That looks horrible. And why the fuck is any sane person preparing a cassetole in a throwaway baking dish?
1 - you don’t have to worry about leaving a dish
2 - you don’t have to clean it after a get together that is probably exhausting
3 - aluminum is one of the materials that is actually very recyclable, so it’s not a big deal like plastic is.
75% of all aluminum ever mined is still in circulation- its also more efficient- recycling aluminum takes 5% of the energy it takes to produce it.
But you can’t recycle it when it’s dirty
I have melted and cast ingots from thousands of dirty aluminum cans. Rinsing first is ideal of course, but all the crap floats to the top of the molten metal as slag and you can scoop it off to discard.
I make the most fattening mac&cheese, but it is delicious.
2T corn starch
2c half&half (or 1 cup milk, 1 cup whipping cream)
8oz cream cheese
8oz block of colby jack, grated
1lb elbow macaroni
Spices to taste (I use salt, pepper, allspice, nutmeg, paprika, oregano, and some nutritional yeast)Boil the elbow macaroni until it’s al dente. Whisk together the spices, corn starch and half&half, bring to a simmer. Melt the cream cheese into the sauce, then add in the grated cheese. Stir the noodles into the sauce.
If you undercook the noods a little, it holds up really well as meal prep for a week of lunches. My partner is chronically underweight, so it’s nice to have some calorie dense meal prep options too.
I’m very scared of your two-tonne corn starch mac
And you have to discover FTL travel for the half-and-half.
