I think we can all agree that it's still cold enough for comfort food and I've been craving a good homemade mac and cheese lately. Scouring the internet I came across this super easy recipe that yeilds 6 servings of deliciously golden mac and cheese with less than 30 minutes of prep time! I'd say we're on to a winner, find the original recipe here.

Ingredients

2cups uncooked elbow macaroni (7 ounces)
1/4cup butter or margarine
1/4cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1/2teaspoon salt
1/4teaspoon pepper
1/4teaspoon ground mustard
1/4teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2cups milk
2cups shredded or cubed Cheddar cheese (8 ounces)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350ºF.

2. Cook macaroni as directed on package.

3. While macaroni is cooking, melt butter in 3-quart saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Cook over medium low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constanly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in cheese. Cook, stirring occasionally, until cheese is melted.

4. Drain macaroni. Gently stir macaroni into cheese sauce. Pour into ungreased 2-quart casserole. Bake uncovered 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly.

There are a ton of ways you can kick up your mac and cheese too. I mean everything is better with bacon right? Or a make a date-night-in luxe dish by substituting in different cheeses and adding tender cooked lobster. I'd love this as a side dish to anything... just saying, hint hint hubby!