Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

I really enjoy cooking and eating food made from scratch, but I just don't have that much time to do it as often as I would like. So, I have started trying to find recipes that have the homemade taste and feel, but don't keep me in the kitchen for hours at a time.

This receipe is from one of my cookbooks (the name of the cookbook escapes me at the momemnt) and it is delicious!

Ingredients:
12 oz box of macaroni shell pasta
1 bag of shredded cheese
5 cups of 2% milk (you can use skim if you prefer)
1/2 cup of water
2 tablespoons of butter
salt and pepper

Start with a 9 x 13 pan and use the butter to grease the bottom of the pan; melt the remaining butter to be mixed in later. Layer the macaroni shells across the bottom of the pan. Mix the shredded cheese, milk and remaining melted butter together and pour over the macaroni shells. Salt and pepper to taste then give everything a good stir.

Bake at 350 for an hour or until the liquid is soaked up by the pasta.

This makes a large portion, so I take half of it and put it in the freezer. When we are ready for mac-and-cheese I pull it out of the freezer and heat at 350 until it is warm and bubbly.

Enjoy!