Tomato Mac

                                          Tomato Mac

 This is on of my all time favorite leftover remake dinners! I don't know about you but I always make a ton of spaghetti sauce when I make it so I always have leftovers.Tomato mac is simply a mix of mac and cheese and left over spaghetti sauce. I made it a little" fancy" this time because everything is better with a little extra cheese sauce! I first started making this when I would cook for my mom's daycare many years ago and I have continued to make this for my family ever since.

Tomato Mac:

2 boxes mac and cheese (any brand)

3-4 cups left over spaghetti sauce (check previous posts for recipe)

White sauce topping:

3 Tb butter

3 Tb flour

2-3 cups milk

1 cup parm cheese

salt and pepper

this is the way I store my left over sauce in the freezer.

Cook mac and cheese noodles in a large pan, while noodles are cooking reheat the leftover sauce. My sauce was in the freezer so I just put it in the microwave until it was heated through. Once the noodles are cooked, drain the water and return them to the pot.  Add cheese packets and mix through. next add the left over sauce and mix until combined. At this point it is perfectly lovely to eat and we eat it at this point most of the time with just a little parm cheese on top. 

 

However if you want to take it to the next level...pour this into a large casserole dish and top it with the cheese sauce!

Melt  butter and flour in a small sauce pan, cooking for just a few min to take the raw flour taste out. then slowly whisk in the milk and bring up to a boil until nice and thick. add salt and pepper and stir in cheese.

 

Pour cheese sauce all over the tomato mac and pop it into a really hot oven or under the broiler.

 Everything is already cooked you basically just want to brown up the top of the cheese sauce so it gets nice and bubbly.

That's all there is to it!!! easy peasy...like I said before this is the "fancy" version of tomato mac, if you choose to just make it without the white sauce it is still delicious! I hope you enjoy one of our favorite standby meals.