{"id":1000,"date":"2006-04-16T15:03:36","date_gmt":"2006-04-16T22:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2006-04-20T18:50:27","modified_gmt":"2006-04-21T01:50:27","slug":"patty-labelles-macaroni-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=1000","title":{"rendered":"Patty LaBelle’s Macaroni and Cheese…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1 tablespoon vegetable oil
\n1 pound elbow macaroni
\n8 tablespoons (1 stick) plus 1 tablespoon butter
\n1\/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Muenster cheese
\n1\/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded mild Cheddar cheese
\n1\/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
\n1\/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack
\n2 cups half-and-half
\n1 cup (8 ounces) Velveeta, cut into small cubes
\n2 large eggs, lightly beaten
\n1\/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
\n1\/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>Preheat the oven to 350\u00b0 F. Lightly butter a deep 2 1\/2-quart casserole.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>Bring the large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the oil, then the elbow macaroni, and cook until the macaroni is just tender, about 7 minutes. Do not overcook. Drain well. Return to the cooking pot.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>In a small saucepan, melt eight tablespoons of the butter. Stir into the macaroni. In a large bowl, mix the Muenster, mild and sharp Cheddar, and Monterey Jack cheeses. To the macaroni, add the half-and-half, 1 1\/2 cups of the shredded cheese, the cubed Velveeta, and the eggs. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to the buttered casserole. Sprinkle with the remaining 1\/2-cup of shredded cheese and dot with the remaining one tablespoon of butter.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>Bake until it’s bubbling around the edges, about 35 minutes. Serve hot.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 pound elbow macaroni 8 tablespoons (1 stick) plus 1 tablespoon butter 1\/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Muenster cheese 1\/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded mild Cheddar cheese 1\/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded sharp Cheddar cheese 1\/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack 2 cups half-and-half 1 cup (8 ounces) Velveeta, cut into small cubes 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 1\/4 teaspoon seasoned salt 1\/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Preheat the oven to 350\u00b0 F. Lightly butter a deep 2 1\/2-quart casserole. Bring the large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the oil, then the elbow macaroni, and cook until the macaroni is just tender, about 7 minutes. Do not overcook. Drain well. Return to the cooking pot. In a small saucepan, melt eight tablespoons of the butter. Stir into the macaroni. In a large bowl, mix the Muenster, mild and sharp Cheddar, and Monterey Jack cheeses. To the macaroni, add the half-and-half, 1 1\/2 cups of the shredded cheese, the cubed Velveeta, and the eggs. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to the buttered casserole. Sprinkle with the remaining 1\/2-cup of shredded cheese and dot with the remaining one tablespoon of butter. Bake until it’s bubbling around the edges, about 35 minutes. Serve hot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}