So the other day at the grocery store, they had pork shoulders buy one get one free. Great deal! So on Monday morning, I put my pork in the slow cooker with plans to have pulled pork for dinner. Usually while I’m at work, I’ll brainstorm some ideas for what else I’m going to have with whatever meat I thawed out…but on this day I was stumped. We had just had mashed potatoes for dinner the night before and I didn’t want to do potatoes two days in a row….and rice didn’t seem like a good choice. Then suddenly it hit me, MAC AND CHEESE. We had pulled pork and mac and cheese at our wedding, so clearly it’s a household favorite haha
Normally I like to make mac and cheese and then bake it to get it crispy, but I wasn’t going to get home until kinda late and I wanted something that would come together fast! I kinda just threw this mac and cheese together (in 15 minutes, no lie) and it turned out SO GOOD. So I’ll let you guys in on the recipe…really nothing fancy. Just simple, easy, and DELICIOUS. I used earth balance vegan butter and almond milk to cut down on the dairy, but you could totally use any kind of butter or milk that you’d like!