This Three Cheese Homemade Mac and Cheese is comfort food at its finest!
My kids are big noodle fans. Anytime I ask what we should have for dinner, Little Sister says “New-nose!” which obviously translates into English as noodles. And Little Man would eat noodles daily, especially if he can have a side of broccoli or salad with it (he loves his veggies).
I would much rather make them three cheese homemade mac and cheese than the boxed stuff, since it contains preservatives and sometimes yucky ingredients. And besides the yucky stuff in boxed mac and cheese, it just doesn’t taste as good as a yummy homemade version.
I went with three cheese in this homemade mac and cheese to make it more flavorful. If you don’t like one of the cheeses, feel free to substitute it for another.
I skip the traditional bread crumb topping, since my kids don’t like it. Instead, I reserve a small amount of the cheese to sprinkle on top. I like to bake my homemade mac and cheese a little longer, because I love it when the bottom noodles get a little crunchy. However, I realize that most people probably don’t like it that way, so I put the time in for regular homemade mac and cheese. If you like it crunchy, add about 5 minutes of bake time.
We love to serve this homemade mac and cheese up with a side of veggies. I love grilled or roasted zucchini or broccoli with it.
Three Cheese Homemade Mac and Cheese
This Three Cheese Homemade Mac and Cheese is comfort food at its finest!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Macaroni noodles
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 2 cups milk
- 1 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Cook noodles according to package instructions.
- While noodles are cooking, melt butter in a medium sized pot. Cook garlic in melted butter for about 2 minutes.
- Stir in flour, salt and pepper, and cook while stirring over low heat until mixture is smooth and bubbly.
- Remove from heat and stir in milk.
- Return to heat. Stir constantly while bringing to a boil. Boil and stir for one minute.
- Remove from heat and stir in all cheeses except 1/4 cup cheddar.
- Stir drained, cooked macaroni noodles into the sauce.
- Pour into a 9x9 casserole dish, and top with reserved cheese. Bake uncovered for 20-25 minutes, until top is golden and sauce is bubbling.
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Now I am drooling!! Mac and Cheese is one of my favorite comfort food and this looks like the perfect recipe!
I love mac and cheese, especially homemade. Will definitely be giving this a try at home.
Your mac and cheese looks really delicious!!! Hmmnnn… this gives me an idea. This would be a great side dish to my roasted chicken this week.
Three cheese mac and cheese sounds delicious! Cant go wrong with this dish.
This recipe came just in time. I was just thinking of how to cook the macaroni I have in my pantry. Yay! 3 cheese mac and cheese it is! My family will love this!
There is nothing better than homemade Mac and cheese, so good! I love the idea of three cheese, more cheese is always better.
I’ve made homemade mac and cheese before, and while it’s good, I’m not sure if it’s better than what you have here… I’ll be trying this for sure… thank you (and I’m sure my kids thank you too!) got to be good, can’t wait : )
I hope you’ll come back and let me know how you like it, Eloise! My kids are huge fans!
This homemade three cheese mac and cheese looks delicious. My family loves mac and cheese so I will have to make this recipe for them. I have never made it from scratch before. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
It’s actually not that hard to make it from scratch! And knowing what ingredients are actually in it makes it worth the little bit more effort, in my opinion.
This looks amazing!!! Mac and cheese is my absolute favorite food – so I LOVE trying all sorts of mac and cheese recipes! Yours looks delicious!
My grandma always made mac and cheese from scratch, Adriana, so it is a comfort food that brings back memories for me 🙂
Confession: I’ve never made homemade mac and cheese before but yours looks delicious!! I need to try your recipe!!
You should definitely try it! It’s really not that hard!
That sounds very tasty! We’re big mac and cheese fans, yours is just the way I like it – no bread crumbs on top.
I personally like the bread crumbs, but for some reason it totally creeped my kids out! lol. So I skip them!
We don’t like bread crumbs on our macaroni either. This three cheese version sounds really tasty!
It’s so good! The mozzarella gives it more of the gooey cheesiness, while the sharp cheddar and parmesan give it a lot of flavor.
I could not agree more about the boxed version vs. home made. I have always made it with strictly cheddar but I think adding the other two would be wonderful! Thanks for the great idea!
My grandma made it with just cheddar, too. I think that I first changed it up when I was in the midst of making it and realized I didn’t have enough cheddar cheese. And then I liked how it turned out, so now I do this often!
I LOVE making mac and cheese from scratch – it is SO much better (and I agree about the preservatives!). I LOVE this recipe yum!
There is definitely no comparison! Enjoy!
Using three different cheeses is always a winner in my books. Mac and cheese is a dish thats feeds a bunch and is never turned down. Hearty meal.
That’s true about it feeding a lot, and for relatively cheap.
Your recipe looks easy enough for me to try! I’m looking forward to making this dish for myself. I haven’t had mac & cheese in a while because I don’t want the boxed type. Thank you
It’s really easy! I hope you enjoy it!
Wow, this looks entirely decadent. And if I still ate mac and cheese, I would be making this every night for a whole week!
It’s definitely delicious!
Your homemade mac and cheese looks so yummy! I’m so glad it doesn’t have eggs in it since I’m so not an egg person. I can’t wait to make this for the family.
I don’t think I would like it with eggs in it, either, Alli. I hope you enjoy!
Oh my god, this Three Cheese Homemade Mac and Cheese looks AMAZING (and oddly enough it looks JUST like my grandma’s mac and cheese!). I HAVE to try this recipe ASAP.
That’s so funny, Angelic! My grandma made homemade mac and cheese every time we visited, so I have very fond memories of it!