Dinners As Good As Childhood

Giant slices of watermelon whose juices run down your chin after taking a bite. Warm cookies straight from the oven, accompanied by cold, cold milk. Refrigerator rolls rising in the oven to eat with breaded chicken and sparking-hot corn cobs at the dinner table.

Maybe your childhood dinner table featured hot dogs slathered in ketchup and freezer fries. Or scrambled eggs and toast, waffles smothered in syrup.

Weeknight dinners are equal parts kitchen convenience and home-cooked soul-warming sustenance. In busy times and in tough times, dinner’s got to get on the table no matter what. And Hiller’s has it all.

From Scratch Mac and Four Cheeses

makes 8-12 servings

Recipe Ingredients:
5 cups whole milk 
2 bay leaves 
1/4 sweet onion, minced 
6 oz. unsalted butter 
5 tbsp. all purpose flour 
1 tsp. paprika
2 tbsp. Colman's mustard 
2 oz. shredded Mozzarella cheese
1 lb. shredded sharp Cheddar cheese 
2 oz. grated Parmesan cheese
5 oz. shredded Gruyere cheese
2 large eggs 
1 tbsp. Kosher salt 
1 tsp. fine ground white pepper
1 box Prince Casserole Elbow Macaroni 
2 cups Panko bread crumbs

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375º F.   Bring a pot of water to a boil; sprinkle in salt and add elbow noodles. Cook until tender, then rinse under cold water and set aside in a large bowl.   In a saucepan, bring the milk to a simmer with the minced onion, bay leaves, salt and white pepper. Meanwhile, in another pot, melt 2 oz. butter, add flour, and mix to make a roux. Cook for one minute, then add mustard and paprika. While whisking constantly, pour the hot milk into the roux. Simmer for a few minutes, then remove from heat and add all cheese, leaving out 4 oz. of cheddar. Stir until melted into a seamless sauce. Add eggs one at a time to the sauce, whisking until incorporated   Coat the inside of a 13X9 baking dish with melted butter and coat with bread crumbs. Add cheese sauce to noodles; pour mixture into baking dish. Melt the remaining butter and mix with Panko. Sprinkle the remaining cheddar over the top, then sprinkle with buttered crumbs.  Bake until top is golden brown. Cool slightly before serving.

Optional add-ins: cut-up hot dog pieces or sausage chunks, diced ham, frozen mini meatballs or wilted spinach.

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