Macaroni

So I've been horrible about keeping up with everything, including what little cooking I have done and this blog. >.<; So here's an attempt to remember what the heck I cooked and how....

I was headed home from work and I talked myself into craving some deliciously processed Kraft macaroni and cheese.....then got home to find out--that I had none. This discovery sent me into a deep spiral of despair until I realized that I had bought all that cheese....and I actually had good milk in the house! And off I went to make some good ol' macaroni and cheese.

First change--it called for a lot of cheeses that I didn't have. So, I just used what I did--the rest of the cheddar block and half of a.....the speckled one.....jack? Monterey jack! half a block of that.

I started off by sauteing some onion and garlic in a decent amount of garlic. I then added around a 1/4 cup of flour to make a roux (since I had no cream) and added in 1/2 cup of milk.  The rest of the wet ingredients went into the pan because it's my biggest container. >.<; (1/2ish cup of cottage cheese stand-in for ricotta, a small tub of sour cream, and random seasonings). I grated......probably 3 cups total cheese. Some over half of it was mixed in with the wet (Oh! And to noodles, too!). And then it all went into a 9x13 cooking pan, topped with the rest of the cheese and crumbled ritz.
Baked in the oven at 350 for 30 mins.

I don't remember much about the cooking of this. I used penne noodles, which was amazing because the cheese melted into them. Then, when I got sick of this dish and made the rest into garbage vegetarian lasagna soup, the cheese inside was an awesome flavor/texture thing!