topic Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~ in Recipes

Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

YouGoGirl1 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:38:49 GMT

16 ounces macaroni

8 ounce sour cream

1/2 stick of butter, melted & cooled

1 egg

16 ounce pkg. shredded Four Cheese Blend

Salt & pepper to salt

cook macaroni according to pkg. directions.

Mix sour cream, butter, egg, & shredded cheese.

Cook in a preheated 325* oven in a 3 qt. casserole

dish. until lightly browned & cheese is melted.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

Carmie — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:50:03 GMT

It should be renamed Heart Attack Mac n Cheese, but it sounds delicious.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

kate2357 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:17:32 GMT

@YouGoGirl1

Looks like a delicious mac and cheese recipe. Thank you for sharing.

Is Blue Willow a restaurant? Edited to add....duh, says Inn right there in title.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

Sooner — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:19:32 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
It should be renamed Heart Attack Mac n Cheese, but it sounds delicious.

@Carmie WOW I'll agree with the Heart Attack Mac!!!!

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

deepwaterdotter — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:44:58 GMT

Too rich for my arteries, but does look tasty.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

layla2450 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 02:19:46 GMT

Easy pass - WAY too much FAT with the sour cream, butter, and a pound of chesse.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

Skyegirl21 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 02:35:35 GMT

I'm sure it's fabulous but I feel my cholesterol going up as I type this!

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

kate2357 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 02:49:58 GMT

It's interesting...if you type in Blue Willow Inn mac and cheese, the Inn has a Face Book post with a recipe entirely different than this one. The FB recipe is not one I would make...it uses Cheese Whiz...which is not something I would use. Although, I have had great casseroles my stepmother made using Cheese Whiz....

The recipe posted from op does have a lot of cheese and butter, but it also has a lot of pasta. 16 oz of dry pasta is a LOT of pasta. Ina Garten uses 20 ounces of cheese, per 16 oz of pasta, in one of her mac and cheese recipes.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

YouGoGirl1 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:12:52 GMT

The restaurant is closed now, but have new owners.

It's in Social Circle Ga. I bought the cookbook many years ago from the Q. Patti Labelle's mac n cheese has more cheeses and half n half. I know it's not calorie friendly or healthy.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

RespectLife — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:57:25 GMT

Why do we always have to have Food Police????

Just pass on by if the ingredients are not favorable to you.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

RollTide2008 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:25:37 GMT

@kate2357 wrote:
It's interesting...if you type in Blue Willow Inn mac and cheese, the Inn has a Face Book post with a recipe entirely different than this one. The FB recipe is not one I would make...it uses Cheese Whiz...which is not something I would use. Although, I have had great casseroles my stepmother made using Cheese Whiz....

The recipe posted from op does have a lot of cheese and butter, but it also has a lot of pasta. 16 oz of dry pasta is a LOT of pasta. Ina Garten uses 20 ounces of cheese, per 16 oz of pasta, in one of her mac and cheese recipes.

This is at least 8 servings of mac and cheese. Mac and cheese is not an every day food at my house.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

YouGoGirl1 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:52:57 GMT

@RollTide2008, thank you. I make mac & cheese to take

to potlucks, parties when I used to work, Thanksgiving,

sometimes I would have 20 people over. It not something

I have often.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

kate2357 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:18:30 GMT

@RollTide2008 wrote:
@kate2357 wrote:
It's interesting...if you type in Blue Willow Inn mac and cheese, the Inn has a Face Book post with a recipe entirely different than this one. The FB recipe is not one I would make...it uses Cheese Whiz...which is not something I would use. Although, I have had great casseroles my stepmother made using Cheese Whiz....

The recipe posted from op does have a lot of cheese and butter, but it also has a lot of pasta. 16 oz of dry pasta is a LOT of pasta. Ina Garten uses 20 ounces of cheese, per 16 oz of pasta, in one of her mac and cheese recipes.

This is at least 8 servings of mac and cheese. Mac and cheese is not an every day food at my house.

@RollTide2008

8 sevings seems about right. When I make pasta dishes I weigh out 2 oz of dry pasta per serving.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

novamc1 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 22:01:15 GMT

I had the pleasure of lunching at the Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle, Georgia, years ago.

Later I saw (or think I saw) the Blue Willow Inn owner on QVC showing off dishes from the Inn's cookbook.

I'd say that finding that cookbook now probably would be something worth pursuing. Just good old Southern cooking.

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novamc1 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 22:14:33 GMT

@RespectLife

We have food police, because the internet makes it possible for some folks to post gratuitous comments and criticisms, even though others don't care one bit what those people think or say or eat for dinner.

If we want gratuitous comments, we could post recipes and ask the readers to rate them as to personal preferences.

Instead, I regard this forum as a source of suggestions for new and different recipes from others who are interested in creating good stuff to eat. Spare us the negativity.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

kate2357 — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:53:12 GMT

@novamc1 wrote:
I had the pleasure of lunching at the Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle, Georgia, years ago.

Later I saw (or think I saw) the Blue Willow Inn owner on QVC showing off dishes from the Inn's cookbook.

I'd say that finding that cookbook now probably would be something worth pursuing. Just good old Southern cooking.

@novamc1

It looked like the Inn closed beginning of covid and have not reopened. It looked like a charming place.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

layla2450 — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:12:34 GMT

@RespectLife wrote:
Why do we always have to have Food Police????

Just pass on by if the ingredients are not favorable to you.

Just pass on by if you DON'T like my comments. EASY PEASY.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

YouGoGirl1 — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 21:32:18 GMT

@novamc1, I bet it was wonderful...

my parents both has Southern roots,

always loved fried green tomatoes

greens, cornbread & fried okra.

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

tiny 2 — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 14:57:14 GMT

@layla2450 wrote:
Easy pass - WAY too much FAT with the sour cream, butter, and a pound of chesse.

@layla2450

Well, one would not eat the whole thing. Hopefully not often either!

Re: Blue Willow Inn Mac & Cheese ~~~

ECBG — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:25:45 GMT

Looks good.

Things like this I have a 3 inch square and I am done.