Mac n’ cheese is my absolute FAVORITE comfort food. Even when times are good I still eat it regularly.
I think one of these days I might have to tackle making the oven-baked kind. It’s more work than the blue box, but nothing outside my culinary skill set.
Mmmm...mac and cheese from scratch. Doesn’t touch the box stuff for flavor and MUCH lower in salt.
I use 2 saucepans to make it, one for boiling the pasta and one for the cheese sauce. Then once it is all mixed and in the oven, I wash both pans, the measuring cup, strainer, and cutting board in the sink by hand. Somehow that is part of the “comfort” process for me, to have the dishes all clean before the casserole is done...
Basic bechamel, baby!!!