Well today my issue was not lack of pre-cook prep, it was lack of resources once more. Thankfully this time discovered before choosing a recipe! There is a lack of meat in the house presently (apparently a shop is due) so the only available chicken (my preferred meat!) was frozen in a three pack. I attempted to pry apart one without defrosting the others but they were frozen together and insist upon being defrosted together, thus, I have gone meatless for today. I chose to make mac and cheese from scratch, because really, who doesn’t like mac and cheese? Crazy people, that’s who.
(Sorry if that’s you. Reality can be hard sometimes ya know? ;P)
I used this recipe which promised me mac and cheese within 15 minutes. I am hungry. I am ready. Let’s cook.
Did step one correctly this time round and checked for all the ingredients before starting, even did full prep and shredded the cheese before starting, my goodness, who am I? I did realize once the water for the pasta had boil however that cooking the pasta was going to take as long as one step of the sauce, so if they were to be done around the same time, the pasta shouldn’t have been started first so I held back on starting it a little.
I almost missed the fact that the milk had to be heated (even the best laid plans try and go awry…) but all seemed to go smoothly though it was a tad tricky balancing two pots at the same time with one needing constant stirring and the other fairly regular stirring but we got there. The cheese which was added into the sauce last actually melted a lot faster than I expected it to – nearly instantly! So sauce added to noodles, stuck it in a dish and give it a taste.
Boringgggggggg. This is the first meal I’ve ever had that I have added salt and pepper to. I don’t really know what other seasonings can go in things without getting gross so I added a tad of salt and a bit of pepper which made it okay, but still, boring! You could barely taste the cheese, it was just creamy pasta. Guess that’s not really my fault, more just a recipe that I’m not fond of and I suppose I could always try again sometime with more cheese. At least it looked like proper mac and cheese! Nice and creamy!
Dece.
If you like fast, easy, and tasteless, this is the recipe for you! I read in the post comments after the fact that one person made it and then baked it with a panko crumbs crust and that sounded like it could be really nice! I feel like the texture would kinda add something to counter the tastlessness… haha
Meal for week two down. I am slowly getting slightly more comfortable in the kitchen but baking is still proving to be much more rewarding.
The Quester's Tale 