A Triumph

This isn't as much a recipe as it is an idea.

But it was so incredibly, wonderfully, over-the-top delicious (and easy) I feel that it's my duty as your weird friend to share.

Next week I'll be back in the saddle with some new recipe posts.

For now, please try this at the earliest possible convenience:

 

I made Macaroni and Cheese for my baby's birthday.

Butter + Flour = Roux

Roux + Milk = White Sauce

White Sauce + Cheese = Cheese Sauce

Cheese Sauce + Macaroni = I jiggle

Anyway, I could have left it at that, but I like to adorn and add and decorate my food with as many things as possible. Honestly, give me a burger menu and I pretty much combine every burger offered in order to stack high as many toppings as possible. It's a real problem.

Unfortunately, though, I knew the kids wouldn't want a bunch of stuff in their macaroni and cheese.

No kid wants a bunch of stuff in their macaroni and cheese. It is written.

So I had a macaroni and cheese bar instead, setting out toppings so everyone could decorate their mac and cheese however they wanted.

 

I could have gone berserk and had eighteen dishes of different options, but instead I focused on these three. Speaking of focus, my light was bad and I had to open up my aperture really wide so you can only see the topping in the front. Sorry, man. My bad. But here's what they were:

Front: Caramelized onions. Halve onions from root to tip, then slice thinly. Cook in a couple tablespoons of butter over medium-low heat for 15-20 minutes or until really, really golden brown.

Back Left: Crumbled Gorgonzola cheese. Violently rip open the package. Use a fork to roughly crumble.

Back Right: Big, chewy chunks of crumbled peppered bacon.

I don't have a photo of my plate, which was piled as high as the heavens with the warm, gooey mac and cheese and embarrassing quantities of the three toppings. It was so delicious. I've mixed different things with macaroni and cheese before, of course, but there's something about the sweetness of the golden brown caramelized onions, the tangy sharpness of the Gorgonzola, and the smokiness of the peppered bacon that complemented the macaroni and cheese so perfectly.

Try this combo sometime soon!