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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2012, 02:44:07 am »
Thanks for bumping, good lunch dish for ds in his flask at school.

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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2012, 11:22:59 am »
We really, really love this. I made it for a casserole night and it went down a treat there also.  :)

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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2012, 08:40:45 am »
Cookie1 could you make this up to putting in oven and freezing it? And just take out of freezer to go in oven? Thanks  :)

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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #18 on: September 13, 2012, 09:52:59 am »
I'm eating this RIGHT NOW and it's delicious! Added some parsley as we had half a bunch going yellow. Yummm. Love that I can make the bechamel sauce with skinny milk just so it's not QUITE so naughty -- just the full fat cheese to worry about. ;)

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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #19 on: September 13, 2012, 09:46:36 pm »
We love this, I quiet often make it without the chicken to have as a side dish. Yummy :D
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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2012, 10:49:01 pm »
i have never made or eaten macaroni cheese
i don't need a recipe i'm italian

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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #21 on: September 13, 2012, 11:49:49 pm »
You don't know what you are missing Uni. Mac and Cheese with bacon is a regular quick dinner for us.

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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #22 on: September 15, 2012, 11:10:38 pm »
What's not to love with pasta and oozey cheese  ;D



I just added 200g of really smoked cooked bacon, and lots of cracked pepper.
I might try adding seeded mustard next time, with the chicken.
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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #23 on: September 17, 2012, 10:19:21 am »
Well I just made this for the 1st time, my 19month old daughter sat there and fed herself a whole bowl and then kept scrapping her empty bowl till she was given more. Getting her to eat is usually a very stressfull time and most dinners end up on the floor. I have never ever seen her eat like that before and as a mum there is no greater feeling then watching your fussy toddler eat a whole meal not to mention I have seen her get so much on her spoon.  Thanks so much  :)

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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #24 on: September 17, 2012, 12:17:55 pm »
Cookie,I have never been a huge fan of Macaroni Cheese and was a bit skeptical on making this but  :o it blew our socks off here.I added some pepper and sliced spring onions plus for the cheddar I used a smokey flavoured variety. Thank you for a lovely tasting recipe,it will be one added to my favourites.



Ps,why is this forum so hard to post things???

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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #25 on: September 17, 2012, 12:39:58 pm »
Ps,why is this forum so hard to post things???

In what way do you find it hard Foxx?
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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #26 on: September 17, 2012, 12:56:33 pm »
I like to preview my posts Judy when I add a photo just to make sure the pic works,and reread what I have written. It seems to never come up for preview and Im waiting,waiting! So in the end I copy the text,click out of the post then go back to it,paste it in and voila the preview will work so then I can submit it. Only with photo's it seems to do this but.

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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #27 on: September 18, 2012, 12:43:10 pm »
Thermo18 I don't know how this would freeze. Perhaps someone else could help you. We never have any leftovers to freeze.
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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #28 on: September 20, 2012, 08:34:50 am »
Don't you love it when someone bumps a recipe when you are looking for something to do with leftover chicken ;D  I had 3 chicken drumsticks leftover from last night and they yielded 200g chicken, yes they were pretty big ones.

This recipe serves 6 in this house and I have frozen 2 lots of 2 portions.  I decided to go with the option GNMI posted as I was thawing some of my tomato soup out for tea anyway and it sounded interesting. I just replaced 220g of the milk with the tomato soup and the consistency was perfect.  I think it cut the richness of me using full cream milk and full fat cheese which I don't normally buy but I picked up the wrong milk this week and the full fat cheese was so much cheaper for 1kg than low fat cheese.  We both really enjoyed it.

My mum (and now I) have always mixed in 1/2 tin (approx 220g) of Condensed tomato soup into the white/cheese sauce before pouring it over the pasta.  Great flavour boost!


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Re: Chicken and Bacon Macaroni Cheese
« Reply #29 on: September 20, 2012, 10:50:48 am »
I must try that variation. So many recipes.  :)
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