{"id":14956,"date":"2017-12-04T10:53:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=14956"},"modified":"2020-04-16T11:28:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T18:28:33","slug":"grandmas-mac-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/grandmas-mac-and-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandma&#8217;s Mac and Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-02-18.07.26.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9281\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright aiif9281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-02-18.07.26.jpg\" alt=\"2016-03-02 18.07.26\" width=\"251\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #ff0000;\">Ingredients to feed 6 or 12 people<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 C large elbow macaroni<\/li>\n<li>1 C sour cream<\/li>\n<li>1 C shredded Colby &#8211; mixed in<\/li>\n<li>2 C shredded Colby &#8211; for topping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/meet-grandpa\/medal\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/medal.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Grandma likes to use 1 C coarsely chopped black olives when she makes this, but you can leave the olives out if you don&#8217;t like them.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Put in whatever<br \/>\nyou want. You can<br \/>\nuse bell peppers,<br \/>\ngreen chilies,<br \/>\nartichoke hearts&#8230;<br \/>\nwhatever !<\/td>\n<td>Optional Roux<br \/>\n<span class=\"recipe-directions__list--item\">1.  In a saucepan, melt 2 TBL<br \/>\nbutter over medium heat.<br \/>\n2.  Stir in 2 TBL flour to make a roux.<br \/>\n3.  Add 1 C milk to roux a splash at a time,<br \/>\nstirring constantly.<br \/>\n4.  Stir in cheese, and cook over low heat<br \/>\nuntil cheese melts and the sauce thickens.<br \/>\n*  This will replace Step 3 below.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #ff0000;\">Step by Step<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cook the macaroni to taste<\/li>\n<li>Drain macaroni and put into large mixing bowl<\/li>\n<li>Mix together 1 C cheese and 1 C sour cream<\/li>\n<li>Add 1 C chopped black olives<\/li>\n<li>Stir macaroni and cheese mixture together<\/li>\n<li>Grease casserole dish<\/li>\n<li>Pour mixture into baking dish, and pat it down<\/li>\n<li>Top with as much shredded Colby as will fit in the casserole<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 350\u00ba for 20 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Let rest five minutes before serving<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #ff0000;\">Oh, one more thing&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"_oDd\" data-hveid=\"34\"><span class=\"_Tgc\">Serves 6 as a main course or up to 12 when served as a side<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients to feed 6 or 12 people 2 C large elbow macaroni 1 C sour cream 1 C shredded Colby &#8211; mixed in 2 C shredded Colby &#8211; for topping Grandma likes to use 1 C coarsely chopped black olives when she makes this, but you can leave the olives out if you don&#8217;t like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/grandmas-mac-and-cheese\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grandma&#8217;s Mac and Cheese&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,199,205,210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cindy-recipe-cards","category-meals-for-beginners","category-medallion-recipe","category-beatitudes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14956"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18180,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14956\/revisions\/18180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}