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!

Green salad . And put some pancetta in as well.

Bacon and grlled tomatoes

A tomato salad: with very good tomatoes and a balsamic dressing. There MUST also be a generous splash of Worcestershire sauce in the macaroni cheese.

If it's a side dish we have it with something like sausages or gammon plus peas/bean/broccoli.

Or if it's the main part of the meal, I do it more like a pasta bake with tuna and sometimes sweetcorn mixed in, and sliced tomatoes and more grated cheese on the top.

Green salad

I have to say, if people think macaroni cheese is too carby and needs something else - maybe macaroni cheese isn't for you.

I love macaroni cheese. Sadly my family are heathens & don't.

Beetroot. And it has to be made with a certain Scottish brand of macaroni or it just isn't the same!

I really like it with ratatouille

I like it with caponata too.

I put smoked bacon, caramelised onion and tomato ketchup through it. Maybe some garlic bread on the side. Pure comfort food.

I put cauliflower into it (hybrid Mac and cauliflower cheese) and top with sliced tomatoes

We have it as a side to slow cooked brisket beef, and with spring greens.

I like it when it’s quite stodgy and you can cut it up into squares.

Pulled pork ❤️

Check out the my fussy eater website. She has a couple of hidden veg recipes so you can tuck them in there. It's healthier and still feels like a treat. I serve with salad/veg sticks for little ones and garlic bread. I was on the fence as it sounded too rich until I tried these recipes

I just wanted to say how refreshing it is to hear it called Macaroni Cheese rather than Mac and Cheese ...

Cauliflower, cooked al dente. Maybe broccoli too.

Even better as a cauli/mac combo, with extra cheese and breadcrumbs on top, and whacked under the grill.

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I just wanted to say how refreshing it is to hear it called Macaroni Cheese rather than Mac and Cheese ...

Yes!

I always combine leek and bacon with cauliflower cheese .

Peas, chopped tinned tomatoes and garlic bread in this house. Sometimes grilled tomatoes instead of tinned.

Put ham, mushrooms and broccoli in the dish and tomatoes, cheese and breadcrumbs on top. But check what they're expecting as some people will expect the macaroni and cheese sauce and nothing else.

Serve with green salad and garlic bread. Don't understand this aversion to foods touching. I love a macaroni cheese, pasta bake or lasagna on top of a pile of lettuce.

Mine has Gouda, mozzarella and Parmesan and panko breadcrumbs on the top. Sometimes I'll add some crispy cubed chorizo or crispy bacon on the side.
Sometimes sliced tomatoes on the top.
I don't really bother with serving anything else with it but American places would have fried chicken, burgers, other fried things.
Yes to garlic bread.
You could do sliders with it.

Steam a nice mix of broccoli, carrot, spinach, peas. Roast tomatoes and mushrooms. Mmmm.

My local burger place does truffle Mac and cheese which is amazing.

we rarely serve sides with it. when I make it i add s lot of veg to the dish.
maybe a sald?