1. Forum
  2. FidoNet
  3. COOKING

  • Copycat Kraft Deluxe Original Mac & Cheese Dinner

    From Ben Collver@1:124/5016 to All on Fri Aug 1 10:11:34 2025
    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Kraft Deluxe Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
    Categories: Copycat, Pasta
    Yield: 4 Cups

    8 c Water
    2 c Uncooked elbow macaroni
    1/3 c Cheddar cheese; shredded
    1/2 c Cheez Whiz
    2 tb Whole milk
    1/4 ts Salt

    It's time to clone America's best-selling brand of instant macaroni &
    cheese. This recipe is for the "Deluxe" variety of this popular
    product--that is, the one that comes with an envelope of thick cheese
    sauce, rather than the dry, powdered cheese. I think the "Deluxe"
    version, with it's two-cheese blend, is the better tasting of the
    two, although it's gonna hit you a bit harder in the wallet at the
    supermarket. But now, with this Top Secret Recipe, you can make
    creamy macaroni & cheese that taste like Kraft's original at a
    fraction of the price of the real deal. You gotta love that!

    Bring 8 cups (2 qt) water to a boil over high heat in a large
    saucepan. Add elbow macaroni to water and cook for 10 to 12 minutes
    or until tender, stirring occasionally.

    As macaroni boils, prepare sauce by combining cheddar cheese, Cheez
    Whiz, and milk in a small saucepan over medium low heat. Stir cheese
    mixture often as it heats, so that it does not burn. Add salt. When
    all of the cheddar cheese has melted and the sauce is smooth, cover
    pan and set aside until macaroni is ready.

    When macaroni is ready, strain water, but do not rinse the macaroni.

    Using the same pan you prepared the macaroni in, combine the macaroni
    with the cheese sauce, and mix well.

    Recipe FROM: <gopher://sdf.org/0/users/myst32yt/recipes/
    Kraft#253#040Deluxe#040Original#040Macaroni#040#046#040Cheese
    #040Dinner.txt>

    MMMMM
    --- SBBSecho 3.29-Linux
    * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Ben Collver on Fri Aug 1 15:50:49 2025
    Title: Kraft Deluxe Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner

    I like my mom's recipe:

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Mom's Cheddar Cheese Sauce
    Categories: Sauces, Seandennis
    Yield: 5 Cups

    1/2 c Butter or margarine
    1/2 c Flour
    1 t Salt
    1/2 t Pepper
    4 c Milk*
    2 c Shredded mild cheddar (8 oz)

    In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter then whisk in the
    flour, salt, and pepper. Gradually add milk and bring to a boil;
    cook and stir for two minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat; add
    the cheese. Cook and stirl until cheese is melted. 5 1/2 cups yield.

    Add to macaroni (onion and ham is good with macaroni), vegetables, or
    baked potatoes.

    * = Mom's note: "I use 2 cups evaporated milk and 2 cups of water for
    the milk ingredient."

    Sean's note: This sauce is good and thick. It makes for a great
    macaroni and cheese with ham or poured over gently steamed broccoli
    florets.

    Recipe by Janis Lockhart (my mother). MM'd by Sean Dennis on 2 June
    2011.

    MMMMM

    -- Sean

    ... I hear the word "icy" is easy to spell. Looking at it, now I see why.
    --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)
  • From Ben Collver@1:124/5016 to Sean Dennis on Sat Aug 2 10:38:46 2025
    Re: Re: Copycat Kraft Deluxe Original Mac & Cheese Dinner
    By: Sean Dennis to Ben Collver on Fri Aug 01 2025 15:50:49

    Title: Kraft Deluxe Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner

    I like my mom's recipe:
    Title: Mom's Cheddar Cheese Sauce

    Thanks, that looks good. I'd rather have something homemade with love than
    eat an imitation of a corporate boxed pasta product. Here's another
    cheese sauce recipe that looks good to me.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Whipped Cheese With Blistered Tomatoes
    Categories: Sauces, Vegetarian
    Yield: 6 Servings

    2 tb Extra virgin olive oil
    12 oz Ripe cherry tomatoes
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Chili flakes
    2/3 c Cream cheese
    2/3 c Mascarpone
    1/2 ts Salt
    1 cl Garlic
    2 ts Lemon zest
    1/3 c Basil; chopped
    1 tb Honey

    Preparation time: 10 minutes
    Cooking time: 10 minutes

    If you are looking for an easy appetizer to serve to a group that
    everyone will love, look no further than this Whipped Cheese with
    Blistered Tomatoes. The entire dish takes less than 20 minutes to
    make start to finish, can be prepared a day or two in advance and is
    absolutely bursting with flavour.

    In a small sauce pan add the oil on medium high heat. Once hot add in
    the cherry tomatoes, sprinkle with salt and chili flakes and leave to
    cook for 8 to 10 minutes stirring every few minutes until the
    tomatoes have softened and are blistered. Remove from the heat and
    stir in the chopped basil

    In a food processor add the cream cheese and mascarpone, salt, garlic
    and lemon zest and blend on high speed for 4 to 5 minutes until the
    cheese is light and fluffy in consistency.

    Spread the whipped cheese over the base of a plate or flat bowl.
    Spoon the roasted tomatoes over the cheese along with any oil from
    the pan.

    Drizzle the entire plate with honey and garnish with a few additional
    sprigs of basil before serving with crusty bread and a spoon.

    Recipe by Carmen Sturdy

    Recipe FROM:
    <https://www.everylastbite.com/whipped-cheese-blistered-tomatoes/>

    MMMMM
    --- SBBSecho 3.29-Linux
    * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Ben Collver on Mon Aug 4 19:43:55 2025
    Ben Collver wrote to Ruth Haffly <=-

    Recently i began watching Star Trek, Strange New Worlds. One of the
    main cast, Captain Pike, likes to cook. In one episode, i watched him take leftover spaghetti noodles, put them in a frying pan with some
    olive oil and two eggs, fried it, added parmesan, and called it good.

    I've done something similar but scrambled the eggs and add them after
    the noodles get warmed. Egg noodles are goo too.

    Made it look trivial.

    I'd not think that's too difficult. Looks like bachelor survival food.
    XD

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Buddy's Bachelor Pie
    Categories: Beef, Casseroles
    Yield: 4 Servings

    1 lb Ground beef
    1 ts Butter; to 2
    1 md Onion; chopped
    1 cn (10-3/4 oz.) tomato soup;
    -undiluted
    3/4 ts Salt
    Pepper to taste
    1 c Instant mashed potatoes
    1/2 c Cheddar cheese; shredded

    Preliminaries: Grease a 2-1/2 to 3 quart casserole. Preheat oven to
    350 degrees.

    1. Brown ground beef on medium-high heat in a large skillet until
    nicely browned and no pink color remains. Remove beef and drain. Add
    butter and onion to skillet and cook until onion is transparent. Stir
    in soup, browned beef, salt and pepper.

    2. Prepare mashed potatoes according to package directions.

    3. Spoon beef mixture into prepared casserole. Top with mashed
    potatoes. Sprinkle cheese on top.

    4. Bake in a preheated oven for 25 minutes.

    Contributor: Orange County Register

    Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #12 by jackelvis@moonlink.net on May
    15, 1999

    MMMMM

    -- Sean

    ... Beauty is only skin deep but ugly goes clear to the bone.
    --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ben Collver on Tue Aug 5 15:41:15 2025
    Hi Ben,

    I do mac & cheese with a twist. First, cook the macaroni (whole wheat
    ...
    high power, serve and enjoy. The whole wheat pasta and mustard make it slightly different from the average mac & cheese, but a difference that elevates it above the run of the mill version.

    Thanks for the tips! I will keep an eye out for whole wheat pasta and give it a try some day.

    It's hands down, much better than the wimpy stuff I was raised on. Mom
    used white pasta and sharp cheddar, but not as much cheese as I use. I
    made my version (but with her white pasta) one time when we were
    visiting. I think she enjoyed the kick that the mustard and extra cheese
    gave it.


    Recently i began watching Star Trek, Strange New Worlds. One of the
    main cast, Captain Pike, likes to cook. In one episode, i watched him take
    leftover spaghetti noodles, put them in a frying pan with some olive
    oil and two eggs, fried it, added parmesan, and called it good. Made
    it look trivial.

    That does have some possibilities. Add a good marinara sauce to the
    noodles and make sure you have sufficient cheese; it needs more than
    just a light dusting.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... gnorw og... gnorw og... gnorw og nac gnihton

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ben Collver@1:105/500 to Ruth Haffly on Wed Aug 6 07:48:11 2025
    Re: Copycat Kraft Deluxe Original Mac & Cheese Dinner
    By: Ruth Haffly to Ben Collver on Tue Aug 05 2025 03:41 pm

    Hi Ruth,

    That does have some possibilities. Add a good marinara sauce to the
    noodles and make sure you have sufficient cheese; it needs more than just
    a light dusting.

    Yesterday i made spaghetti using a store brand "Spaghetti Spice Mix" packet. The ingredients list included half a dozen different dairy ingredients.
    Butter that, Cheese this, Milk, caseinate, etc. Suffice it to say last
    night's spaghetti was "bomb" and i am looking forward to the leftovers.
    Hooray for cheese drugs.
    --- SBBSecho 3.23-Win32
    * Origin: The Fool's Quarter, fqbbs.synchro.net (1:105/500)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ben Collver on Thu Aug 7 12:26:40 2025
    Hi Ben,


    That does have some possibilities. Add a good marinara sauce to the
    noodles and make sure you have sufficient cheese; it needs more than just
    a light dusting.

    Yesterday i made spaghetti using a store brand "Spaghetti Spice Mix" packet. The ingredients list included half a dozen different dairy ingredients. Butter that, Cheese this, Milk, caseinate, etc. Suffice
    it to say last night's spaghetti was "bomb" and i am looking forward
    to the leftovers. Hooray for cheese drugs.

    I'd be shot at sunset (or sunrise if it were closer) if I used anything
    like that. (G) Steve is half Italian--on his mom's side. She gave me a
    copy of her recipies when we got married; I've tweaked them some but
    stayed fairly close to the original. One thing we have done over the
    last 25 (+/-) years is to give up the "green can" and "red can" cheeses
    in favor of buying a hunk and grating our own. We were at Wegman's the
    other day--usually they sell their parmisan and romano pieces in weights
    of half a pound or less. We found a couple of chunks of parm that were
    over a pound and bought one. Once it's grated, it keeps fresh in our
    freezer until needed.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... Wisdom consists in knowing what to do with what you know.

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)