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An avid reader, a kind of runner, a horrible gardener, and the wife of an outstanding man, Kristen’s ultimate life goal is to connect and create meaningful relationships with others. Kristen is a busy mom of 4 young kids, loves to entertain, has a passion for photography, and believes in keeping things simple. Her freelance writing career spans working with magazines on a local and national level as well as creating valuable web content for a variety of sites across the web. Kristen has expanded her reach to include working with major brands (Bush’s Beans, Green Mountain Coffee, Hallmark,Zatarain’s…just to name a few) as well as providing editorial content and direction for nationwide print publications and websites. Since early 2006, Kristen has been sharing her favorite recipes, photographs and life stories with an ever growing audience of engaged readers. Kristen Doyle is the creator of the award winning website, Dine & Dish. I usually serve this tasty cheese-fest with grilled chicken/veggy-chicken fillet or a veggy burger (shop or homemade) of many variations with lots of different salads to 'cut through the fat. I've normally used a shop jar for this, but fresh is so much better. I made again with various cheese blends Gouda, Emmenthal, Gorgonzola, Blue cheese etc. Meanwhile, I made this with Mature (very) Cheddar & 'Mexican' cheese (in our supermarkets, Mex cheese is orange, spicy & flecked with multi-colour peppers & onions). SO! I have some Velveeta Cheese on its way to me from GERMANY!!! (Presumably sold to US servicemen there). either which I've often seen on cooking websites. We don't have branded 'Swiss' Cheese in the U.K. Some websites say it does, but again, it may be differently processed in the U.S.

I attempted to melt Kraft Dairylea, but it does not really make a sauce, doesn't melt right. (I don't find Cheddar at all 'sharp' myself, what is called 'mature', I find very smooth, but it may be different in the U.S. I learnt too that 'sharp' Cheddar refers to mature/aged cheese. Bake covered for 30 minutes.This was extremely cheesy & needed some research. For the topping, in a small bowl mix together crushed Ritz crackers and the melted butter until all the crumbs are moistened sprinkle evenly over stuffed shells.Spoon about 2 tbsp of macaroni and cheese mixture into cooked jumbo shells and place stuffed shells over tomato sauce in the prepared baking dish. Fold the smaller cooked macaroni noodles into the cheese mixture. Remove from heat and stir in cheddar cheese and salt. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook mixture for 10 minutes, whisking frequently. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil.

Macaroni shells free#

Whisk in the flour, stirring continuously for 2 minutes, making sure it is free of lumps. While the pasta is cooking, in a separate pot melt the butter over medium heat.In the same pot cook macaroni noodles in lightly salted boiling water until tender drain, rinse and set aside.

Drain and rinse under cold water set aside.

In a large pot of lightly salted boiling water, cook the jumbo macaroni shells according to package directions.

Spread tomato sauce evenly over the bottom set aside. Coat a 13x9-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.