Homemade Mac and Cheese

So here's that recipe I said I would post if you wanted it!

Three-Cheese Macaroni and Cheese

1 tsp olive oil

1 cup finely chopped onion

2 Tbsp all-purpose flour

1 garlic clove, minced

1½ cups 1% low fat milk

1 bay leaf

½ cup crumbled gorgonzola cheese

¾ cup grated parmigiano - Reggiano cheese, divided

¼ tsp salt

2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni

Cooking spray

2/3 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

2/3 cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)

1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion to pan; cook 8 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add flour and garlic; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in milk and bay leaf; bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes or until thick, stirring constantly with a whisk. Add gorgonzola, ½ cup Parmigiano - Reggiano, and salt; stir until cheeses melt. Discard bay leaf.

Preheat oven to 375.

Cook pasta in boiling water 5 minutes or until almost tender, omitting salt and fat; drain well. Add pasta to cheese mixture, stirring well. Place about ½ cup pasta mixture in each of 6 (1-cup) ramekins coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle evenly with mozzarella. Top evenly with remaining pasta mixture. Combine remaining ¼ cup Parmigiano - Reggiano and panko; sprinkle evenly over pasta mixture. Spray lightly with cooking spray; sprinkle with black pepper. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes or until heated.

Yield: 6 servings

Serving Size: 1 ramekin

So that's the recipe. Here's a picture if you forgot what it looks like :) For the breadcrumbs I just cut up two slices of sandwich bread sprinkled some olive oil on top and put them under the broiler until they were toasty. Also, for the cheeses I just bought the three-cheese italian blend. It worked just fine. Oh and I used whole wheat macaroni noodles. So basically I did my own thing it sounds like...ha ha!