Last night, we got mac 'n cheese wasted... this morning, I wake up to the biggest yellow pear-shaped diamond in the world. I haven't even come down from my glutenous, buttery, cheesy high, and I'm blinded by the Sun-Drop Diamond - I feel like I'm on a fluffy cloud, wrapped in cashmere, smelling of morning dew and daisies, surrounded by cute little cherubs, carrying me into Heaven.
So, I wouldn't feel right jumping right into the Sun-Drop without covering the mac 'n cheese from last night, first. The Mornay sauce was great. The added parmesan and paprika I used gave it a nice nezty kick. The bacon layer in the mac 'n cheese was also amazing, though I'm sure we could have used a bit more bacon....after all, there's no such thing as too much bacon, or diamonds....I digress. You'll see here, the sauce came out super thick, rich, and creamy - all attributed to using the right amount of roux needed to thicken it up:
How 6 people were able to put away so much mac 'n cheese, not to mention hot wings on the side, is a mystery to me! This puppy weighed in at a very happy, healthy 14 pounds - yes...we weighed it. As would any gushing mother, I was quite proud of my little creation...here's a pic of my baby:
As do most of our Foodie nights, the meal ended in food comas, hallucinations, regret, confusion, and yet, the usual phrase of "I can't believe I ate that much, I'm gonna die...there is dessert, right?" - yes....yes there was dessert....there almost always is. Why we do this to ourselves, we will never know, but it's our once a week insanity - the boys usually end up throwing someone on the phone, standing on their stomachs, hoping to induce vomit - tossing around a football after being reminded countless times that there is a sleeping baby upstairs, and the girls look at the kitchen (refer back to the regret mentioned earlier) thinking, why did we do this again? All in all, no matter how sick we feel at the end of the night, it's a close-knit family and it's one of the best traditions we've started.
THE DIAMOND!!!!!!
The excitement on the hand model's face irritates me. I want to slap her with my 14 pound mac 'n cheese. Why are you so happy?! It's not yours! IT SHOULD BE MINE!!!! This woman needs to watch her back because I'm going to hurt her if I ever see her...even though she doesn't own that puppy, she touched it. I hate her!
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