Crazy Mac n Cheese! 11.2.09
Scott had seen Ina Garten make her lobster mac n cheese on tv the other day...he had it on his mind when I asked him to shop for a friend today...we decided to do a bacon, mushroom, chix version. This is the best mac n cheese I've ever eaten. He stopped by Central Market to look for the cavatappi pasta...De Cecco makes a great pasta in my opinon, Ina's too...but this cut is hard to find...but of course CM had it. Then he stopped by Market Street for the cheese...Gruyere & a 2 yr old white cheddar and some baby bella mushrooms. It was a little more labor intensive than he originally expected, but so worth it. I got to spectate much of it since little Lo was with us...eating a teething biscuit in his Bumbo chair on the counter. We had so much fun together today. Crazy Mac and Cheese (this is a 1/2 recipe...and it was enough to generously feed four)1 10 oz mushrooms halved (baby bellas tonite), pre sauteed, nice and crusty brown in ...