This is the last time I get a recipe from this website. Another bland disappointment. I spent a lot of money for the cheeses to make this dish for Christmas dinner, everyone ate one bite and all agreed it was yuck! The cheeses are a bad combo, way too rich, no flavor that pops in your mouth. This is not the first or second recipe that has been a time consuming disappointment. Martha, please stick to decorating!

I would definitely agree that this recipe was a bit bland and 6 slices of bread was way too much. It was definitely more tasty with more salt, but that shouldn't be a solution...I think all the white bread, pasta and a bland sauce lead to a very generic macaroni recipe

This is definitely a crowd pleaser at my home, my kids and their friends love it! I use less bread for the crumbs and sometimes substitute one cheese when all are not available at my local supermarket. If it was bland for some may be due to the cheese quality...

Despite the rich flavored cheeses, this dish tasted very bland and was missing a lot of flavor. I actually doubled the recipe and made one to freeze for future use. I'm dreading having to pull it out, but the kids did seem to like it. I won't make it again though.

This was delicious! I used 1% milk and only 4 slices of bread because they were large slices. The second time I tried the recipe, I used whole wheat pasta and it was still yummy! Even better the second day when warmed in the oven--it forms this crusty cheesy goodness.

I tried this recipe for Thanksgiving and it was such a hit that it's been requested for Christmas too. I used sharp yellow, white cheddar and muenster cheeses and it was just delicious. I see it on the menu for all our family get togethers going forward.

Good, but a little bland. I might try more sharper cheese next time, or perhaps some cayenne.

I added cooked and diced ham, and it turned out really good. I also used mostly sharp cheddar cheese and some muenster. I think next time I'll try another cheese in place of the muenster and maybe a little cayenne pepper to the sauce.

Eliminate the flour, use 1 cup of milk (try 2%) and go easy on the breadcrumbs. My mom was a professional cateress and an expert with M

Eliminate the flour, use 1 cup of milk (try 2%) and go easy on the breadcrumbs. My mom was a professional cateress and an expert with M

tliloia, You used boxed mac and cheese? This is one of the very easiest dishes to make from scratch. And it tastes so much better when you use good, sharp cheddar. English cheddar is the best. And it should be nicce and sticky, not runny. My granny taught me this dish as one of the first I learned.

honeyfresh.....don't give up so easily. Try using 1/2 whole and 1/2 low fat milk. Also, try using stronger cheese like sharp cheddar. I prefer a saucier mac n cheese so it does not seem so heavy, try having noodles freshly drained, not rinsed and the sauce piping hot. Poor sauce over noodles, put cheese on top and straight into the oven for only a few minuted to melt cheese on top

I recently tried this and I wasn't impressed. I found it to be quite flavorless and heavy. I wouldn't make it again.

A tasty and easy-to-make alternative to boxed mac

There's no reason to add cold water to the flour before adding it to the butter. Just whisk the flour and mustard (or nutmeg) into the butter, letting the flour cook a bit to rid itself of that raw taste, and then whisk in the milk...if you keep whisking the milk, flour and butter, there will be no lumps, just a nice, thickened white sauce.

Waht happened to the rest of my text? I read other comments and used the crumbs and extra cheese topping. Added cream before baking and used sharp cheddar plus provolone plus real parmesan plus diced sauted procuitto. My mom was a great cook but this recipe is better than any I remember. Real comfort.

This now is my mother's favorite macaroni and cheese. In fact, she had 2 and 1/2 helpings. Mom is 90. Of course we all enjoyed it very much.

In place of the bread I use Italian Breadcrumbs and Parmesan/Romano grated cheese with 2 tbs. of butter. Mix 3/4 cup breadcrumbs and 1/4 cup grated cheese, add the butter and place in microwave for a few seconds to melt the butter ~ mix together and spread over the top of the mac

This was good - the texture was just right. I would recommend using less bread and also cheeses with more flavor. I used colby, monterey jack and havarti which did not provide a strong enough cheese taste.

This was DELICIOUS! I used 4 pcs of bread instead of 6 and I added diced ham. I also replaced the meunster cheese with fontina. Great recipe.

My daughter (the mac n'cheese expert) requests this every year for her birthday dinner. I omit the bread slices and add extra cheeses to the top. The cheeses melt and form a great crusty, gooey topping!

Tasty to the tenth power. I used nutmeg, too. I'll reduce the number of bread slices to four next timen n n n n n six seems too many and didn't toast as well as I think fewer might. Highly recommendn n n n n n good enough for close friends and family affairs, even if it is mac-n-cheese. Served with salad greens. Thinking about using imported ham in the next one, possibly crumbled on top.

Terrrific recipe! Very tasty!
I used freshly grated Nutmeg, instead of Dry mustard, which gave it a warm flavour! It is very important to taste the sauce

This is a great recipe. this was my first time cooking mac and cheese so when you mix the flour make sure you add a little cold water in order to make sure that the flour does not clump before you add to butter.
Also, it was nice and cheesey but when cooking with dairy you may need to add extra salt/pepper when cooking.
Again, this was my first time so hopefully I did everything correct
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