Macaroni and Cheese, our reccomended route to heart attack heaven!

Do you see that puddle of cheesy deliciousness? Is that not the single most gorgeously cheesy thing you've ever seen? It is now. This delicious concoction was found someplace online, we stole it from them, and apparently it is based off the Noodles and Company mac n cheese recipe, although I think that is a lie. It is delicious either way. Of course, we doubled the cheese sauce recipe while using the same amount of noodles, but if you want to be a lame cheese hater you can just use the regular recipe. So, lets get started on this exciting adventure through the cheesy Amazon!


Ingredients: Flour, Milk, Noodles (yes, we have 2 kinds, its because were amazing, and like to do things like that), Mustard, Butter, Onions, Bread Crumbs (or matzo meal if you're Jewish, which apparently we are now), Tabasco Sauce, Salt and Pepper


But wait, theres MORE! CHEESE! Here we've got some Fontinella and Romano (we decided to use every cheese in the house, so thats not even close to all!)


Monterey Jack, which is delicious,

a little Pepper Jack, and even less Swiss (you see how little swiss? Thats because its disgusting. We're only using it because Elvis insisted we use ALL the cheeses...geesh)

and of course, don't forget the Cheddar, thats right TWO bowls of cheddar! Thats because it is delicious. And also it will help to balance out some of the weirder cheeses.
Or the gross ones...like swiss.


Okay, so first we gotta cook the pasta. I assume you already know how to do that, but on going to run through it with you anyway. Put some water in a pot and boil it.


Add your pasta. Cook until its al dente.

Drain. Now put it somewhere and just kinda let it sit for a while...until were done.

Lets make some cheesy sauce! Cook the onions in the butter. (Just an FYI, you really can just leave the onions out all together. They add nothing. Unless you really love onions. In which case, knock yourself out.)

Then add flour. Whisk that all together nicely. Use a whisk. I know theres a spoon in that picture but thats because I am silly.


Then add milk. Once again, don't be silly like me, use a whisk. Now let that thicken for a little bit.


Now we get to add EXCITING things! Like SALT!


And PEPPER! Lots and lots of pepper! Pepper is yummy!


A little Tabasco sauce...



Mustard! It adds a pretty yellow color along with tasting yummy!


And then add all the cheese. Or, if you don't feel like grating more later, just add most of it.


yummy. I want it. now. This is the part where you add more of whatever you think it needs. More cheddar to make it taste less weird, more pepper, more milk, whatever you think it needs.


Then you stir that for a bit, and when it is relatively smooth, pour it over the noodles which you have already put in a buttered baking dish...yeah, kinda left that step out...


Then sprinkle some more grated cheese over the top.


And if you're like us, you will realize that this is just not enough cheese! So put some big chunks on top.

Then sprinkle your bread crumbs (or matzo meal) over the top of all of that.



And stick it in the oven for a bit, until the cheese gets all melty.

When you take it out, it will look like this. And you will try not to eat it all in one giant bite. But you wont be able to resist. It is too delicious.

And then you will put some on a plate along with some broccoli and have yourself a nice family meal. Or you could just save yourself that extra waiting time and eat it straight out of the pan. That works too.

12 ounces elbow macaroni
3 tablespoons butter
1/8 cup diced white onion (optional)
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
3 cups (12 ounces) sharp Wisconsin Cheddar cheese, shredded (or more cheese, of various varieties)
3 cups coarse bread crumbs

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Cook macaroni according to package instructions, or until al dente. Drain, rinse, and set aside.

In large saucepan, saute onion in butter for two minutes until transparent.

Blend in flour, stirring well to incorporate, and cook for an additional minute.

Whisk milk into butter and flour mixture. Bring to simmer and cook until sauce thickens.

Reduce to low heat and add salt, pepper, hot sauce and mustard. Stir in 2 1/2 cups cheese.

Add cooked macaroni to cheese sauce and mix well. Place macaroni mixture in buttered, ovenproof, 9-inch square dish. Top with remaining 1/2 cup of Cheddar cheese and bread crumbs.

Put in a 325 degree oven until the cheese gets all melty. Or turn the oven up a little higher and cook it for a smaller amount of time. It really dosn't matter, so long as the cheese on top is melty and delicious.

Paffles, a Delicious Compromise

I bring to you the cross pollination (go away you botanists...this type of science is obviously too advanced for you) of a pancake and a waffle a.k.a. the Paffle! To create this scientific bit of yumminess i and my partner in scientific crime added a bit of oil to a pancake recipe and then deceived the soon to be paffle by cooking it on a frying pan like a pancake,then we used our super amazing paffling skills to flip the at this point pancake onto the waffle iron,Yippee!We have created a monster,the Paffle!!!It will yummify you!Beware!muahahaha,we be mad scientists.bloody mad.

Ingredients: Kitty Cat, Oil, Egg...

Okay, here are the real ingredients for all you weak stomached sissies.
Ingredients: Milk, Bisquick, Egg, Oil

First mix the bisquick,eggs,oil,and milk in a bowl.

Mix...mix...mix....yahoo mixed!

Now you need to arrange your waffle iron and frying pan so that they are in close proximity of each other unless you are a speedy gonzalo and just super skilled.

BUTTER the pan with lots of BUTTER!

BUTTER the waffle iron with lots of BUTTER!

yay!batter cooking in a puddle of butter!

Now be as awesome as me and flip this pancake onto the waffle iron carefully,so that it can reach its true potential and become a full fledged Paffle.

waffling...waffling...

This picture is Beauteous.
The anipisthographic Pancake!
The anapisthagraphic Waffle!
We've done it,defied the laws of nature,Introducing the Paffle!!!


mmmmmm....yum!

Paffle Recipe:
(This is the pancake recipe from the bisquick box, go ahead and use whatever wffle or pancake or hybrid recipe you please)
2 cups Bisquick mix
1&1/4 cups milk
1 egg
Pour all the ingredients in a bowl together and stir until mixed.

Cook on one side on a frying pan, flip onto a waffle iron.

Pizza in a Mug!

I suspect you are thinking, "what is this craziness?! you can't put pizza in a mug!" However, you my friend, are very wrong! You can put anything you like in a mug! So this is pretty much a pizza, squished into a mug. Now we are not using a real mug because I was too lazy to find one that said oven safe (you MUST make sure your mug says OVEN SAFE on it, otherwise it will break, not microwave safe, not dishwasher safe, OVEN SAFE) so we used these baking flower pot things. I dont know what they are called. Now, just an fyi, we were in a hurry when we made these, so if they look undercooked to you, its because they are, yours should be much prettier. If you do not have oven safe mugs: either use a muffin tin instead of a mug, or you can just use the pizza dough recipe and roll it out on a baking sheet. yay! Lets get started!

Okay, these are our ingerdients: Flour, Sugar, Oil, Water, Salt, Pizza Toppings (use whatever you want, we've got tomatoes and sausage [you should cook things like sausage that are bad for you when theyre raw beforehand] pictured here)

and of course, pizza sauce and cheese...we are cool and therefore are going to use pasta sauce instead of pizza sauce. I mean, you could use pizza sauce, but really they're the same thing...

These are our fancy little mug/flower pot things, aren't they purdy?

Mix the yeast and warm water, while the mixer is still mixing, add the sugar and continue stirring

Then add the oil, water and flour, and switch to the bread hook.

Stir until the dough forms a ball

Spray another bowl, or put butter on it, whichever you prefer

Cover the bowl with a damp cloth.

Like this. Putting it on the oven is good, because it is warm on the top of the oven. Only don't leave the side of the cloth hanging over the edge of the oven or your kitty will try to pull it over.


This is when we decided we were done waiting for the dough to be done. We waited about half an hour, you should probably wait about 45 min though, being in a hurry is not a good thing when you are cooking.


The amount of dough should make about three pizzas, so take about 1/3 of the dough and make it into a circle.


Make sure to grease your mug...


and shove the dough circle in there


then put some sauce in it


yes, just like that


and then your cheese...

which you can layer with any other pizza toppings


yay, fuzzy sausage!

and lots more cheese on top! If you really like sauce, you can put some more of that on top too.


And then stick it in a oven at 350 for anywhere from 15 to 25 min, depending on your oven and how well cooked you like your food.


We left it in for about 15 min. We probably should have left them in for longer, but hey, thats what happens when you're cooking in a hurry.


Now, unless you've got some miracle mystery oven, the cheese in the middle will probably be cold, so stick it in the microwave for about 1 min, more if you think it needs it, on high.


I think this looks delicious, even if the dough doesn't look quite done,
but you can make yours look prettier by cooking it longer


Pizza Dough

1 packet active yeast
1 cup warm water
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 tablespoon water (seperate)
1-1&1/2 cups flour

Stir the yeast and warm water together, continue stirring and add the sugar, and keep it going for about another minute, then add the oil and flour, mix with the bread hook in your mixer until a ball of dough forms. Then put in a greased bowl and let sit for 45 min to an hour.