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In a separate microwave-safe bowl, combine 1 cup of whole-wheat macaroni with 1 1/2 cups water and the chopped broccoli.Put it back in the microwave and cook in one-minute intervals until the sauce is thickened. Add 2 cups of skim milk and use a whisk to mix it into the other ingredients in the bowl. Using the pot holders to protect yourself from burns, take the bowl out of the microwave.Return the bowl to the microwave for another 30 seconds. Add 4 tablespoons of whole-wheat flour and mix it with the melted butter and onion. Use pot holders to remove the bowl from the microwave, recommends the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service.Microwave for two minutes, stopping to stir every 30 seconds. Combine 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter and the chopped onion, if using, with a pinch of salt in the bowl. To make microwaveable mac and cheese, start with a microwave-safe bowl.

I know what’s in it and my portion was probably a little larger than the supermarket version! The cheese is the most expensive ingredient and I typically use budget supermarket own brand mature cheddar cheese, costing under £5/Kg and using about 30-50p of cheese. My own made from scratch macaroni cheese probably cost me about 60p. If I’d bought a cheap macaroni cheese at a supermarket it’d have cost me £1-2.

I even ate directly from my cooking dish to save washing up 🙂 The joys of cooking for one, there are no points for presentation! Macaroni Cheese Cost: I added a microwave cheese sauce to the macaroni and mixed it through, then splashed a little brown sauce on top! Today I wanted to cook macaroni to have macaroni cheese for lunch. It couldn’t be easier could it! And just one small dish to wash up.

Drain off the water, serve, or add to your recipe if you’re just cooking the macaroni as a starter to a larger meal! If you’re making a cold pasta salad, then tip the macaroni into a bowl of cold water.

Once cooked, you can either set the macaroni to one side while you pull the rest of your meal together, or drain it – if left in the water the macaroni will continue to cook, so which you choose to do will depend on whether it’s fully cooked now or could benefit from sitting in the hot water for 1-2 minutes more. If it’s still a little undercooked, simply repeat for a further 1 minute.

Microwave the macaroni for a further 1 minute and then test it.

Stir the macaroni again and add a little more water if required.

Microwave the macaroni for a further 1½ minutes on high power.

You just need enough water to keep the macaroni covered completely. Stir the macaroni and add a little more water if required.

Microwave the macaroni for 1½ minutes on high power.

You will be adding further water in a bit.

Cover the macaroni with boiling water so there’s just ¼” to ½” of water covering it.

Add a tiny amount of oil to the macaroni, just a little! Add the pinch of salt.

Try to use a dish where the macaroni can be spread out as much as possible, rather than being a deep pile.

Place your macaroni in your microwave safe dish.It wouldn’t make sense to bring a saucepan of water to the boil, then stand over a hot pan of macaroni while it steams up the kitchen for ages 🙂 The macaroni is always cooked perfectly as I am cooking it in 1 minute blasts, then checking it and adding more boiling water (from a kettle) if/when required. This, for me, is the easiest and quickest way to cook macaroni – especially as I’m cooking for one person, so am dealing with small portions. For a fast lunch this is one of my “go to” options, when I really can’t be waiting for rice (which takes 10 minutes) …. It takes just 4 minutes to produce macaroni, which can then be used in microwave macaroni cheese, pasta salad, or just as macaroni to serve with a chilli, stew or curry. I cook macaroni in a microwave oven as it’s fast, easy, foolproof and produces no condensation or steam.