Reply #44: Macaroni and cheese, with butter, cheese and white sauce

[japple]

is full of calories and is my ideal comfort food. I like the recipe in my Mom's old Better Homes and Gardens cookbook (the notebook with the red/white plaid cover). It has a bit of grated onion in it which gives more interesting flavor.

It's great that you are helping him learn to cook and become more self sufficient. Many children only know how to heat things in the microwave and aren't encouraged to learn about cooking. My mother always let us "experiment" in the kitchen and I think it fostered a love of cooking for my sister and me. Please keep us posted on your kitchen adventures with your son!!