Garlicky sausage mac and cheese
Store bought garlicky sausage meat is browned and combined with Mornay sauce before cooked pasta is stirred in. Fast and easy snack or a filling lunch or dinner.
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Bacon, spinach and cream cheese macaroni
Spinach is wilted in bacon fat, cream cheese is stirred in until melted, a little cream is added to make a sauce, cooked pasta and fried bacon are tossed in.
Bacon asparagus mac and cheese
A one-pot dish, this mac and cheese variant derives its flavors from bacon, its rendered fat fat and garlic cooked in butter. Shredded cheese is added to create a creamy …
How to cook al dente pasta minus the myths and hype
Is a pasta pan essential? How much water should the pasta cook in? Is adding salt and oil essential? Should the noodles be stirred? What is al dente? Read the answers to …
18th century American macaroni and cheese
When macaroni and cheese landed in America, Bechamel sauce wasn’t part of it. The dish consisted of layers of butter, pasta and cheese, and nothing more. Simple. Pure.
Pasta Alfredo (no cream, of course!)
Surprised? Think of it this way. Pasta Alfredo with cream is the American fast food version. Pasta Alfredo done right, without cream, is how the Italians make it.
Fried chicken and spaghetti
Chicken fillets fried Japanese katsu style are paired with spaghetti tossed in tomato cream sauce. This lovely fried chicken and pasta combo dish has everything for a …