Thirty Days of Turning Thirty

Event: Experimenting with a New Mac & Cheese Recipe

As you can probably tell by reading a post or two, I like to eat.  To be honest, even I am a bit surprised at how many of the 30dot30 festivities have included food.  But I think it’s fitting for a celebration of things that make me happy to include yummy food.  
In addition to pizza and Mexican food, I also really like macaroni & cheese.  If I find it on a menu, I will usually try it.  As I am not a huge fan of hot peppers, I was surprised how much I enjoyed the Jalapeno Mac & Cheese at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville.  And one day, I will visit this place.  Pasta and cheese: does it get any better than that?  Well, maybe if you add bacon.  

Fully aware of my love for cheesy pasta, Kelly shared with me this Dressed-Up Bacon Mac and Cheese recipe that she had prepared for her husband.  As a low-key follow-up to the Toby concert from last night, I decided to try it myself tonight.  I wish I had a food stylist to prep my finished product, but, alas I do not.  So here it is anyway:

It was pretty tasty!  I think Jim would agree that I could have doubled the bacon and it would have been even better.  I have to be honest, though; it wasn’t quite as low-key as I was hoping.  It took an hour to prep!  The blue box stuff takes 7 minutes!  (Yes, I will eat that too, if the mood strikes.)  

Thanks for sharing the yummy recipe, Kel!