Mom's Macaroni & Cheese

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (32 ounce) package velveeta cheese (don't get the non or reduced fat kind it's icky)
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese (you can go up to a whole cup)
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard (spicy not sweet)
• 1 teaspoon diced or minced garlic
• 1 1/2 cups ham, diced
• 1 medium size yellow onion, chopped
• 1 cup celery, chopped
• 1 (12 ounce) bag noodles (twisty kind work well)
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 -2 tablespoon butter
• onion powder
• garlic powder

Recipe

• 1 melt the velveeta, grated cheddar cheese, milk, mustard and minced garlic until smooth and creamy. stirring frequently.
• 2 sautee the ham, onion and celery. about 10 minutes
• 3 add the ham mixture to the cheese sauce. mix with the cooked noodles. spoon into a large rectangle baking dish.
• 4 brown the breadcrumbs with dash of onion and/or garlic powder in butter.
• 5 sprinkle over top of macaroni & cheese bake @ 350 degrees for 1/2 hour.
• 6 this dish can feed up to 6 or more people at one meal. makes great leftovers.