Clean Mac n' Cheese

Triple Post Sunday!!! You have to wonder why I don't post throughout the week instead of overloading on a single day. Your guess is as good as mine. I'm going to start with laziness and end with I'm busy. Maybe I'll try to do better next year. New Year's Resolution? Lol. Anyway, I wanted to do a second review of thegraciouspantry's Clean Mac n' Cheese. That's right, I tried it again and really aced it this time! I figured out that go get the flour to meld into the milk, you have to nurse THE MESS out of it. I mean adding fragments of teaspoons of flour at a time and then alternating between swirling the pot and whisking. Of course, simultaneously, you have to make sure the milk doesn't boil. So at this point you're swirling, whisking, taking the pot on and off the stove, sprinkling fragments of flour, repeat until all the flour is in there. *whew* right? Definitely WHEW! But, totally worth it in the end. Also, instead of whole wheat flour I used basic unbleached white flour. I think using both whole wheat flour and whole wheat noodles creates too strong of a whole wheat flavoring. In addition, I used less ground mustard. Overall this attempt was far superior to the one prior. And, plus side, the recipe is so simple it's super easy to throw together in a pinch. Which I did. At this point, I would 100% say this is a 4 star recipe. If for nothing more than the ease of creation. It taste good too, not yet kraft, but definitely passable as a mac and cheese sauce recipe. Check it!


http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-macaroni-and-cheese/

(I really need to buy a camera.)