I never post things like this.
In fact, for a food blogger, I don’t write that much about food, at least not here. It’s something I was discussing with a friend of mine who was considering starting a blog, something that, while I’m conscious of it, I don’t really think about all that much.
At the very beginning of my blogging, I wrote a lot about food because I was learning. Every time I tested a new recipe, I learned something — a new way to cut, a new combination of flavors, a new spice that added a different dimension to a dish. And those were the things that I wanted to share on my blog.
But now, for the most part, at least, nothing is new. I can perfect things, try new techniques, experiment with a new recipe for a tried and true dish, but most of the time, I can guess how something is going to taste before I cook it. I’m not saying that I don’t have anything else to learn or try, just that I don’t often do it. The recipes I post here are just what I eat, not necessarily my culinary experiments.
Long-time readers will notice, then, that most of the recipes on here follow a trend: plant-based, for the most part, savory, not sweet. The sorts of things you could eat every night for dinner… because that’s exactly what you’re seeing. I don’t develop recipe specifically for the blog, and when I come up with a new dish, it’s pretty much always because it’s something I just want to eat; I don’t really think about what it’s going to look like when it goes up here until it is.
Well for once, I’m going to fly in the face of tradition.
I made this just to see if I could do it. And yes, I ate it. It was delicious, but it’s not the sort of thing I could — or would want — to eat every day. But hey, there’s a first time for everything.
I had seen sandwiches like this on Pinterest before, but I never really thought I’d actually made one. But one weekend, when I was a bit bored with my giant salads made of herbs and burrito bowls with black beans and homemade salsa, I decided to try it out, just to see if I could, just to try something new.
And what do you know — there are still a few tricks for me to learn. Particularly when it comes to hangover-appropriate food.
Mac and Cheese Grilled Cheese Sandwich
1 box Kraft Mac and Cheese, prepared with butter, no milk
per sandwich
2 slices white sandwich bread
2 slices American cheese
2 Tbsp. butter
1 egg
Make the Kraft macaroni and cheese. Eat two or three spoonfuls, then put a lid on it so you don’t eat all of it while making the sandwiches.
Heat a nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Add the butter.
Add one slice of bread. Top with a slice of American cheese. Spoon about three spoonfuls of mac and cheese on top of the American cheese. Eat another. Put the lid back on. Place another slice of American cheese on the other slice of bread, and put it cheese side down on the mac and cheese. Smoosh it a little bit so that it sticks together. Cover with a lid and cook for two minutes.
Flip the sandwich over. Crack the egg into the pan and cover. Cook for two minutes.
Remove the sandwich and put it on a plate. Top with the fried egg.
Depending on your willpower, you should be able to make about six sandwiches with one box of mac and cheese.