir in 3/4 of the cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Fold the macaroni into the mix and pour into a 2-quart casserole dish. Top with remaining cheese.

Melt the butter in a saute pan and toss the bread crumbs to coat. Top the macaroni with the bread crumbs. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and rest for five minutes before serving. Remember to save leftovers for fried Macaroni and Cheese.
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Answer 2

Tagine Kefta (Moroccan Meatballs)

For the sauce--
6-8 medium tomatoes, cored and roughly chopped
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3-4 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
2 garlic cloves, minced
salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1/4 cup vegetable oil

For the meatballs---
400 g ground beef
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3-4 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
2 garlic cloves, minced
salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Mix all the ingredients for the sauce together in the tagine, cover and let simmer gently over a medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, use your hands to mix the ingredients for the meatballs together and then roll the meat into small balls, about 1 inch round.
After the tomatoes have simmered for about 15 minutes, stir the sauce and add a little water if you feel it is needed.
Place the meatballs in the sauce.
Do not stir but just let them sit on top of the sauce.
Lower the heat, cover and cook for another 8-10 minutes. Uncover and let simmer another couple minutes if you feel the sauce needs thickening.
Serve with lots of crusty bread for dipping in the sauce.

Answer 3

Great meal for busy mom's. Kid favorite Mac and Cheese, with ham and peas made on a large scale. Make up one batch and freeze one or two dishes for meals later. Add salad and bread and you have a complete meal. Great for freezing to save time in the kitchen.

1. Boil macaroni in water with 1 Tbsp oil in very large pot till tender. Add frozen peas for last minute of boiling time. Drain. Keep warm.


2. While macaroni is boiling, melt butter in medium sized bowl in microwave. Add flour to butter and stir until most of lumps are gone. Add milk all at once and stir to get butter paste mixed inches.
2. Micowave on high 8 to 10 minutes. Stiring every 2 minutes. After first 2 minutes add cream cheese. Then continue to stir every 2 minutes until cream cheese is melted in and sauce becomes thick.


3. Add 1 1/2 cups cheese and stir until melted. Mix in salt, pepper, garlic salt and ground mustard.
Add to macaroni mixture and stir unitl sauce is mixed inches Pour into 9 x 13 casserole. You will probably have enough to fill it and then some. (I use two or three 8 x 8 squares).
Top with additional cheese and crushed croutons, bake 30 mins
at 350.

4. If freezing leave out last step until ready to bake.

Answer 4

My Curried Basmati Rice

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 big spoonful minced garlic
1 Tbsp curry powder
1 cup basmati rice
2 cups chicken broth

Frozen peas
Baby shrimp
Chopped green onion
Chopped cilantro

In a medium saucepan with a tight fitting lid, heat the olive oil to a little less than med-high. Add garlic and stir for a minute. Add the curry powder and stir for another minute or two. Add rice and stir for a minute or two until sort of translucent. Add the broth and bring up to a boil. Stir well, slap a lid on it, reduce heat to a simmer. Time it for 20 minutes.

At the 15 minute mark you can toss in peas and shrimp, and when it'd done, sprinkle the cilantro and green onion on it.

I love love love this dish.