Spaghetti and Cheese

I knew what I wanted for dinner tonight.  It would be easy to make and yummy to eat.  I was thinking mac and cheese.  This morning, I saw on a blog, this fantastic macaroni and cheese and I thought I would try it.  It had me hungry hours ago.

Skipped out of school – the students don’t even do this.  I headed straight for home.  Without a care, I dropped my books, got a cup of coffee, decided to check my email and then make dinner.  So far, so good. 

Time for the kitchen and that mac and cheese.   I don’t usually yearn for food but I was yearning.  Then the everything went wrong.  No macaroni.  In my cleaning up for Passover, of course, I did not buy any.  I felt deflated.

I was determined so I pulled out four half opened spaghettis, different sizes, different brands, all gluten free, of course.  I didn’t care how weird this was going to turn out, I was going to have spaghetti and cheese instead of mac and cheese.  Why don’t we use spaghetti?  I figured, it had to do with the surface.  Spaghetti might be too thin for a thick, gloppy sauce.  Not true.   It worked nicely.  I have some relative close-ups so you can see how the cheese adhered to the pasta.

3/4 pound different spaghettis  (you can use one kind)  How do you pluralize spaghetti?

1/4 cup milk

2 tablespoons whipped margarine

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon mustard

I wanted to add 2 tablespoons of sour cream but I was out of it.

Method:                   

Cook spaghetti according to package directions or when using different pastas, follow your gut and hope for the best.  Drain and rinse.

In saucepan, melt margarine. 

Add milk and combine.

Add cheese and salt and combine and allow to melt into each other.

Add mustard and mix it in.

Return pasta to this saucepan and combine until spaghetti is coated and gleaming.

Grab a fork and a salad and eat.  Enjoy.

I did not use that delicious looking mac and cheese, I saw this morning.  I am waiting to use it with real macaroni.  This recipe was decided upon, as I took out items from my fridge.  I stopped at the chocolate ganache.  Someone else can try that.

I darkened the largest photo to show how the cheese adhered to the spaghetti.  I think it is clearer.

 

 

I have been telling Ruth fromPresto Pasta Nights, each week, that it is the last week, I will have a contribution.  Must get rid of the pasta in the house before Passover.  I planned to return after the holidays.  Happily, I got in, at least, two weeks.  I feel like getting my weekly recipe to Ruth, is part of life.  She is such a pleasure to deal with and it is fun to check out all those pasta dishes.  Granted, I am getting more limited in what I can produce but it is pasta.  Thanks Ruth who be found at Once Upon A Feast and of course at Presto Pasta Nights. 

Our host, this week from Served With Love has a great blog. You must check out the poem she has for Presto Pasta Week.  She also has some recipes, worth checking out.