Mac and Cheese.

I usually buy mac and cheese cook and serve boxes. They’re really convenience, fast, and easy to make especially when you’re dying in hunger. I decided to make it from scratch for my brother’s birthday party and also let my good friends be guinea pigs.

I searched for some good and easy recipes to give it a try. I had a friend that helped me browse around too. Finally, we came across a recipe where it had good ratings and feedbacks and easy to access the ingredients. Home Style Macaroni and Cheese, yum.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Home-Style-Macaroni-and-Cheese/Detail.aspx

But some of the ingredients that was called for; I switch the measurements around and play around with the recipe. I wanted to cook the one box of macaroni elbow because I thought it was weird just measuring 7 ounces and don’t know what to do with the rest. I played around with the servings and finally got to the right numbers. 15 servings equals to one box of elbow macaroni (1 pound or 16 ounces per box). I didn’t have any handy measurements spoons with me so for the butter and all-purpose flour; I didn’t add the 2 tablespoons. The recipe called for 2 ½ packages of cream cheese instead I added only 2 packages, added an extra cup of sharp Cheddar cheese, and didn’t add any Dijon mustard. I didn’t top it with any bread crumbs either. It was my first time, I didn’t expect the best but at least it was edible with at least some mac and cheese flavor.

Overall it turned out pretty nice and had the mac and cheese flavor. My lovely guinea pigs liked it. =P But I think that in the future I’m going to arrange the measurements again, like add only 1 ½ package of cream cheese or substitute it with heavy cream and add more cheese to it. It was interesting making mac and cheese from scratch for the first. I thought it was going to be even harder, but I don’t think I’m going to make it for fun when I crave for mac and cheese, only once and awhile would be fine.

Give it a try for a special occasion! :)