Macaroni and Cheese

On October 25th the Culinary Arts Club met and made Macaroni and Cheese, an old favorite.  Macaroni and Cheese is a fantastic dish to make because it teaches students how to create a roux which is a mixture of butter and flour, and how this roux acts as a thickening agent for a white sauce.  White sauces are very versatile and can be used in many dishes, in this dish the white sauce is made into a cheese sauce for the macaroni and cheese.  The macaroni and cheese is almost always well received by the kids and this time there was no exception.  They loved it and making the mac and cheese from scratched showed the kids that homemade mac and cheese is as tasty if not better than box mac and cheese and does not contain all the salt and preservatives that box mac and cheese contains.  The next meeting of the Culinary Arts Club will be November 8th.