Microwave Mac and Cheese

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From https://justmicrowaveit.com/microwave-mac-and-cheese-4/

I was starving last night and couldn't figure out what to make with what was in the cabinet and fridge, so it seemed like a good night to poke through my link that had been sitting in my bookmarks forever. Just Microwave It has a lot of interesting ideas. I'm going to try some more of them.

The Mac and Cheese wasn't bad. I really liked the Worcestershire Sauce. I added more than called for. It would have been a lot better if I actually had some milk, which I didn't. I used extra butter which didn't add enough creaminess. I also had some of Barilla's microwaveable elbow macaroni in the cabinet, so in stead of cooking the elbow macaroni as called for in the recipe, I put the steamer bag in the microwave instead. That worked great. Note to self, don't run out of milk.

Curried Chicken Salad Sandwiches

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I'm a bit late posting this, but since I was on afternoons this week, Monday's meal was once again lunch time food. The recipe for these sandwiches comes from the tasteofhome Contest Winning Annual Recipes 2010 cookbook.

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Thoughts and Variations
I didn't make a lot of variations on this one, though with the exception of the lemon juice, curry powder, and mayo I was a little under (chicken) or over (most of the other stuff) on the measurements. I did my best, but this is a recipe that doesn't really require great precision. I wouldn't mess with the mayo, lemon juice, curry powder ratio too much since that is your sauce basically, but even that has some wiggle room, especially if you like your chicken salad a little lighter on the mayo. I chose to skip the lettuce because I would have had too much left, but I don't think the sandwiches suffered any for not having it. The butteriness of the croissants worked well with this, though you could certainly use regular bread if that is your preference.

This was a really good recipe and I found all of the ingredients mixed really well together. It wasn't too heavy although it is on the rich side, but there was a nice balance of sweet and savory and crunchy and that little bit of something from the curry powder. Seeing as how I ate the left over chicken salad just by itself and not in a sandwich (and it was still just as delicious), I'm definitely going to mark this recipe as a make again.