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Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

Josiep — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:20:08 GMT

Has anyone found this recipe yet? Thanks.

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

nuata2d — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 01:45:24 GMT

I called customer service and they couldn't find the recipe. I then did a live chat and she couldn't find the recipe. I have no idea where you find it and I could only hear that it was Carol's Mac and cheese and couldn't make out the last name.

Please post if you find it or email me lkrimstein@yahoo.com

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

kitty4me — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 04:59:19 GMT

I heard Mimi said it was on Leslies Blog and sent it over to Mary. This is most frustrating to get a Recipe. I have been trying to get this for sometime now!

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

Nightowlz — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:24:34 GMT

It's on Mary's FB page.

We found it! Here's the Italian Mac & Cheese recipe from yesterday's show:

2 # of penne or rigatoni
Boil to aldente, rinse, reserve.

...

3 c. heavy cream
6 c. alfredo sauce, either homemade or store bought, reserving 1 cup

1 c. orange cheddar, shredded
1 c. white cheddar, shredded
1 c. fontina, shredded
1 c. mozzerella, shredded
1 c. gruyere, shredded
salt and pepper to taste

16 slices imported provolone

Mix half the cream, sauce and shredded cheeses together with half the pasta, place in oven baker, unbuttered.
Layer on 8 slices of the provolone
Mix the other half of cream, sauce and shredded cheese with remaining pasta, pour on top of first pasta and provolone layer.
Pour reserved 1 cup alfredo sauce.
Layer on 8 slices of provolone
Cover in foil, bake at 325 degree oven for 30 minutes
Remove foil and broil for about 5 minutes until golden brown.

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

denisemb — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 01:07:33 GMT

Thank you, Nightowlz, I'd been looking for this recipe, too.

Sounds heavenly - definitely for special occasions!

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

italia8140 — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 01:37:59 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
It's on Mary's FB page.

We found it! Here's the Italian Mac & Cheese recipe from yesterday's show:
2 # of penne or rigatoni
Boil to aldente, rinse, reserve.
...
3 c. heavy cream
6 c. alfredo sauce, either homemade or store bought, reserving 1 cup
1 c. orange cheddar, shredded
1 c. white cheddar, shredded
1 c. fontina, shredded
1 c. mozzerella, shredded
1 c. gruyere, shredded
salt and pepper to taste
16 slices imported provolone
Mix half the cream, sauce and shredded cheeses together with half the pasta, place in oven baker, unbuttered.
Layer on 8 slices of the provolone
Mix the other half of cream, sauce and shredded cheese with remaining pasta, pour on top of first pasta and provolone layer.
Pour reserved 1 cup alfredo sauce.
Layer on 8 slices of provolone
Cover in foil, bake at 325 degree oven for 30 minutes
Remove foil and broil for about 5 minutes until golden brown.

I can't imagine eating a dish with so much cheese, cream, and fat. Not appetizing at all.

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

RespectLife — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:07:24 GMT

I don't think anyone doesn't realize this is a special occasion dish! We are all smart enough not to eat dishes like this daily! Clearly NOT low cal but then again....very few Mac & Cheese recipes are! I think the combo of all the different types of cheese sounds delicious!

I appreciate you posting it Nightowlz and OP for asking and would love to try it!

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

ChiliPepper — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:12:24 GMT

@italia8140 wrote:
@Nightowlz wrote:
It's on Mary's FB page.

We found it! Here's the Italian Mac & Cheese recipe from yesterday's show:
2 # of penne or rigatoni
Boil to aldente, rinse, reserve.
...
3 c. heavy cream
6 c. alfredo sauce, either homemade or store bought, reserving 1 cup
1 c. orange cheddar, shredded
1 c. white cheddar, shredded
1 c. fontina, shredded
1 c. mozzerella, shredded
1 c. gruyere, shredded
salt and pepper to taste
16 slices imported provolone
Mix half the cream, sauce and shredded cheeses together with half the pasta, place in oven baker, unbuttered.
Layer on 8 slices of the provolone
Mix the other half of cream, sauce and shredded cheese with remaining pasta, pour on top of first pasta and provolone layer.
Pour reserved 1 cup alfredo sauce.
Layer on 8 slices of provolone
Cover in foil, bake at 325 degree oven for 30 minutes
Remove foil and broil for about 5 minutes until golden brown.
I can't imagine eating a dish with so much cheese, cream, and fat. Not appetizing at all.

And you were expecting a low fat, low cheese dish when you opened a thread about mac & cheese???

Mmmmmmm, interesting!

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

momtochloe — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:34:26 GMT

I personally think this is quite possibly the most delicious recipe I have ever seen . . . M&C meets lasagna meets dairy heaven!

Clearly not for everyday but I will definitely make this at least once.

This year.

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

novamc1 — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 19:37:25 GMT

Perhaps you didn't notice the recipe calls for 2 pounds of pasta, and therefore would feed a boatload of people. The cheese and fat would be spread among many, not concentrated in a few, stomachs.

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 23:14:26 GMT

@italia8140 wrote:
@Nightowlz wrote:
It's on Mary's FB page.

We found it! Here's the Italian Mac & Cheese recipe from yesterday's show:
2 # of penne or rigatoni
Boil to aldente, rinse, reserve.
...
3 c. heavy cream
6 c. alfredo sauce, either homemade or store bought, reserving 1 cup
1 c. orange cheddar, shredded
1 c. white cheddar, shredded
1 c. fontina, shredded
1 c. mozzerella, shredded
1 c. gruyere, shredded
salt and pepper to taste
16 slices imported provolone
Mix half the cream, sauce and shredded cheeses together with half the pasta, place in oven baker, unbuttered.
Layer on 8 slices of the provolone
Mix the other half of cream, sauce and shredded cheese with remaining pasta, pour on top of first pasta and provolone layer.
Pour reserved 1 cup alfredo sauce.
Layer on 8 slices of provolone
Cover in foil, bake at 325 degree oven for 30 minutes
Remove foil and broil for about 5 minutes until golden brown.
I can't imagine eating a dish with so much cheese, cream, and fat. Not appetizing at all.

Sounds like a heart attack on a plate !! Let's face it, lots of people don't give much thought to their health.

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

italia8140 — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 01:30:53 GMT

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
@italia8140 wrote:
@Nightowlz wrote:
It's on Mary's FB page.

We found it! Here's the Italian Mac & Cheese recipe from yesterday's show:
2 # of penne or rigatoni
Boil to aldente, rinse, reserve.
...
3 c. heavy cream
6 c. alfredo sauce, either homemade or store bought, reserving 1 cup
1 c. orange cheddar, shredded
1 c. white cheddar, shredded
1 c. fontina, shredded
1 c. mozzerella, shredded
1 c. gruyere, shredded
salt and pepper to taste
16 slices imported provolone
Mix half the cream, sauce and shredded cheeses together with half the pasta, place in oven baker, unbuttered.
Layer on 8 slices of the provolone
Mix the other half of cream, sauce and shredded cheese with remaining pasta, pour on top of first pasta and provolone layer.
Pour reserved 1 cup alfredo sauce.
Layer on 8 slices of provolone
Cover in foil, bake at 325 degree oven for 30 minutes
Remove foil and broil for about 5 minutes until golden brown.
I can't imagine eating a dish with so much cheese, cream, and fat. Not appetizing at all.

Sounds like a heart attack on a plate !! Let's face it, lots of people don't give much thought to their health.

DITTO. There's probably close to 50 grams of saturated fat for an average serving.

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

denisemb — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 04:51:22 GMT

Man...next, I'll hear sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, cigarettes, booze and texting while driving are hazardous to my health...

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

novamc1 — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:37:12 GMT

If we don't like the recipes in a particular cookbook, we don't buy the book. If we don't like high-fat foods, we don't prepare those foods and look for those which suit us better.

We do NOT usually waste our time writing to the cookbook and recipe authors to accuse them of contributing to the downfall of public health and humankind.

Seems to me a more constructive and friendly approach, if one is going to even read or participate in a thread titled "Recipes", would be to contribute some food ideas that reflect the writer's personal nutrition standards and tastes. There is room for all kinds.

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

ChiliPepper — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:33:40 GMT

Ok, let me add notes for those that did not know:

This is not healthy.

Do not make it every week or month.

Do not eat it all, everything in moderation.

Thank you NightOwlz for posting the recipe & for assuming correctly that most of us had enough common sense to realize this is a "special occasion - in limited amounts" recipe.

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

novamc1 — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:16:36 GMT

Furthermore, I would like to know how the apparently irritated poster computed the grams of fat per serving, when the recipe did not specify how many servings it would make, plus it did very obviously contain enough ingredients to feed a small army, and the poster probably did not take into account that shredded cheese contains a lot of air in between the actual amount of cheese. One cup of shredded cheese does not equal one cup of solid cheese.

Therefore, I await an explanation for the post alleging to know the total grams of fat per average serving in the macaroni-and-cheese-casserole. I especially want to know how much the poster considers an "average serving" of that dish to be.

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

RespectLife — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:23:25 GMT

@novamc1 wrote:
Perhaps you didn't notice the recipe calls for 2 pounds of pasta, and therefore would feed a boatload of people. The cheese and fat would be spread among many, not concentrated in a few, stomachs.

Thank you novamc for pointing that out! When I read it, I didn't actually catch that.

I will be sure to half the recipe when I make it! I would have to rent people in order to use that amount of a side dish!

I was so intrigued by the combo of ingredients, I didn't pay attention to pasta qty.

Thanks again!!

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

italia8140 — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 02:22:19 GMT

@novamc1 wrote:
Furthermore, I would like to know how the apparently irritated poster computed the grams of fat per serving, when the recipe did not specify how many servings it would make, plus it did very obviously contain enough ingredients to feed a small army, and the poster probably did not take into account that shredded cheese contains a lot of air in between the actual amount of cheese. One cup of shredded cheese does not equal one cup of solid cheese.

Therefore, I await an explanation for the post alleging to know the total grams of fat per average serving in the macaroni-and-cheese-casserole. I especially want to know how much the poster considers an "average serving" of that dish to be.

Irritated? Hardly - LOL! Google it, and you'll know. Easy peasy. An average serving of one pound of pasta serves 4. So this recipe doesn't serve "an army". Two pounds of pasta doesn't feed an army. One ounce of cheese has 7-9 fat grams. So my calculation of the fat content with all the cheese, the heavy cream. and Alfredo sauce (which has cheese) is accurate. Heart attack on a plate. ENJOY!

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

seadew — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 02:25:36 GMT

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‎09-28-2015 06:24 PM

It's on Mary's FB page.

We found it! Here's the Italian Mac & Cheese recipe from yesterday's show:
2 # of penne or rigatoni
Boil to aldente, rinse, reserve.
...
3 c. heavy cream
6 c. alfredo sauce, either homemade or store bought, reserving 1 cup
1 c. orange cheddar, shredded
1 c. white cheddar, shredded
1 c. fontina, shredded
1 c. mozzerella, shredded
1 c. gruyere, shredded
salt and pepper to taste
16 slices imported provolone
Mix half the cream, sauce and shredded cheeses together with half the pasta, place in oven baker, unbuttered.
Layer on 8 slices of the provolone
Mix the other half of cream, sauce and shredded cheese with remaining pasta, pour on top of first pasta and provolone layer.
Pour reserved 1 cup alfredo sauce.
Layer on 8 slices of provolone
Cover in foil, bake at 325 degree oven for 30 minutes
Remove foil and broil for about 5 minutes until golden brown.

Re: Carol's Italian Mac and Cheese Recipe

denisemb — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 04:31:33 GMT

@italia8140 wrote:

Irritated? Hardly - LOL! Google it, and you'll know. Easy peasy. An average serving of one pound of pasta serves 4. So this recipe doesn't serve "an army". Two pounds of pasta doesn't feed an army. One ounce of cheese has 7-9 fat grams. So my calculation of the fat content with all the cheese, the heavy cream. and Alfredo sauce (which has cheese) is accurate. Heart attack on a plate. ENJOY!

Google is not always your friend. For the heck of it, I just checked a 1 lb. box of macaroni and it said 8 servings. Two lbs. would be 16. There are several recipes online that show 2 lbs. serving 20-25.

Not to mention those of us who actually eat macaroni and cheese usually consider it a side dish to a protein and vegetable, so it's not like we fill our plate with a mountain of mac and cheese.