Macaroni and Cheese

Ah Macaroni and Cheese - one of my childhood favourites and always a hit with my friends and family! Super easy because most of the work is done in the microwave so make sure you have a good sized microwaveable dish to get started!

What you need:

1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp butter
half of one large onion, finely chopped
3 tbsp flour
3 1/4 cups of milk
1/2 tsp ground pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
2 1/2 cups of grated cheddar cheese
3 cups cooked pasta (preferably small like macaroni, but as you can see, I used rotini)

Ya Ready?

Preheat oven to 350 F/ 180 C

1. In a microwavable bowl add your olive oil, butter, garlic powder and chopped onions.

2. Add your milk and flour to the bowl too and give it a good mix to get rid of a good few of the lumps of flour. Don't worry if you don't get all of them, you can whisk them away in the next step.

3. Put your bowl in the microwave for 3 minutes, then take it out and whisk out those lumps. PLEASE NOTE THE BOWL WILL BE HOT SO USE OVEN MITTS TO GET IT OUT OF THE MICROWAVE! Safety first! Add 2 cups of the cheese and stir that in too. The mixture should be nice and thick like so...

4. Put the bowl back into the microwave for another 1 minute or so so that the cheese sauce is all nice and melted!

5. Now combine the cheese sauce with the pasta and mix together gently.

6. Into a nice deep dish, pour the cheesey covered pasta out and spread evenly. At this stage I added about 1/4 cup more of milk and 1/4 cup of cheese and mixed it in thoroughly.

7. Cover the top with the rest of the cheese and put in the oven for 15 - 20 minutes or until it looks like this:

Oh yeah. Dish it up and marvel at the cheesiness.

Mm, childhood.

Serves about 6 people if it's a side or 3-4 people if it's eaten as a meal.

Now eat the food!