OK, this blog is meant for helping around the house and with the cooking during the week, too. And it applies to everyone. If you both work (you and your wife), give her a break and do the cooking a few nights a week. Get your kids' lunches for the next day prepared too! She'll love you for it!! If you work, give her a break when you get home and let her relax from a day of taking care of your kids! And if she works and you're at home with the kids or in Kollel or whatever, give her a break when she gets home and tell her dinner is on you!! And not takeout or pizza (though I'll eventually post a pizza recipe too...)!!
Ok, Cheesy Pasta! Now, keep in mind, this is a basic recipe, and depending on how many mouths you need to feed and whether you want leftovers for the following evening, you can make more.
What you'll need:
One large pot (with matching lid!)
A dairy pasta strainer
Water
Salt
A box of pasta (any shape you want; I use Rotini - curly Qs)
Grated cheddar cheese (or more if you like it really cheesy. Note: You can also get an 8 oz package bar of cheddar cheese and grate it yourself; it takes one to two minutes)
Butter
Milk
Fill a large pot (remember, a DAIRY one!!) three quarters full of water. Add a teaspoon or two salt to the water. Boil the water.
Once water is boiling, add the package of pasta. Oh, don't use spaghetti or angel hair pasta. That's just silly.
Once pasta is nice and tender, probably after ten to twelve minute, drain the water (you can use a pasta strainer or do it the hard way, like me, by holding the pot cover over the pot, leaving a small slit so the pasta can't escape, and pouring the water out that way. Thus, you don't have to wash the strainer.:) Also, you may have one of those cool pots that has the holes in lid on the pot! Wish I had one of those!)
Cut in one half to one full bar (2-4 oz) of butter (the more put, the creamier it'll be!)
Add about 1/4 cup milk
Add grated cheese (as much as you want - in my house, the cheesier, the better...)
Mix it all really well until it's well blended and nice and creamy.
SERVE HOT AND ENJOY!!
Tip: Wash everyone's dishes immediately after they're done, otherwise you're going to have to scrape the cheese and/or soak the dishes. Trust me on this.
Oh, AND DO THE DISHES YOURSELF OR HAVE ONE OF THE KIDS (if they are old enough) DO THEM!! DON'T MAKE THE WIFEY DO THE DISHES!! GO ALL THE WAY ON THIS!! DON'T MAKE THE MESS AND LEAVE IT FOR HER TO CLEAN!!!!
Good? Good!
If anyone has suggestions for variations on this, please feel free to post comments!!
Next week: Meaty Pasta!!!
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