American

Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese

Name: Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb elbow macaroni; 3 cups sharp cheddar; 1 cup Monterey Jack; 3 cups whole milk; 4 tbsp butter; 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 3/4 cup breadcrumbs; 1 tsp mustard powder; 1 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper

Carol Jean @grandma_carolj

Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese is American home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

45 min Medium Vegetarian Halal Pescatarian

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Serve it with

A American dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Buttered Corn
  
  8 min
What it is eaten with
- Baked Potato
  
  60 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Gluten	Yes	Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 470 kcal
Protein: 22 g
Carbs: 42 g
Fat: 24 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 6 g
Sodium: 680 mg
Saturated fat: 14 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.