{"id":21196,"date":"2026-03-10T18:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/?p=21196"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T18:06:59","slug":"creamy-baked-macaroni-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/?p=21196","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This classic&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>creamy baked mac and cheese<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;features a rich, velvety sauce made with a combination of Velveeta and sharp cheddar, creating an incredibly comforting dish with a golden, bubbly crust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creamy Baked Macaroni and Cheese<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><td><strong>Ingredient<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Amount<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Pasta with dry elbow macaroni<\/td><td>1 pound<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>salted butter<\/td><td>1\/2 cup<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>All-purpose flour<\/td><td>1\/2 cup<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Milk, at room temperature (2% or whole)<\/td><td>2 cups<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Half and half, at room temperature<\/td><td>2 cups<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Worcestershire sauce<\/td><td>1 teaspoon<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Diced Velveeta cheese, at room temperature<\/td><td>12 ounces<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grated cheddar cheese, divided (at room temperature)<\/td><td>3 cups<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Salt<\/td><td>1 teaspoon<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>dry mustard<\/td><td>1\/2 teaspoon<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Black pepper<\/td><td>1\/4 teaspoon<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nutmeg<\/td><td>Pinch<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This classic&nbsp;&nbsp;creamy baked mac and cheese&nbsp;&nbsp;features a rich, velvety sauce made with a combination of Velveeta and sharp cheddar, creating an incredibly comforting dish with a golden, bubbly crust. Creamy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-and-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21198,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21196\/revisions\/21198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garden-tricks.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}