Sunday, November 10, 2013

Quick Weeknight Dinner

I'm still having trouble adjusting to the daylight savings time change and the early advent of darkness. Too soon. When we finally get home from work, it's a race against time to prepare dinner before it becomes too late for a heavy meal before bedtime. Working with what was on hand, I decided to make a beef, macaroni and cheese dish.
The art of making a bechamel, or white cream sauce, it an essential skill. Once the bechamel is starting to nicely thicken, I added grated mozzarella cheese to melt before tossing with the ground beef, penne pasta and diced tomatoes. This was one of the few meals I was able to pull together in about 30 minutes. The leftovers were perfect the next night reheated in the oven.

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