Creamy Macaroni and Cheese

This Creamy Macaroni and Cheese is as different a dish as you can get from our Grandma Jeannette’s. You can view that recipe here. The macaroni recipes are as different as the ladies themselves.

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When I make this soupy Macaroni and cheese, or even when I think about it, I am transported back into my Grandma Ila’s kitchen.

The yellow laminate, the wood/Formica kitchen table, the 60’s style bread box, and the cornucopia wall art is still as fresh in my memory as always. How many hours did I spend at that table while she pinned my hair for perms, prayed with me over my small kid troubles, and laughed with me at my small kid jokes. She had the best laugh.

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I have a quilt that still smells like her, and there’s nothing better than a bowl of this Mac under that quilt on a cool fall day.

If I have a bad day, or just need to feel a little of the comfort she would give me, I whip this up and before I know it, I have a bowl of nostalgic comfort.  Her creamy and soupy macaroni and cheese with a hint of pepper combined with shell pasta still has us scrambling for a bowl of our very own. I hope you enjoy this. And you don’t even have to suffer a tight perm for it 🙂

Enjoy!

Want something cold and sweet? Check out this Candy Apple Salad Recipe 🙂

11 responses to “Creamy Macaroni and Cheese”

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    Elise

    We think recipes are only a list of ingredients…they are a story. Love it.

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      Pioneer Flunkies

      I love your view on recipes! Couldn’t agree more. Thank you for your comment 🙂

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