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One Pot Mac & Cheese

By Rachael | Updated on August 7, 2020

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One Pot Mac & Cheese

One Pot Mac & Cheese with bowtie pasta! An easy creamy pasta that only has a few simple ingredients and only takes one pot to make! It is one of the best pastas for those busy week nights.

Serve with Summer Fruit Salad and Air Fryer Chicken Tenders for a complete meal!

Easy one pot mac and cheese with bowtie pasta, this is one of the easiest and tastiest

First, I have to put a little disclaimer in that these are bowtie pasta, not macaroni, but I wasn’t feeling creative enough to come up with a different name so One Pot Mac &. Cheese it is! Either way it tasted good, the kids ate it, and it was only one dirty pot, so I was thrilled.

Please tell me I am not the only who has a crazy family life and schedule? I swear I have point one second every night to make dinner, so dinners like this are my favorite.

Easy one pot mac and cheese with bowtie pasta, this is one of the easiest and tastiest

Isn’t it fun that you can throw some noodles and milk in a pot and just let One Pot Mac & Cheese cook?! And did I mention it is easy enough for my kids to make? One of my goals as a mom is to have my boys know how to cook by the time they move out of the house. I want them to be able to feed themselves, and hopefully their future families. While I would love to have them making some really fancy pants stuff, I figure we can start with baby steps.

And when it comes to baby steps, it doesn’t get any easier than this One Pot Mac and Cheese!

Easy one pot mac and cheese with bowtie pasta, this is one of the easiest and tastiest

Making One Pot Mac and Cheese:

  • Put your noodles and milk in a large saucepan.  I love using this Nonstick 5-Quart Saucepan but mine was dirty, so I grabbed another one because I was feeling lazy and didn’t really want to do dishes. Hence the reason for the ONE POT MEAL.
  • Then I added in my cheese, stirred it all up, and salted and peppered it. I love pepper, but went light on the salt.
  • I kept stirring while the cheese melted and the noodles cooked. Then put my lid on, turned it WAY down let the noodles cook until done. These particular noodles felt like they took forever, so how long this takes really depends on the kind of noodles you choose. I just so happened to have a half a bag open in my pantry, so bowtie won out tonight.
  • Then serve One Pot Mac & Cheese and enjoy! It really is that easy. Of course, in my attempts at better parenting I served this with a side of vegetables, which my children also happily ate. Thank goodness!
  • One side note: This recipe also works well in a crockpot, on low, but be sure to check and stir regularly, depending on how hot your crock pot gets.

Easy one pot mac and cheese with bowtie pasta, this is one of the easiest and tastiest

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One Pot Mac & Cheese

One pot mac & cheese with bow tie pasta is an easy creamy pasta that only has a few simple ingredients and takes only one pot to make!
2.37 from 11 votes
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Course: Main Dish, Sides
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Mac & Cheese
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 22 minutes
Servings: 4
Author: Rachael Yerkes

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cups uncooked pasta bowtie
  • 3 3/4 cups milk
  • 1 cup grated cheese mix a blend of cheeses is best, such as mozzarella, mild cheddar and provolone
  • 1 1/2 cups grated sharp cheddar
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in a large sauce pan.
  • Heat on medium heat, stirring regularly (5-10 minutes)
  • Once cheese is melted and noodles are starting to cook, turn down, cover, and let simmer until noodles are cooked through (7-10 minutes), stirring once or twice to keep from sticking to bottom of pan.

Notes

Be sure to stir often, otherwise cheese may stick to bottom of pan and burn.

Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.

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Comments

  1. Erika B says

    August 16, 2017 at 9:51 pm

    Wow, I'll have to try this, I've never not pre-cooked pasta!
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  2. TonyMoses says

    January 14, 2018 at 8:47 pm

    Thanks for posting this recipe - love the idea of a one pot Mac ‘n cheese. Have you tried this with whole wheat pasta, and if so, how would you modify the recipe or cook instructions?
    Reply
  3. JK says

    March 23, 2018 at 10:51 am

    3.5 cups of uncooked pasta to serve one person?!?! Doesn't this make a ton??
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    • Rachael says

      March 23, 2018 at 3:28 pm

      My recipe plugin has a glitch where the serving size displays as the number of servings. I am working on going in and fixing all of them manually, but have 1200+ recipes, so I haven't gotten that far. This recipe serves 4-6 people.
      Reply
  4. Katelyn says

    May 13, 2019 at 5:10 pm

    I made this for dinner tonight, followed the directions carefully. But it came out gritty, the cheese didn’t melt smoothly and still a bit soupy when the noodles finished cooking (which took quite a while and I used bow tie). What could of went wrong??
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