Mac'n Cheese & Smoked Sausage for 2

By Addie

Need a little weeknight comfort food? This one’s for you then.

This recipe came about when I looked up from my computer and realized it was already 5:30 and I hadn’t started dinner. (And no, the irony that I’m a food blogger and still have this problem is not lost on me.)

I had a smoked sausage in the fridge and a daughter begging for mac & cheese. But I didn’t want to make the usual kind. A rummage through the cheese drawer yielded a block of Swiss and a new recipe came into being. (EAT AT HOME)

Ingredients

• 2 Tablespoons butter
• 1/4 onion, diced
• 2 Tablespoons flour
• 1 1/2 cups milk, warmed
• 1/2 Tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese (about)
• 1/2 lb. smoked sausage, sliced and browned
• 1/2 lb. pasta shells, cooked

Details

Adapted from eatathomecooks.com

Preparation

Step 1

Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook till soft. Whisk in flour and cook 1 minute. Whisk in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring often. Add mustard and cheese.

When cheese is melted, combine sauce, cooked pasta and smoked sausage. Eat!