Macaroni & Cheese

Yesterday for dinner I made homemade macaroni and cheese (as in not from a box!) with whole wheat pasta shells and topped with cherry tomatoes sautéed in olive oil + garlic…mmmm.

Pretty much I used this macaroni and cheese recipe from Martha Stewart, except I sautéed the tomatoes rather than roasted. Also, instead of using flour in the cheese mixture, I just melted the butter, milk, and cheese together, because somehow whenever I follow the flour process, it clumps up and is gross.

Ingredients:

Central Market Organics Whole Wheat Pipe Rigate pasta shells (+ however much water to boil the pasta)

2 cups Horizon Organic reduced fat milk

3-4 cups shredded cheddar cheese

2 tablespoons butter

Central Market Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 package NatureSweet vine-ripened cherry tomatoes

garlic, about 4 cloves

garlic salt

pepper

Tone’s Spicy Spaghetti Seasoning (optional, it was laying around so I just threw a bit in while cooking the tomatoes)

*Note, my macaroni and cheese photo made it onto Foodgawker on August 21, 2009.

Thai Spice + Juice Box

Pad Ke Mao with tofu. I had lunch with Alex at Thai Spice Asian Bistro on Bellaire.

Mango shave ice at Juice Box on Bellaire…was my first time having it. Apparently this is a very popular Taiwanese dessert made of shaved ice, fruit, and condensed milk (and in this case, scoop of vanilla ice cream on top). Very simple but very delicious. I don’t get sick of it super fast like I do with ice cream since it’s not as rich. Mmmm, I predict I will go through so many of these through the summer.

*Note, mango shave ice photo made it onto Foodgawker on August 19, 2009.