October 12, 2007
Out of the Box
My standard macaroni and cheese, dressed up with a little crispy bacon and served with a side of sautéed rainbow chard - another of Mike’s favorite meals.
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Cindy said,
October 12, 2007 @ 12:10 pm
I don’t know why I’d never thought of bacon on mac & cheese. Looks delightful and I bet tastes fantastic!
Merry said,
October 12, 2007 @ 1:15 pm
YUM!
Jennifer Hess said,
October 12, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
Cindy - one of our favorite restaurants in Brooklyn has a mac and cheese which you can get studded with thick chunks of bacon. It’s really decadent, so Mike requested bacon mixed into his birthday-week mac & cheese. I chopped a few strips of bacon into chunks and cooked them until they were crisp but still a little chewy, then drained them and mixed them into my cheese sauce before adding the pasta. It was really, really good.
Hillary said,
October 12, 2007 @ 2:55 pm
If I ate bacon, that would be amazing, but regardless, that’s some quality mac n cheese right there!
Vicki said,
October 12, 2007 @ 11:09 pm
Oh geez, I am so hungry now.
clumsy said,
October 13, 2007 @ 2:16 pm
Mmm this looks delicious–I think it will be the perfect dinner for my Saturday night, thanks!!
Jennifer Hess said,
October 15, 2007 @ 9:32 am
Thanks, everyone!
Zoe said,
October 15, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
This inspired me to tinker with my favorite comfort food. What a winner on the night before a huge grad school exam. I’m a vegetarian so don’t show my boyfriend the bacon version! Thanks and yummy!
Jennifer Hess said,
October 15, 2007 @ 7:18 pm
Ha ha, Zoe, the bacon is totally optional - I’m glad you liked it!
Daisy said,
October 16, 2007 @ 8:32 am
One of my favorite comfort dishes last winter was mac & cheese with crumbled mexican chorizo. So delicious…
Jennifer Hess said,
October 16, 2007 @ 11:29 am
Daisy, that sounds amazing! I may have to try that soon.
erik_flannestad said,
October 16, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
Jennifer… I’ve been reading A Dash of Bitters for a while now, only discovered your musings a couple months ago. Really enjoying the pictures and commentary. Plus, I feel like we are kindred cooks separated by a country. Well, except your food always looks nicer than mine… Bechamel based Mac and Cheese with sauteed chard! Mac and Cheese is one of my all time favorite comfort foods and we eat, if anything, too much chard. One of my favorite vegetables: a little garlic, some pepper flakes, anchovies, chard, and a squeeze of lemon. Anyway, thanks for the wonderful pictures and food!
Jennifer Hess said,
October 16, 2007 @ 2:36 pm
Erik, thank you! Is there really such a thing as too much chard?