This dish will put a smile on your face, it's going to cheer everyone up, a twist on a classic. So Mac and cheese but we're going to add bacon. But I think the best part of this is it's coming in at under 5 bucks a head.
So I'm going to make some croutons, this is going to be our topping. Add a splash of olive oil, and I’m gonna rub each piece of bread with garlic and some salt flakes. And we're just going to bake or dry these out in the oven for about 20 minutes.
OK I filled a large saucepan with water, going to blanch the broccoli for a couple of minutes.
OK for the white sauce going to pour my milk into a saucepan, bring it to a scald. Turn off the heat and leave it to the side.
OK got a large saucepan of water on for my macaroni. I'm going to cook the bacon and shallot first, just soften them up, before grating in our garlic cloves.
Now we'll cook this until it starts to go golden brown. Then we use a spoon to take it out of the pan.
OK I've just added my butter to the saucepan, just melted so I'm gonna add in the plain flour all in one go and I'll give it a bit of a stir with a whisk try and get rid of some of those lumps.
Now the milk, gradually mixing in as we go.
OK I've just added the cheese to my sauce, and I’ve put my macaroni into my boiling water, that's going to take about 8 minutes.
This cheese sauce is nearly done, gonna add the bacon and shallot back inside the pan.
I'm gonna add the macaroni to the sauce. Now I'm just gonna stir in some chopped parsley.
OK so we've got our croutons here, and then I'm going to finish with the rest of the cheese. Beautiful. That is ready for the oven.
OK really simple salad, gonna take some chilli along with some finely chopped shallots and I'm going to zest some of this lemon. Also going to add some lemon juice. Just going to whisk in some oil, some black pepper, finish with a pinch of salt. And then we’ll add our cooked broccoli. I'm just going to finish the salad with some red wine vinegar.
Well there we have it, that's going to feed everyone really well for less than 5 bucks a head, more recipes like this visit coles.com.au, and stay safe out there.