grandma's macaroni & cheese
This recipe I found in a cook book and thought it sounded so different from the usual mac/chees. We enjoyed it!
prep time
20 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
Bake
yield
8-10 servings
Ingredients
- 1 - 28 oz. can whole stewed tomatoes, quarter each stewed tomato
- 4 cups elbow macaroni, cooked
- 1 medium bell pepper, chopped (any color)
- 1 small yellow onion, chopped
- 2 cups cheese, shredded (i've used chedder and parmesan)
- 2 tablespoons butter, cubed
- - milk (follow instructions for milk in recipe)
- 1/2 cup bread or cracker crumbs (i've used panko & also ritz crumbs)
- 1 bunch fresh oregano, thyme, or basil (you could use one or a combination)
How To Make grandma's macaroni & cheese
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Step 1Drain and reserve juice from tomatoes. Grease a 9x13 casserole dish and layer ingredients in the following order, 1/2 of the macaroni, yellow onion, bell pepper, tomatoes, cheese and fresh herb of your choice. Repeat all layers.
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Step 2Top with dots of butter. Pour tomato juice and enough milk to come up about half way up the sides of the dish. Top with the bread or cracker crumbs. Seal dish tightly with foil.
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Step 3Bake at 350 for 1 hour. Serve with tossed salad and garlic toast.
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