Mac & Cheese!!!

This is my favorite Mac & Cheese recipe, although people also rave about Pioneer Woman's recipe and I haven't tried that one (yet).

This is one is so creamy and tasty!!!

Company Mac & Cheese
From Taste of Home Annual Recipe book 2000

1 7 oz package of elbow macaroni (almost 1 cup of uncooked macaroni)
4 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
1 package cream cheese, cubed
2 cups (8oz) shredded cheddar cheese
2 teaspoons spicy brown mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Cook macaroni according to directions on package. Meanwhile, melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan. Stir in flour until smooth.  Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat; add cheese, mustard, salt and pepper. Stir until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth. Drain macaroni; add to the cheese sauce and stir to coat. Transfer to a greased shallow 3 quart baking dish. Cook at 400 degrees uncovered 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

(the recipe calls for dried bread crumbs mixed with 2 tablespoons butter. I don't usually do that thought, because I have a hard enough time trying to get my kids to eat mac and cheese...I'm really not sure if they're my kids if they don't like mac!!!)

Delicious Potatoes (Seriously...they really are, even if it's a silly name!)

Everyone thinks they're delicious...even though some (my cousin Lana) say they're funeral potatoes...that's too morbid a name for something so yummy! So yes, my family calls them Delicious Potatoes!

1 32 oz bag of southern style hash browns
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 16 oz carton of sour cream
1/4 cup of chopped green onions
8 oz sharp cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 stick butter melted

Topping: 2 cups of crushed corn flakes
                1 stick melted butter

Mix together all the ingredients in a large bowl. Put into a 9x13 inch pan, spayed with Pam. Mix melted butter and crushed corn flakes and sprinkle on the top of casserole. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

LOVE this recipe!

Mom's Wicked Good Baked Beans

BayLea calls these Sugar Beans.

2 lbs pork and beans
3/4 C brown sugar
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 C ketchup
6 slices bacon, cut in pieces

Stir together ingredient and top with sliced, uncooked bacon. Bake at 350 for at least one hour.

Seriously yummy!