Baked Macaroni and Cheese (Gluten Free)

Macaroni and Cheese (gluten free) with raw veggies

1. Prepare pasta.

2. Prepare sauce.

Stir pasta and sauce together and turn it out into an oven dish sprayed with non-stick spray.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes...

... but if it's in the oven with something else, there is lots of leeway in this recipe. The oven can be hotter or cooler. Your dish can be uncovered all of the time or covered part of the time (but uncover at the end so the top will brown.)

For a good look and some discussion about variations, see this set on flickr, which shows two separate batches, both made with rice penne but with differences in the sauce and in the baking.

Baked macaroni and cheese is a good way to use up dairy products.  I'll use milk, buttermilk, plain yogurt, canned milk... whatever needs using.  And the same goes for the cheese!  Whatever needs using up.  The dish will turn out different every time and always delicious.


This recipe is # 81 on Baker's Dozen Challenge Countdown.

Fried Rice with Egg

Fried Rice with Egg

Ingredients:

Leftover rice.  The longer it has sat in the cooker drying out, the better.
Other leftovers
Egg
Soy Sauce or Fish Sauce

Frying pan (or wok!)
Oil to coat the bottom of the pan

Heat the pan, and then spoon in the rice.  The purpose here is to dry out the moisture and to brown the rice slightly.  Let it go until the rice is no longer giving off steam and the grains are not clumping together.

Meanwhile, chop up onions and other ingredients (whatever you have on hand: bits of meat, tofu, shrimp, vegetables... )
Stir these into the rice and cook some more, until the onions are soft and everything is hot.

Beat up an egg with a bit of fish sauce or soy sauce; drizzle it around the rice, stirring constantly.

Some like this dish with egg still wet, others want it fully cooked.  Suit yourself, and then serve.

To see a full set of photographs showing how this dish was made, go to this set on flickr.   (It will open in a new tab or window; to return to this page, just close it.) The small pictures are thumbnails; click on each one to see it full-size, and to read the comments under it.  If you prefer to use the slideshow feature, you won't see the captions unless you click on "show info" (top right).

This recipe is #93 in Baker's Dozen Challenge Countdown!