Baked Macaroni with Double Cheese

Luxury

8 oz elbows

2 Tbsp margarine or butter

5 Tbsp flour

¼ tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

2 cups milk

1 cup (4 oz) shredded Cheddar cheese, divided

½ cup (2 oz) shredded Swiss cheese

¼ cup bread crumbs, optional

Preheat oven to 375F. Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in large saucepan, over medium heat, melt margarine; stir in flour, salt and pepper. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat. Add ¾ cup Cheddar cheese; stir until melted. Stir in pasta.

I may have hurt the aesthetic value of this by using whole-wheat noodles, but it was worth it.

Spoon half of macaroni mixture into a greased 8 x 8-inch baking dish; top with Swiss cheese, remaining macaroni mixture then remaining Cheddar cheese. 

It's all in the layers.

Bake uncovered 25 minutes or until bubbly.

Optional: Sprinkle bread crumbs on top before baking.

As you can see, it looks much different when it comes out of the oven than it did going in.

But it's pretty on the plate!

My Rating: 3/5 "This is sooo bland. I mean it's nice and creamy and filling, and it's pretty ok on the cheese levels (although I can always handle more cheese). But it's sooo bland. Like, it tastes like nothing."