
Love it! Have a blessed Thanksgiving and Holiday season, and thank you for these wonderful recipes. I just love your spirit and love of cooking, and that you share it with so many people. I’d love to meet and cook with you some day. I want to try your other recipe, the one without Velveeta, but not until after Thanksgiving…My family has all requested this same version, so that’s what I’m doing. I’ve since made it a dozen times, for friends in Los Angeles, and friends and family in North and South Carolina…and consistently it gets the most rave reviews.
MACARONI AND CHEESE ROUX SAUCE FOR MAC
For years I made my grandaddy’s recipe for Mac & Cheese, it was always fantastic, but when I found yours about 6 or 7 years ago, I made it for a large party and the people lost their damn minds.

I consider myself a white boy who can cook the heck out of soul food, my grandaddy taught me. Guuuuuurrrrrl! I love this recipe so much. I’m sure that if you give it a try, it will end up going into your recipe collection, as well. Not many recipes get to make it to the album. I have printed out this recipe, took a photo of it, laminated it, and put it in my recipe album. So big sis…I will bow down gracefully to you and say that you make THE BEST Baked MAC N CHEESE EVER! The MVP is definitely that SMOKED CHEDDAR! Good God, I couldn’t stop eating this stuff. I just love how that top layer of smoked cheese forms like a crust. Usually, I’m not that into mac and cheese recipes that involve Velveeta, but this one….yeah, this one gets a pass!
MACARONI AND CHEESE ROUX SAUCE FULL
Yall this baked macaroni and cheese is FULL OF SOUL!! That is the first thing that came to mind when I took that first bite. THANKS A LOT, MATT…You’ll pay for that comment dearly! lol My husband took a bite and said, “um, you need to take your mac n cheese recipe off your blog and put this one up. I had one (ok three) plates of this macaroni and cheese and was on her heels like ash in the wintertime trying to get this recipe. What was this impostor all about! The proof was in the taste. I could have sworn I had all of my family members baked mac n cheese recipes.

Well, imagine my shock when my sister sashayed in on Thanksgiving and casually placed this baked macaroni & cheese on the table. We share our favorite recipes like they are going on out of style! “Aint no sense in taking recipes to the grave” is how my grandmother sees it. People tend to keep a tight grasp on their prized macaroni & cheese recipes, but not in my family. I’m pretty sure you all know how hard it is to find a good, southern, soul food style baked macaroni and cheese recipe, right?
