You don't have to be a home cook feeding an army of kids or a college student staring at the back of the box to enjoy a good plate of mac and cheese. If you really want to leave your days of powdered cheese food product behind and start making mac and cheese like a pro, here's one tip: start by cooking your macaroni—or whichever pasta you plan to use—in milk. Here's why. By cooking the pasta in milk, the starches that are released while the pasta cooks then go to thicken up the milk you're using. That thickened, starchy milk is then the perfect consistency and thickness for a bechamel sauce you can spruce up with herbs, spices, and more cheese to go back over your pasta once it's cooked and drained. The blog Heavenly Homemakers suggests you just cook the pasta in the milk and add your cheese directly, which works, but if you remove the pasta first you can really play with the sauce and make it suit your tastes.
Are you mac and cheese fanatic, or do you have a different comfort food you like to amp up? Share your comfort food hacks in the comments below.
High Five Recipe: Creamy Mac and Cheese | Heavenly Homemakers via The Kitchn
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