What did you cook today?

[Certificate of Excellence]

Today’s culinary adventure visits a childhood favorite of mine “chili Mac”. We’ll eat this first half of this week but got the “chili” component done - always tastes better a day or two later, hence the wait.

This will go over a homemade Mac n cheese (I usually do a cheddar and Gouda mornay for the Mac n cheese) and then baked for about 30 minutes or so until everything is bubbly and delicious. Feel free to ignore my wife's goofey Xmas gingerbread spat. All of my red handled high-heat spats were in the dishwasher lol.

 

[Kai Robinson]

You just reminded me of something my brother makes. Chili, but topped with mashed potato and cheese. Mexican cottage pie, basically.

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

That’s awesome. I love it This weeks meal plan includes sloppy Joes but through the same mash-up lense as your brother. I use Mexican pork chorizo and ground beef and build a red chile adobo sauce around all of it & call it

Sloppy Jose’s

They get built on toasted burger buns and I top mine with pickled onions, shredded cabbage and actual pickle chips but the kiddos all do cheddar cheese.

Anyhow, it’s an easy weeknight meal. I am totally stealing your brothers idea. Maybe I’ll do something like frito pie filling and top it with a cheddar jalapeño mash and broiled the top a bit .. yanno make it pretty lol I could absolutely get down on some of that.

 

[V.Yakob]

I won't add much of myself, but I admit that I didn't cook it today.
I'm not as good a cook as many of you. I'm quite slow and lazy.



I prefer to rub the tomatoes on a grater instead of a blender, so the color is preserved much better. You can also add a tomato juice to make the taste more "tomato". I don't like canned tomatoes in my own juice from the store, so I don't use them.
Fry the meadows, add tomatoes and spices. For the best taste, I add a olive oil and pepper and crushed garlic. Stew for 10-15 minutes to make a delicious sauce.

Eggplants should be salted and squeezed from excess moisture, then fried until golden brown.
When everything is ready in the form, you need to collect 3-4 "floors":
Eggplant
Tomatoes/sauce
Mozzarella
Parmesan

Then send to the oven for 15-20 minutes at 190 ℃.


@Certificate of Excellence, I'll have to do something similar to yours “chili Mac”.