/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17958133
why the fuck are you eating mac and cheese past the age of 12?

Bacon bits

>>17958136
It's easy and i'm tired. Also it's good fucking food except kraft.

>>17958133
Nothing at all. If you've made this enough times you will have the technique down to a science, and a box of Kraft will consistently be better than any homemade or restaurant Mac and cheese

>>17958136
fuckin marco pierre white over here

>>17958133
Browned ground beef. It's like an even lazier, even poorer persons version of hamburger helper

Chicken
Peppers
Different types of cheese
Make it then bake some breadcrumbs on top
Tabasco

>>17958133
add some shredded cheese as soon as you take it off the heat. roughly stir it in and it will be nice and stringy

>>17958133
Food.

>>17958239
I tried crushed red pepper and two types of cheese. Might've been too filling.

>>17958133
Cheese, pickles, diced salami.

cut up beef hot dogs with spices for flavor. i like to add garlic powder, onion powder, salt, black pepper, paprika, and cayenne pepper. use the hotdog water for the noodles

>>17958133
Weenies

Literally top ghetto tier

>>17958136
>he doesn't have balanced meals

>>17958133
you're doing it backwards.
you add it to other things.
>burger topping
>burger stuffing
>pizza topping
>burrito filling
>lasagna

>>17958136
It costs 1 dollar and feeds 2-4 people. It’s filling and tasty. With the exception of a little food colorant and stabilizers, it’s just inoffensive pasta in a milk and butter cheese sauce. It takes 6 minutes to make and is impossible to fuck up. It mixes well with frozen peas, which take even less time to cook than the pasta, meaning you can get a helping of veggies in for zero extra work, meaning it’s already a complete vegetarian dinner. It pairs with basically any meat you have lying around well too, if you so choose.

It’s basically white people egg-fried rice.

>>17958144
Anon is mad that someone enjoys macaroni and cheese

broccoli and spam

>>17958662
Based and good taste

>>17958666
thanks satan

>>17958133
Chorizo

A trash can.

I buy the thick n' creamy kind, swap the amounts of butter and milk they call for, and then grate in a fuckload of parmesan when it's done. Maybe melt in a slice of provolone too. When I eat it I'll hit individual bites with Sriracha or Melinda's XXXX reserve hot sauce occasionally.
>pic unrelated, it's radioactive cheetos slop from the clearance aisle at Big Lots

>>17958290
How do the chocolate starfish fit into all this?

>>17958646
How are you feeding 4 people out of 1 box? Even 2 is pushing it.

>>17958133
usually about 6 cups of boiling water for about ten minutes, strained and then milk, butter and the cheese packet
wa la

nothing it's perfect as is

>>17958133
*blocks your path*
dice up and sautee an onion and some garlic with salt and pepper, and 1/4lb ground beef, then mix into the mac and cheese. Make this from time to time when im hungover and lazy

>>17958133
Black pepper and cayenne pepper every time.

You don't need to add anything, it's already perfect as is.

t. Leaf

>>17958133
fuckton of steamed broccoli, every time. or some leftover chili if i have any in the fridge

Little tip for ya, don't just dump the noodles straight in the pot after straining. Put your butter, milk, cheese and whatever else into the pot and get it completely mixed up into a cheese sauce, then put the noodles in.

Chili powder

>>17958133
Add truffle oil, reducing the amount of butter. Crispy bacon, jamón or bacon bits on top with some crispy onion. No milk, just blend roasted red pepper, black garlic, tomato, and carrot as well and add it in to make it less dense.

>>17959891
>noodles
Thanks for the culinary advice, chef.

>>17958133
garlic powder and hot sauce

>>17958133
cheese whiz

>>17959185
Served on the side with a bizkit

>>17959185
ill show you a chocolate starfish

>>17958133
always a slice of kraft american
sauted onion if I have some and cooked and seasoned ground beef

Use velveeta cheese instead of the milk

>>17958133
Butter, milk, dollop sour cream.

>>17958133
Sour cream helps make it creamy

>>17958133
marijuana and hot sauce

>>17959795
This guy knows what's up. KD with a ton of pepper is the way to go.

>>17958646
>and feeds 2-4 people
I-it does?

>>17958133
Lots of black pepper

Mac and cheese is the base for a cheap tuna noodle casserole.

When I made it I used 1 box mac and cheese + 1 can tuna + about a half cup of frozen peas.

Here's a fancy recipe for it.
https://www.beeyondcereal.com/mac-and-cheese-tuna-casserole/

Instead of milk use plain Greek yogurt, makes it a lot more creamy

i add tuna

>>17960954
This
>>17961429
That's a good idea but I like egg noodle, tuna, pees, cream of mushroom, and Velveeta.

The cheese packet from a second box. You can toss the extra pasta in the trash. Box mac and cheese is only good with double the bright yellow powder.

>>17959289
Can't you read? He adds peas. Lol!

>>17958646
So in other words you're a manchild, got it.

>>17958133
Slice italian saussages and zuchinis, sea salt and olive oil, put it in oven until it caramelizes. Then add it to the dinner kraft. This is shit is the bomb. You can add coriander leaves and fresh tomatoes if you like.

>>17958133
Use lard instead of butter.

>>17961745
They sell the cheese powder as a separate item. Bought one of these from Costco.

Mac and cheese has only two ingredients. Mac and cheese. If you add anything else it's a melt.

>>17958133
>ctrl+f "beans"
>0 results
Disappointed in this thread, baked beans and macaroni is basically ambrosia.

>>17961397
Nah OP is making shit up to justify eating kraft. If he has to add extra ingredients to it, then
1. It costs more than $1 and
2. It wouldn't originally feed 2-4 people. 1000 calories for 4 people? Are they fucking paraplegic midgets?

Skip the milk, EXTRA butter, add a dollop of bacon grease and a lot of cracked pepper. And of course don't under salt the pasta.

If it were me I might sautee vegetables in non-virgin olive oil in the pan and just transfer that rather than using butter or milk for lubrication to bond the cheese sauce. Like you're already having kraft dinner and guess what, it will work. The milk isn't necessary but if you want it well fuck it.

>>17961972
Also paprika, a little extra salt (huge maybe I"m pretty sure this shit has a bunch of salt in it already).

throw a big thing of broccoli in the pot to steam before boiling the noodles and wala

>adding to perfection

>>17961934
Related to this, a can of chili. If you want to get really American, add some tater tots too.

>>17958662
This was gonna be my answer. Lots of black pepper too.

>>17958133

>>Nothing. It's perfect.

>>17958662
I would definitely fry the spam and broccoli first like the picture shows or else prepare for something fucking disgusting.

>>17958133
>sauerkraut
>2 slices american cheese
>jew national hot dog sliced thin
>black pepper
wa la

>>17961874
On god fr fr no cap? Seems bussing.

>>17958133
I pour some honey in mine

>>17961751
I think someone grew up with a mom that didn't love him or died when he was young.

>>17961756
Why would you waste expensive ingredients on a cheap meal? If you're gonna do all that shit you may as well make the cheese sauce from scratch and make it a real meal. Mac n Cheese is for quick no hassle dinners, not for you to brag about being able to cook food like some dandy boy.

>>17961966
You're going full autism for mac and cheese?

>>17961437
albacore and frozen steamed vegetables and another serving of cheese sauce

>>17962577
juxtaposing rustic, simple ingredients with the chemical abomination that is kraft mac creates a pleasant disjointedness, not unlike fucking your sister in a mid-scale vegas hotel

Taco seasoning is not bad, baked beans is not bad either but I usually put in beef and pepper the hell out of it. Actual cheddar cheese added is good too.

/sp/ told me to add imitation crab and it was fucking awful

>>17962587
try adding genuine crab to annie's mac instead, live it up

>>17962588
yeah ill try that, imitation crab is the most vile shit, and I like seafood.

>>17962581
very nice

>>17959742
Very based

>>17961874
holy moley guess im goin to costco

>>17962581
>chemical abomination
Gordon Ramsay cooking babyfood eggs level of pompous egotism. Do people really learn about cooking just to not cook but pretend to cook on the internet? I never would have believed /ck/ was a larping board...

>>17962587
/sp/ doesn't fucking know how to cook also you listened to new englanders they are brain dead

probably told you it went good in bread too

>>17962619
i was going for anthony bourdain, not gordon ramsay

>>17962621
You have no self awareness if you think you're smart enough to be Bourdain. Bourdain is an actual chef while Ramsey is an actor acting as one.

>>17962625
Anon, I gotta ask a question, why do you hate me so much brother? ... Is it because you went to a fancy culinary school and I didn't? I hear you're the only one in class who did most of his cooking with a spoon and a Bic lighter.

>>17962621
Cook two strips of bacon at high heat.
Remove them onto a paper towel, start two pieces of sourdough bread in a toaster.
Drop two finely beaten eggs into the pan with the bacon fat. Pull off the heat immediately and form into a square as best you can, the egg.

Toast popped, drop onto the remainder of bacon fat (the eggs are already on the plate to apply to the sandwich). American cheese strip out, bacon, egg patty, american cheese.

Done.

>>17958133
Can of mixed vegetables, can of tuna, red pepper flakes wa la

>>17958133
Substitute milk with ~1/3 quantity of heavy cream.

>>17962628
I already told you why, you're a pretentious arrogant psuedo-intellectual with a dysregulated ego.

Plenty of frozen kraft.
Kraft sauce is awesome.
Macaroni.
Plenty of cheese and plenty of bacon.
Onion.
Garlic herb salt.
Butter.

Boil and fry.

Coat:
Cheese.
Bacon.
Basil pesto.
Ketchup.
Cheeseballs.
Goldfish.
Mcdonalds cheese.
Syrup.

Microwave.

Plenty, a mountain.

>>17958136
There isn't a single person in this entire world who thinks you're cool, stop acting like tough shit. You would look at the floor if you saw a real man.

>>17963522
My mother says I'm cool.

>>17963527
ok nvm

>>17958136
I can tell you never went to college

>>17963527
Oh well if Kathy says so...

>>17962508
na i'm sure raw broccoli and spam directly from the can would be just fine

>>17963551
Not him but paying an insane amount of money for a bachelor's that's not even gonna get you a job, isnt something to really brag about. I'm sure mommy and daddy are proud.

>>17961429
You mean pasta bake

>>17963990
the joke
your head

i'm not sure if you even made it through high school

>>17964029
There was no joke.

>>17964036
the joke is that college students eat a lot of kraft dinner

>>17964043
That's not a joke, they do eat a lot of Kraft dinner. Telling the truth isn't a joke, jokes have punchlines.

>>17964053
i'm done with you

>>17964058
Yea I hope so, cause that should have been the natural end of this conversation. You know you don't have to tell me right? You can just stop responding and move on.

>>17964061
i'd rather keep poking you because you seem to upset easily

>>17964029
Just because he replied on a tangent doesn't mean he missed the joke. Perhaps you're autistic?

>>17964077
you missed the joke dude, move on

>>17958133
A healthy squirt of ketchup

>>17964082
Autism confirmed.

>>17964073
you're trying too hard to save face. These are all tactics used when we were all in kindergarten, everyone recognizes them.

>>17964090
>>17964108
>double down

I added salt last time and it was a mistake. I still ate it, however

>>17964114
Delusional

>>17958133
Cheetos. Adds a nice crunchy bite as well as extra cheese flavor.

>>17964166

>>17958133
I melt a layer of shredded cheese on it and add a heap of pepper, although the pepper alone is good enough

>>17964244
Lol, I'll accept this

>>17964244
basidoed

butter
milk
black pepper
tabasco sauce

When I was about 13 and my parents would leave me at home alone with my younger brothers I'd be responsible for cooking. I'd always make sure that we had a box of the Deluxe Kraft Mac and Cheese. The one with the premade cheese sauce and better noodles.
Being that we were three boys, a single box of macaroni just wasn't a lot of food. I refused to make something else and make more dishes so I put a big can of Bush's Baked Beans and stirred it into the finished macaroni. It was delicious and we loved it. It was very filling, so we called it Big Man Stew
Trust me it's awesome. Its worth experimenting with the Bush Grillin Beans as those have a less sweet flavor. Also cutting in hotdogs or bacon was a good way to give it extra protein

I usually use no name white chedder boxed stuff because my gf likes it and it's less tangy than mac and cheese. I make it normally and then put it in a baking dish with random spices and some panko on top for an easy baked mac and cheese.

this is unironically the best boxed mac and cheese out there that isn't complete crap for you.
its rich and creamy and more filling than most brands.
give it a shot, they have a few different flavors and varieties

Don't use milk, use double the amount of butter. Mix in can of tuna and can of peas when ready. Season with black pepper.
Bon appetit

>>17958133
Nothing its literally perfect. Maybe try swapping milk and butter for heavy cream?

>>17958133
More cheese powder

>>17958133
Throw everything out but the cheese packet, mix it in with top ramen (throw the flavor dust out). Broccoli

>>17967035
Too much macaroni

>>17965859
i will try this

Worcestershire sauce

>>17958133
mustard and black pepper. parm if you want.

>>17964036
>>17964061
>>17964073
>>17964108
>t. Mental illness

>>17959742
This right here is a meal

>>17958133
Needs some condiments.

Pretty shit recommendations so far.

I find that KD is complimented well with a bag of chips. In my personal taste, Sour Cream n Onion flavors go quite well with the cheesy KD. Cheetos can add a peculiar texture as well, specifically the puffy ones.

>>17958136
parce que nous l'aimons

>>17958136
It's my country's delicacy.

>>17967247
based

why don't any fast food/takeaways do pasta meals? they all do potato/rice/noodles depending on what they're making, but never pasta
even Italian-themed ones only really do pizzas
weird given how otherwise ubiquitous/cheap it is

>>17958141
This

>>17958133
Pulled pork and bbq sauce.

>>17958136
This

>>17965859
>It was very filling, so we called it Big Man Stew

>>17965859
why did you and your brothers fuck, give eachother that brotein injection?

>>17968193
cheap-ass owners

>>17958133
A can of chili, with beans of course, so it can actually be considered chili.
Chilimac was the first thing I ever cooked, back when I was 5 or so.

>>17967592
Rougepillé

>>17967557
Lmao, is your 24 hour ban already up?

>>17958133
I add that to inside my ass whenever I need to cram something cheesy

>>17958136
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGqvdNwzevM

>>17958136
I’ve always wondered why people think food has age limits. It’s pasta and cheese. You don’t eat that? Cmon now. Don’t lie.

>>17959100
i hate that cheeto slop, I can eat all kinds of spciy shit but for some reason it feels so "fake spicy" that it makes me sick feeling

>>17961874
Thank you for telling me about this.

It looks like crunchy, dried parmesan cheese. Honestly delicious.

>>17965859
Pasta, baked beans and grated cheddar is always my go-to cheap and easy dish. Sometimes I even throw in a bit of sweetcorn too.

>>17958136
Shut the fuck up. Mac n cheese is the training wheels for alfredo noodles

>>17962625
>Bourdain is
Bourdain was

>>17958133
>Extra cheese
>Milk
>Pepper
>Crush red pepper
Simple as

>>17970425
He's still alive, Ramsey kidnapped the real Bourdain and faked his death.

>>17958133
>kraft mac
>made of industrial chemicals

>>17963990
>paying an insane amount of money for a bachelor
Do Americans really?

>>17970241
Amerifat moment.

>>17971203
Nice buzzword. Did you learn it from /pol/?

i put the hot doggies in there after frying them very good

>>17958136
Why the fuck are you acting like a specific type of food should only be eaten by a specific group of people. It's (You) who is acting like an underage child.

>>17959742
I like this style but by the time I'm almost done eating it I can def taste the chemicals in the cheese. Will have to try your recipe. Maybe that helps cover up the chemical taste.

onion, carrot, tuna, black pepper, hot sauce.

>>17958200
This, but add dried dill, ketchup, mustard and onion powder. Beats the shit out of hamburger helper any day.

>>17958133
Nigga it's 750 calories for amounts to a snack, unless you're bulking and are looking for ideas I would say don't eat it at all, boil some pasta and grate some cheddar over it.

More black pepper than you think is reasonable

>>17969934
I've only had the regular kind and it's fucking gross.

1 box of Kraft mac & cheese
1 or 2 can(s) of chili
1 bottle of hot sauce
This my shit

>>17958133
Onions
Soy sauce
Worcestershire
Crab
Garlic
Any other kind of cheese
Paprika

>>17968240
kek

>>17958133
a gun.

>>17958133
can of tuna
hot sauce

>>17958141
only if it's actual bacon and not some sort of faux bacon bit product™

>>17958136
Have sex.

>>17958133
This question sent me down a rabbit hole of hipster mac n cheese recipes. Some of the most interesting ideas:

>Jalapenos & Bacon
>Pesto & Chicken
>BBQ Chicken or BBQ Pulled Pork
>Buffalo Chicken
>Lobster
>Carmelized Onion
>Truffle Oil & Alfredo

or if you're a savage, you might want to do

>Deep fried Mac & Cheese balls
>Baked Mac & Cheese in a skillet with pepperoni, pizza style

>>17959937
this is what's up. Great idea right here

>>17960000
checked; and thats very trusting of you, anon

>>17961934
based bean lover

I add sour cream instead of milk, and then hit it with a mccormick Italian Herb Seasoning Grinder thing and it always turns out nice.