Macaroni cheese

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What sides do you serve with it? I can’t stand the stuff and never really serve it. But I have guests including dc, one of whom apparently adores it. So I’m going to do one. I’m not worried about that at all, I make a good cheese sauce and am under strict instructions to make it extra cheesy! However I just can’t get my head round what you are meant to serve with it. To me it screams for veg, maybe grilled tomatoes and mushrooms? Or peas? I did think salad to keep it light but can’t get past the through of gloopy cheese sauce getting on my leaves! I like the idea of leeks but not very summery.
Should I do garlic bread? Do I need to add any more carb, it’s stodgy enough as it is?
I fear I’m over thinking this!

We always have it with roasted tomatoes and maybe some kind of salad to cut through the richness?

I serve with cauliflower, cabbage and garlic bread.. Bbc Good Food recipe..

Sorry, I realise you said salad. I tend to keep my salad on a side plate with a punchy dressing to avoid glooping onto the leaves!

Pop some slices of tomato on the top with some cheese before you bob it under the grill. And serve with garlic bread and salad. Bloody lovely! I did it last night 😋

We always have it with peas and broccoli

A nice tangy salad

I like it with peas and tomatoes and I put cauliflower in it as well as macaroni to lighten it up a bit. Food of the gods!

I love it with a green salad, cherry tomatoes, maybe some thinly sliced red onion. Corn on the cob might be nice?

Salad, and sometimes grilled tomatoes.

We tend to have bread rolls or French stick to mop up any remaining cheese sauce.

Hell yes to garlic bread. A decent one - like a ciabatta. Needs to soak up the access sauce! I also serve with roasted tomatoes and salad

^^excess

We have it with roast ham and some kind of greens.

Broccoli in our house. Have you tried the recipe that adds butternut squash and feta to the sauce, amazing and great for veg refusing kids!

I think it needs green veg to offset the paleness on the plate - peas, broccoli, green beans.

Chipolatas
Something green

A bit of grilled chicken and spinach mixed in is nice. Or roasted tomatoes as someone said already.

Tbh when I eat Mac n cheese I just accept it's not the healthiest Great with toasted breadcrumbs.

To me the macaroni cheese is the side and you need something that “goes” with bland cheesey mush. I’d think southern fried chicken and green beans and/or tomatoes.

It doesn't need anything else. It's perfect as is.

Saying that, garlic bread and roasted tomatoes on the side sounds good.

We just have a bowl of it and eat it in front of the telly. There are some foods that I do not think necessitate greenery and Mac and cheese is one of them.

I always serve it with a green bean salad.

Definitely salad (with lots of tomato) over here 😋

Birds Eye peas and Heinz tomato ketchup 😋

When are you meant to put it under the grill!? Dd1 and I can’t eat dairy but I make it for dd2 but I didn’t realise the grill bit… I just make a roux, add in the milk slowly, stir it a lot until it becomes saucy and add the cheese with the heat off? Should I then add more cheese and grill in a dish like I would a pasta bake or just grill it on the basis it has cheese already in?

I like it with a breadcrumb topping and broccoli/cauliflower/asparagus on the side.

Sliced tomatoes on top are nice. And I like salad as a contrast to rich pasta dishes. As per pp’s serve it in a separate bowl to avoid “contamination”. And yes to garlic bread! I like ciabatta rolls, sliced and brushed with olive oil, lots of crushed garlic, and chopped fresh chives, then just grill for 5-6 minutes.