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That one we all share

Southwest mac & cheese

My signature dish — adapted from HelloFresh's Lone Star Poblano Mac & Cheese, but made mine. (Lots of garlic and cumin, the only things almost as yummy as cilantro).

How I make it

  • → Triple the garlic
  • → Southwest spice blend is cumin / cayenne / garlic to taste — I basically double the cumin
  • → Pasta super al dente (it softens in the cheese) — take about 3 minutes off whatever HelloFresh says
  • → Cream sauce base is just milk and flour — mix in by eye for consistency
  • → I like to add a yellow onion

My favorite meals

  • → #1: Nadine's, Yorktown Heights
  • → Full Irish breakfast in Ireland. Europe had a lot of fancy eating, but it was cool that it stood out so much to me as a simple well-executed breakfast. And, let's be fair, it caught me on a good day.
  • → Some fancy ass sushi in Boston
  • → Literally anything if I am inside of YARD HOUSE, the GREATEST APPLEBEE'S-LIKE restaurant of all time (don't get me started)