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January 16, 2020

Mac and cheese bundt style, Spaghetti pasta salad, Lasagna cups

By Melanie Behrens

This is pasta week.

Mac and cheese bundt style
3/4 C cheese Doritos, blitzed to a fine crumb
2-1/2 C macaroni
2 TBS butter
2 TBS plain flour
2-1/4 C milk
1 C cheddar, grated
2 C Parmesan
2 whole eggs
2 C mozzarella, sliced
1/2 C mozzarella, grated
Grease a bundt tin with a generous amount of butter ...

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