What to serve with Bacon mac and cheese?

Lemon garlic chicken sheet-pan, Chicken fajitas, or Thai green chicken curry. Those sit in the same style as Bacon mac and cheese and keep the grocery list from exploding.

Is Bacon mac and cheese good for a weeknight?

22 minutes, start to plate. That is the kind of meal you cook the night you eat it, not Sunday.

Is Bacon mac and cheese high protein?

Yes. 26g of protein a serving from pork.

Bacon mac and cheese — $2.58 a serving

Name: Bacon mac and cheese
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 2 oz Bacon; 2 oz Cheddar; 5 fl oz Milk; 1 oz Butter; 3 oz Pasta; 1 oz All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Salt & pepper

$2.58 a serving · 22 min

Under 30 min
One pan
Nut-free
High protein
Thyroid-friendly
Comfort food
Family friendly
Pork

Cost is the ingredients you actually use. About $10.32 if you cook for four.

Protein: 26g
Carbs: 48g
Time: 22 min

Ingredients

Per serving, grouped the way the store is laid out.

Meat & seafood

Bacon2 oz

Dairy & eggs

Cheddar2 oz
Milk5 fl oz
Butter1 oz

Pantry

Pasta3 oz
All-purpose flour1 oz

Spices

Salt & pepper1 tsp

How to cook it

1
Cook the pasta. Crisp the bacon and chop it.
2
Make a cheddar sauce with butter, flour and milk. Stir the pasta through until it is orange and glossy.
3
Pile high and scatter the bacon so it stays crisp.