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    Home » Main dishes

    Best Mac Cheese Recipe

    Updated: Sep 29, 2020 · Published: Jan 10, 2018 · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Homemade Macaroni Cheese Recipe

    There's not much that can keep me away from a good homemade macaroni cheese recipe.  It's kinda like my Spicy Sausage Pasta Bake, just one of those comfort food dishes full of ooey gooey goodness that goes down so good.

    And when you find recipes that you can count on for comfort food meals, those go in the golden book of recipes.  Meals that you make over and over again for both family and friends alike--because the food is too good not to share.  That's how I feel about Mama's Meatballs recipe as well as my recipe for what I consider to be the Best Goulash Ever.

    Another thing that I love about all three of those recipes is that they can easily be one-pot meals.  I have a white cast-iron skillet that I use for most of my cooking, especially comfort food like this. And when it comes to saving time on dishes, you can be sure I'm all over that one.

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    Simple Mac Cheese Recipe

    I love a good twist on a classic recipe, but some food needs to stay pretty true to self.

    Recipes like Mac & Cheese are easy to toss together in a crunch.  You can likely pull most of the ingredients out of our pantry and refrigerator, so you probably won't even have to run to the store.

    Mac and cheese requires melting butter and mixing shredded up cheese into that.  It's probably a little simpler than say, making a roux for Homemade Sausage Gravy (which my family raves about by the way), or for another family favorite, Southern Mashed Potatoes and Hamburger Gravy.

    Before I really felt comfortable in the kitchen, my go to comfort food--I would make this hearty Poor Man's Soup, which is so good--it just doesn't require a much skill at all to throw together.  Which can be a really good thing in a crunch.

    white mac and cheese in white cast iron pan
    Best Mac Cheese Recipe

    I don't remember having homemade mac and cheese when I was a kid, but I'm sure that I must have on occasion. And, I've only been making macaroni and cheese from scratch for the last few years.

    What I love move about making the best mac cheese recipe from scratch is that it is so easy to change up the flavor of the finished product simply by changing out the type of cheese that is used.  In this recipe, I used Havarti cheese, which is super creamy and has such a fabulous flavor.

    If you haven't tried Havarti cheese before, it's also great in our Cheesy Breakfast French Toast with Berries.

    white mac and cheese in white cast iron pan

    Simple Comfort Foods

    Comfort food favorites are the perfect solution for whatever ails you.  I'm all about easy to eat comfort foods. So yes, I'm making a lot of soups right now (like my Zuppa Toscana) and other soft foods.

    In fact, I have Italian sausage and kale in the fridge, so I'm seriously thinking Zuppa is in the cards for this week.

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    Easy Comfort Food Recipes

    Yum.

    Really, what is better than an amazing heart-warming dinner that is wonderful to share with family and friends. Pair with side dishes of meatballs and Italian Chopped Salad, which are both SO good!

    white mac and cheese in white cast iron pan

    Time for Mac 'n Cheese

    Ready for dinner?

    You wont be disappointed with our Havarti Macaroni and Cheese!

    white mac and cheese

    best mac cheese recipe

    Best Mac Cheese Recipe

    All She Cooks
    Enjoy this cheesy, creamy mac n cheese recipe!
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 30 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Course Side Dish, Side Dishes
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8
    Calories 414 kcal

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 4 tablespoons butter
    • 8 ounces Jalapeno Havarti cheese shredded
    • ½ pint heavy whipping cream
    • 16 ounce box macaroni noodles- prepared.

    Instructions
     

    • Prepare macaroni noodles according to package directions, shaving 1-2 minutes off the cooking time. Drain.
    • Melt butter, stirring in shredded Havarti cheese. Stir until melted and well blended. Add in whipping cream. Stir in macaroni noodles and cook for 10-15 minutes on low heat until heated through.
    • Enjoy!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 414kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 15gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 66mgSodium: 237mgPotassium: 178mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 672IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 212mgIron: 1mg
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    1. Emily

      January 15, 2016 at 10:09 am

      Yum!! Havarti is one of my favorite cheeses, and mac and cheese is one of my favorite dishes = match made in heaven 🙂 Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday this week!

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    2. swathi

      January 17, 2016 at 4:42 pm

      Simple but comfort food, nobody can resist this delicious one, thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop, pinning and tweeting.

      Reply
    3. Miz Helen

      January 20, 2016 at 3:28 pm

      5 stars
      I love Mac & Cheese, your recipe looks awesome. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday this week. Hope you are having a great day and come back soon!
      Miz Helen

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