Wednesday, February 1, 2012

How to Make The Right Amount of Homemade Mac and Cheese

Have you ever been stumped when its time to make lets say mashed potatoes or some sort of pasta? No one really tells you how much to put in the pot in order to make just the right amount of servings for you and your family. What usually happens to some of us is the end results in food for an army instead of a family of lets just say 4.



Looks can be deceiving so I thought I'd give you some scientific pointers. This tutorial is primarily for how to make the right amount of homemade mac and cheese but you'll get the idea with other dishes that you may make. My plan was to make homemade mac and cheese for the family.





 Is it enough or isn't it? In my younger years I would've used more than this but let me show you something. This is actually all of the contents of my elbow macaroni box poured into the dish first to give you a visual. I will be using the contents later for baking after its boiled. It appears to be at least to the 1/4 level of the dish.



Since pasta absorbs water of course its going to expand the pasta to at least double its dried size. After boiling the pasta until al dente. Here's the results. A perfect amount for a family of four. Hope this helps anyone that may need help in this area. I have to finish my side dish now. Let's talk soon.

*If you'd like to see a post on how I make my baked mac and cheese please leave me a comment.


How do you make your mac and cheese? Love to hear.


7 comments:

  1. My oldest daughter made her first dinner dish..spaghetti...she said she made enough to feed 20 people! haha

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    1. That's great that she made her first spaghetti dinner. I hope the family enjoyed. I definitely understand how it feels to make so much. I'm sure you are a great teacher and with practice you can get a break from cooking real soon ;-)

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  2. Wow, I often have this problem. I either end up having too much or too little for my family of 5. Thanks for the great tips :)

    I've just started following your blog, do take a look at mine when you find time.

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    1. MercyMathews I do understand what you mean. You are very welcome and thanks so much for following. Welcome.

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  3. I used to always make too much pasta. Now I find that one handful per person works out great. Such a scientific measurement. :)
    Thanks for visiting my blog, hope you visit often. I just became your newest follower. Would love to see a post about your mac & cheese.

    http://www.laurieslittlebitsofcreativity.com/

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    1. Hi Laurie! Thanks so much for following. I promise to post that mac and cheese in the future. Can't wait to try your recipes.

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  4. usually, we try to make only enough for that meal- but with mac and cheese....well, i have a four year old- so we don't really mind leftovers LOL

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