Macaroni & Cheese Recipe You Can Freeze
My mom, aunts, and other family members are graciously doing the food for our wedding. Tyler loves macaroni and cheese so I asked to have this as a side to the pulled pork and pulled chicken main course. I won’t be much help the day of the wedding, but I can certainly prep ahead of time. Through Pinterest (see my foodie board), I found this freezer-friendly macaroni and cheese recipe on the blog How to Have It All. Of course, I adapted it a little to my tastes. Enjoy!
Macaroni & Cheese Recipe
In this recipe for mac’n’cheese, complete steps 1-5 and then divide batch in half. You will cook half the same night and freeze the other half to bake at a later day.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. elbow macaroni
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- 3 Tablespoons flour
- 3 cups milk
- 3 Cups Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
- 10 oz can of Campbell’s Fiesta Nacho Cheese (found in the soup aisle)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Boil elbow macaroni until al dente in a large pot. You will use this pot to mix everything together in the end.
- Drain pasta and dump back in to large pot. Add a tsp of olive oil to keep from sticking and stir.
- Melt butter over medium heat in a separate saucepan. Add in flour, milk, nacho cheese, salt, and pepper. Heat until melted and thoroughly mixed. Add in shredded cheese and stir until melted.
- Pour cheese sauce over drained pasta in the large pot and stir until pasta is evenly coated.
- Place half of mac’n’cheese in a 13×9 pan for about 20 minutes when cheese sauce starts bubbling.
- Pour other half of macaroni and cheese in a disposable tin pan and let it cool. Once cool, cover tightly with foil.
Tips from HowToHaveItAll:
- Cook pasta only to al dente – overcooking will make it too soggy.
- Prepare recipe as instructed but do not bake before freezing.
- Cool macaroni and cheese completely before placing in freezer.
- Place plastic wrap and foil overtop of dish to prevent freezer burn. I press the plastic wrap directly on top of the pasta.
- Defrost by placing in the refrigerator overnight. Bake as directed.