{"id":29317,"date":"2026-11-05T19:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T00:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/?p=29317"},"modified":"2026-11-05T19:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T00:45:33","slug":"rosies-mac-and-cheese-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/?p=29317","title":{"rendered":"Rosie\u2019s Mac and Cheese Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 bag or box Elbow macaroni (uncooked)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 American Cheese Slices (cheese slices make recipe smooth)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 cup Shredded All Natural Mexican Cheese (pick your cheese of choice but, needs to be shredded)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 cup Shredded All Natural Mozzarella Cheese (pick your cheese of choice but, needs to be shredded)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 tablespoon butter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 cups lowfat milk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Jalape\u00f1o (optional)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 tsp. pepper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 tsp chili powder (optional)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Can add red cracked pepper or red hot for more spice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cook elbow macaroni on stovetop according to package<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drain elbow macaroni in strainer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then put elbow macaroni back in pot on stovetop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add milk, cheeses, spices, butter, other ingredients and stir till smooth<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Can used with cheeses of choice. Cooking on the stovetop, I find helps keep mac and cheese moist. Mac and Cheese can be served as leftovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serves: 4-6 people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 bag or box Elbow macaroni (uncooked) 4 American Cheese Slices (cheese slices make recipe smooth) 1 cup Shredded All Natural Mexican Cheese (pick your cheese of choice but, needs to be shredded) 1 cup Shredded All Natural Mozzarella Cheese (pick your cheese of choice but, needs to be shredded) &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3635],"tags":[3379,3345,1236,4318],"class_list":["post-29317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes-photography-homemade-fish-pasta-meat-vegetable-pork-soups-chili-chicken-dessert-snack-peanut-free","tag-mac-and-cheese-recipes","tag-pasta-recipes","tag-recipes-homemade-fish-beef-chicken-vegetables-desserts","tag-rosies-mac-and-cheese-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29318,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29317\/revisions\/29318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosiecrafts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}