Macaroni and Cheese - extra cheesy with a surprise ingredient- a favorite with everyone
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2024
- Macaroni and Cheese
1 pound large elbow macaroni
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 pounds Fiesta Blend Fine Shredded Cheese, divided
1 1/2 pounds Velveeta (grated or cubed - grated works better!)
1 (24 ounce) tub small curd cottage cheese
1 cup milk
1 cup half and half
1 stick butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
Preheat oven to 375°. 
Bring a large pot of water to a gentle boil with the teaspoon of salt added to it. Just before it gets to a rolling boil, add the macaroni, stirring frequently to prevent it from sticking together. Cook the macaroni to the al dente stage.  Drain the macaroni well.
While the macaroni is boiling to the al dente stage, mix together 4 cups Fiesta Cheese, the grated Velveeta, cottage cheese, milk, Half & Half, butter, pepper, and paprika in a large bowl. 
Place the well drained and hot cooked macaroni into the bowl with all the other ingredients. Add more milk, if necessary, to make it the creamy texture you desire. Pour all the ingredients into a baking dish that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Top with the remaining 1 1/2 cups of Fiesta Blend Shredded Cheese. Bake in your preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until it bubbles and it’s lightly browned. 
NOTE: if desired, omit topping the casserole with the additional cheese  and instead top it with a combination of one sleeve of crushed Ritz crackers stirred together with one stick of melted butter. 
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See, this is why I like your channel. You make things we eat everyday, but you have a twist or make them in a different way. So cool to try different ways of making things. I’ve not been disappointed yet.
And they make it seem so easy. Note: I am not Rebecca Gilman 2336!
Could you use cream cheese instead of the cottage cheese?
@@joycedavis3523Cottage cheese is just cheese curds. I'm sure you could use cream cheese.
@@joycedavis3523 trust me you will not even taste it or know that it is there, just a creamy yummy mac n cheese
@@joycedavis3523Thats what I use Philadelphia Cream cheese. It's creamy too😋
The way you present instruction is stellar, so many today Do Not know how to cook basics.... I remember my youngest having a friend over for the weekend snow days, this kid was absolutely amazed. I heard him say "your mom makes popcorn from seeds!" As if I had performed some magic trick😂 and when I made the hot chocolate....kid Lost It! 💥
My daughter's friend loved to eat supper with us when I made mac and cheese. She made a little pig of herself because she loved it so much. My mac and cheese was always a bit "soupy"!
🤤 You Sir 🫡 can cook!! 😊 Thank you beautiful wife for putting up the recipes for us. Love this channel, have a Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
I just recently lost the most beloved person in my life. I just wanted to say how much my grandma (mom) loved your recipes. This was the last recipe of yours I was able to make for her, and she loved it. She had printed out so many of your recipes. I know I’m set for awhile. My nana Vickie was your biggest fan & loved cooking & being cooked for. It’s always better when someone you love makes it for you. It’s even better than that when I see her enjoy it & be a part of the clean plate club! So thank you so much. ❤
Sorry for your loss. Sweet memories. My Grandma was cool too. 🌼
You guys are so darn cute together!! I love how he blows on your food before he feeds you, such a sweet guy! I hope you both have a wonderful Thanksgiving, your macaroni looks amazing thank you for sharing!❤
I'd bet her eyes rolled back when she tasted!
Just made this. It was one of the best macaroni and cheese recipes and easiest ive ever made. Our new favorite! Happy thanksgiving and God bless!
This reminds me of my mom. It's one of the dishes everyone insisted she make for our holiday dinners. I'll bet she would've trusted you on the cottage cheese.😊
Thanks for another great recipe.
Oh my Lord!! This sounds & looks absolutely decadently delicious! I did try your broccoli casserole & lived it. Everytime Melissa is offered a bite, I find myself opening my mouth too....lol. Love you guys!!!
Happy day after thanksgiving. I had to report to you that I made your macaroni and cheese recipe and brought it to my daughter’s thanksgiving dinner yesterday and it was a BIG hit. Even the pickiest of my grandchildren loved it. She actually showed me her thumbs up. It wasn’t just the kids that loved it from ages 7 to 63 it was gobbled up. I even went out and bought white pepper. I’ve committed to bring another batch for Christmas. ❤️
That's a great vote of confidence for this recipe! Thumbs up from the granddaughter! No higher praise to be found! 😊 We are so glad it was a hit with your family. Have a wonderful weekend. Rest up because you'll be making round #2 soon. The weeks leading up to Christmas always seem to go so very fast!
I’m all in Tom and Melissa! I’m not afraid of cottage cheese! Thank you for this recipe! Happy Thanksgiving!
Cottage cheese is what I use in my Lasagna or Manicotti instead of ricotta, low fat or fat free. I can’t tell the difference
It's actually better with cottage cheese.
I trust you, Tom.
All your recipes are delicious
I remember my mom always fixed a big pan of homemade mac & cheese once a week for a meatless meal, which helped her with the grocery budget. Of course way back then in the mid '40's, cheese was not nearly so expensive as today. Thanks for sharing your recipe, I like the idea of the cottage cheese. It is in Lasagna, so why would it not be good in this dish as well. Y'all have a Wonderful Thanksgiving with friends and family.
That's what I was thinking! Cottage cheese goes in lasagna, and I love eating plain cottage cheese as well. I'll trust him on that!
Another great recipe. I have made mac and cheese with cottage cheese before and it's delicious. I bought too much on a great sale and was just trying to use it up. I've also whipped it up till it's smooth and creamy and used it in my lasagna instead of ricotta because the ricotta costs too much now. I'm a firm believer in use what ya got and make it work.
Well, I died and went to heaven last night after dinner! I trusted you and dumped that whole container of cottage cheese in the mixture! You are right, it works. The only change I made was the pasta - I have a granddaughter who can't have gluten so I bought Barilla Gluten free elbow macaroni. I'm not a huge fan of Velvetta and I've always thought you should make mac and cheese with eggs but my oh my this was the bomb! It was absolutely delicious! We had BBQ ribs, Pinto beans, gluten free cornbread and YOUR mac and cheese. I didn't really die but Heaven was really close last night for all of us! It was a wonderful meal and a wonderful family time. Thank you for this recipe.
That looks sooo good!!!! Thanks Tom and Melissa! Going to make this very soon!!
That looks wonderful. I use Cottage Cheese in lasagna sometimes and it works great.Happy Thanksgiving to everybody.
Your Mac and Cheese is delicious and that surprise ingredient of cottage cheese I never thought of. ❤
I love that smile on Tom's face when he says "cottage cheese"!
I really look forward to you all’s videos. Tom always puts a special spin on things. Melissa is in the back ground supporting him (team work). Just a beautiful couple. Melissa I know you work very hard as well and thank you very much.
Oh my goodness. If this wasn’t Thanksgiving, I would definitely be making this Mac n cheese. It looks so delicious. Thank you for the recipe! Can’t wait to make some for my family. 😋
My Great grandfather was from Sicily area of Italy. He said as a young boy his earliest chore assigned to him was to walk to the beach to pull out 2 gallons of water to boil the pasta in.
Another tip was after boiling and draining the pasta to add olive oil and butter. It soaks into pasta and seals it. Resulting in less cheese needed
I was chastised on a Facebook group for adding oil to my pasta. But my Italian Grammy's pasta was delicious with olive oil. And then my Mexican friend added oil to his Spanish rice. He is authentic as it gets. He lives in Mexico 🇲🇽
I should also mention that my late mother had a shrimp macaroni salad recipe she developed. And Everyone loved it. She would first add melted butter to al dente pasta still hot. Once absorbed into pasta add the olive oil. The end result was sealing the starch of pasta. Resulting in that Mayonnaise did not soak into the pasta. Using much less, and thus theoretically a healthier version. Although, I'm finding it more difficult to find quality canned baby shrimp.. Her standard brand she used for decades is no longer available. There are only a couple of others around. All don't seem to raste the same in my opinion.
An ingredient I like in Mac and cheese is a little dry mustard for a little extra zip.
That looks great! I never thought of using cottage cheese but I use it a good bit to bulk up scrambled eggs and other dishes. I have always used a cup of sour cream and a cup of mayo in mine but next time I make it, I'll try your method with the cottage cheese 😊 Happy Thanksgiving to you both ❤
I love cottage cheese so sounds good to me
Tom and Melissa, I am here to stay. A subscriber to your channel.l enjoy all of your videos.Yall are such a sweet couple.l have never made my homemade macaroni this way.I am going to trust the process, and try your recipe.It looks so creamy,cheesy and delicious.Homemade is always the way to go.Mac and cheese 🧀 is my grandkids favorite dish for the holidays and any time as well.Thank you and sweet Melissa for sharing your recipe 🙏. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family 🦃 Sending love all the way from Alabama.❤️
Roll Tide! I am going to make it also, but have to wait until after my bloodwork this week.
Cubed cream cheese is great in Mac and cheese also.
Now I have to go back to the grocery store!! 😅. Thanks for this recipe. Happy Thanksgiving!
Love how you line everything up you use and explain everything. I love your no fail show. Love the meals and I love how visiting your channel is like visiting and old friend. God bless you both!
I do use Velveeta cheese already for Mac n cheese and on top of burgers. I’ll be trying the cottage cheese because I do love cottage cheese. Thanks for a great recipe.
I always add 2-full tablespoons cottage cheese to 2-eggs for creamy scrambled eggs! Delicious!
I love watching your videos! Kudos on a yummy looking Mac 'n Cheese. Will definitely make!
I love love love y'all recipes! I made your meatloaf and gonna make your corn bread dressing tomorrow along with this recipe. thank y'all so very much for all y'all do
Looks and sounds fabulous!
My stars will you make this for me now...I'm a dairy and pasta foods fanatic!👍😋😄🧀
Good night ima make this.
Y'all Makin me wanna crawl through the phone grab that dish and run back through 😅😊❤
I had a friend who put cottage cheese in her pimento cheese. It was one of the best pimento cheeses I've ever had. I'll try this!!
Looks delicious!!!
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving! Absolutely love your videos!
This looks so yummy! Perfect comfort food! Love your videos and have already used several of your recipes!
Can't wait to try this
G'day from Australia 🇦🇺
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I love Mac n cheese
Yum! Will try this for sure❤
I love that strainer!!!
I love this! When I maKe chicken enchiladas a large amount of the filling is cottage cheese! I never tell anyone. All my kids and grandkids love them. Thank you so much for this, cant wait to make it!!!
You are so welcome. We are happy you are going to make this.
Love this. For sure I'm trying this one.
I would rather put cottage cheese in there vs people who put eggs in baked mac & cheese. I would also add 1/2 teaspoon of dry mustard powder. I would serve this with your breaded tomato's recipe and it would be perfect.
I already know recipe will be delicious!!!! Can’t wait to make it 😊
I wish I had some of that right now that looks so good!
I love you guys! Such a nice couple and yummy recipies to try. Thanks for doing this!
Definitely a must try!😋
Ok, this is one I will definitely be copying!! I love the idea of adding cottage cheese because it really boosts the protein content and nutrition level. WOW, it looks so delicious!!!😋😋😋
Happy Thanksgiving to you!🦃🍁🦃🍁🦃
-Brenda
Yes great for a Holiday dinner. YUM
Had to come back and let you know I made your Mac and Cheese, nobody had a clue about the cottage cheese in it and it was a huge hit with everyone. Thanks. Also made your lasanga and your warm chocolate cake with the fudge bottom everyone loved that too. Thanks again
Made it, ate it, LOVED IT!
This is great ! I love the cottage cheese addition .
Looks good I’m trying it for thanksgiving
Love this! Looks so good and I love cottage cheese
Looks delicious!
That looks absolutely amazing!
I'm going to store now I have faith in you both ! Looks good!
Can't wait to make this! It really sounds delicious!!! Thank you❤️
I can’t wait to make this for myself!
Thank you. This sounds and looks absolutely delicious. This is the first time I’ve heard of adding cottage cheese. So excited to try this version.
Looks very good!
It looks so good. I love seeing the love you two have for each other. Thanks for all the great recipes.
Tom, this Mac n Cheese looks awesome!! I’m definitely going to give this recipe a try. Happy Thanksgiving to y’all !! 😊
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Looks so good.
Can’t wait to try this new recipe using the cottage cheese! Thanks for sharing, happy Thanksgiving to the both of you!🦃😋
Looks yummy
I love your recipes
It looks great!!! I will have to make this
I enjoy watching y’all so much! Thanks for all the great recipes!
Im definitely going to try the cottage cheese...looks delicious
I love listening to how you explain .
Gonna try this!!!
Now That looks delicious! I’m making that for Christmas!
A must try for sure. Thanks
I can’t wait to try your version of Mac and cheese
Looks so good
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁 Made your pumpkin roll today!! I’m so proud of myself. Thank you!
Your videos are the best. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
I just love you 😊 Keep up the good work 👏
I will definitely be cooking this! Looks soooo good😊
I can’t wait to try this 🎉!! I love 💗 cottage cheese!
This looks so good… I can’t wait to make this!! 💛
This looks so yummy I Happy Thanksgiving !
Love cottage cheese so I’ll sure try it.
Thank you gor sharing❤
Looks great!
Can't wait to make this yummy 😋
Looks so delicious!!!
You had me at Velveeta. In my single days, working and living on my own I lived on the 4 for a buck boxes of macaroni and cheese. This looks way better than any boxed kind with powdered cheese mix. We have a up coming early holiday potluck so I’ll give it a try and take it. Happy Thanksgiving to you both 🎊
I trust you, love your recipes.
I made this for Christmas dinner! My family loved it!
Luv this channel
I really appreciate how you lay out your ingredients and measurements so the recipe is easy to follow.
Can’t wait to make😊
It looks yummy
YUM YUM YUM!! I put velveeta in mine all the time!