Lazy Mac 'n' Cheese

I know, I know, it's been less than a month since my last post about mac 'n' cheese, but I can't help it, I freaking love the stuff! I also recently came upon this buzzfeed list and immediately was mildly obsessed. I tried a couple of the breakfast ones and they were alright, but then I saw just how easy (some of them are actually more complicated than I would want something of this small of a venture to be....yeah I know, I'm extra lazy sometimes) the diy easy mac one was and I had to have it for lunch! I didn't even really follow it, haha, I just put some pasta in a big mug, and put water so that it covered all the pasta and went for it! I cooked it for 4 minutes on the normal setting in the microwave and that wasn't working and the water was bubbling over, so then I ended up cooking it for another 4 minutes on half power and that worked out well. Then I just used a fork to hold back the pasta and carefully drained the extra water out. 

Remember this cheese from the previous mac 'n' cheese post? Yeah I liked it that much (and yeah it was still in our fridge) that it's what I used for this mac 'n' cheese. And I must say it was a pretty good choice. I cut it up into little chunks (again, I was too lazy to get the grater out to shred it, what is with me today, honestly, lol). I threw the chunks and a splash of milk in, stirred a bit, and microwaved it for another 15 sec on normal power just to expedite the cheese melting. It was a tad bland so I did add a sprinkling of salt and an ever so small sprinkling of cayenne pepper. 

All in all this was pretty damn good. Not as good as baked mac 'n' cheese (will anything ever be), but I'd agree with the original poster of the diy easy mac post in that it's certainly as good as the boxed stuff, and it's definitely faster. The only real downside is that cheese kinda stuck to the sides/bottom of the mug, but it was easily fixed by scraping off a little with my fork for each bite. Problem solved. So yeah, if you're looking for a good grown-up version of easy mac, I'd be a proponent of this plan. Until next time, bon apetite!