No more death posts for at least two weeks, I promise.

On Saturday, I will be jetting off to the exotic reaches of Connecticut to visit the lovely Zoelle at her fancy-shmancy private school. So I’ll leave y’all on a positive note!

Despite my constant gloom-and-doom writings, I actual have hobbies besides predicting the deaths of everyone around me. For starters, I love to cook.

Today, I made my nine year-old sister delicious, gooey macaroni and cheese, and the dish was such a rousing success that I’ll leave it to you guys to play with while I tour exotic New Haven!

EASY BAKED MAC N’ CHEESE

• Tbs butter
• Tbs flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• Variety of shredded cheeses (I use mozzarella, sharp cheddar, asiago, and provolone, but you could use any combination of cheeses.) (Also, I put in way way too much cheese. This is not a bad thing. Cheese is awesome, and the gooier this dish is, the better.)
• 2 cups cooked pasta (I use campanelle because it’s pretty, but any sort of pasta will do, provided it isn’t a spaghetti-shape)
• Diced tomato/bacon/anything else you want to add in there

1. Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in the flour. Once they make a paste, add milk. Stir constantly until the mixture starts to thicken, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add cheeses. Stir. Add tomato/bacon/whatever. Stir.
2. Mix the sauce with the cooked pasta, then pour the mixture in a greased baking dish and bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes.
3. Please to enjoy.

Well, there you have it. Until September 8th!

~Bailey