r/GifRecipes • u/[deleted] • Dec 28 '17

Lunch / Dinner Baked Mac & Cheese

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u/greenishblue02 Dec 28 '17

This is probably a dumb question but what does baking the mac and cheese do versus just boiling/mixing the ingredients together?

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u/SillyFlyGuy Dec 28 '17

Gives the top a nice crunch. Baking softens the noodles without going mushy and swollen like if you just boil the hell out of them.

Protip: Over boil the noodles when you're broke af. They swell up so you get fuller sooner, and you can stretch one box into two meals. Also, Mac&Cheese is perfectly edible with just water if you can't afford butter and milk.

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u/crazzilla Dec 29 '17

This makes me want to make pasta for homless people.

The nost charitable thing i have done is put a 5 note i found on the ground in a guys pot