what's for dinner tonight: oven roasted pesto and parmesan asparagus with mac and cheese

Homemade macaroni and cheese? Yum!

Ingredients:

Oven Roasted Pesto and Parmesan Asparagus

1/2 lbs of asparagus

3 tbsp. of Pesto sauce

1/2 cup of grated Parmesan 

1 tbsp. of garlic powder

1 tbsp. of olive oil

Pepper

Mac and Cheese

1 lbs. of pasta, I decided to use Rotini 

1/4 cup of butter

2 cups of milk, I used half whipping cream, half water

1/4 cup of flour

1 lbs. of cheese

Salt and pepper

Oven Roasted Pesto and Parmesan Asparagus

Slice the asparagus in half

Either in a ziploc container, or in a ziploc baggy, set the asparagus inside, along with the pesto sauce, parmesan, garlic powder, olive oil, and a pinch of pepper. Cover the lid, and shake what your mama gave you!!

Set on a baking sheet and bake at 400 for about 11 minutes.

Voila!

Mac and Cheese

Cook the noodles until al dente.

In a deep skillet, melt the butter on low-medium heat.

Gently add the flour...

And whisk until combined. Continue to whisk for about 5 minutes. This will be the roux.

Add in the milk...

Continue to whisk until it is completely combined. Set the heat to low to thicken the sauce. Then add your cheese. I used a combination of monterey and cheddar.

Whisk the cheese into the sauce until it has completely melted.

You can turn off the heat at this point. Add in the desired amount of salt and pepper.

And mix, mix, mix!

Add in the noodles and mix some more.

There was a lot of mixing and shaking in this recipe, but it's all worth it in the end!

Enjoy! Nom, nom, nom...