Mac & Cheese Bars

Just what a Monday needs. CHEESE.

At some point I started thinking, “wouldn’t it be great if mac & cheese was more portable?” And since it’s important to follow your dreams, I did and this is what I came up with.

Ya know, for those times when you’re running late for something but are really craving mac & cheese. I feel like the rest of the world manages to be on time to things and then there’s me.

How are you people on time? Do you plan to be 15 minutes early everywhere you go, or something? Tell me your ways.

I’m always 2 minutes late to everything. Everything. My whole life. My dad says my mom will be late to her own funeral…so I’m sure it’s just genetic and nothing to worry about. But seriously. I should work on timeliness if I ever want to get a real job. But the good news is I don’t really want a real job. Well, that’s a lie.

I do want a real job but haven’t quite got everything figured out yet. I didn’t think I’d find anything that I liked more than blogging. But then life happened and I did. More on that mid-June. Plan is part time blogger, part time real job.

So Andrew and I went to see the new Fast & Furious movie (Andrew’s pick) Friday night. I thought it was funny. And cried at the end.

But you guys, the people behind us were eating nachos (like the orange-tinted cheese, round chip type) and I couldn’t stand how they smelt. Seriously. AND they were the slowest eaters ever. After that incident I don’t think I can go to the movies again for awhile. I was unreasonably grossed out. It reminded me of summer swim team as a child, which gives me anxiety.

For the sake on my mental well-being, I assure you that these bars have zero nasty orange-tinted nacho cheese and only Cabot sharp cheddar + Parmesan.

And there’s crust, which is something to get all kinds of excited about.

We served these bars with salmon + a raspberry/kale/spinach/chard/golden raisin/feta salad. The feta was added because I live in a world where I take my dairy consumption very seriously and anytime there is an opportunity to add cheese…I do.