Can't get your little picky eaters (or in my case, big) to eat veggies, especially broccoli? I have been trying to find a cheese sauce to go on top and nothing seems to work or I can't remember to buy the products before hand. I have honestly considered buying the broccoli and cheese frozen selections to get them to eat it. I found a solution without paying the price of those expensive green giant products, with who knows what kind of cheese mixture.
I used my medium white sauce recipe and added about a cup of cheese to it. I just added it right after I added the milk. I used it to pour over the cooked Broccoli and the picky eaters actually ate it!! Yeah! One small step towards success! Check out the white sauce recipe to get all the directions!!
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
White Sauce
This is a great starter for many recipes. It is super easy to make and you can add a lot of fun variations to it. I use the thin sauce for homemade mac and cheese, and the medium sauce for tuna puff pastry.
Thin:
1 tablespoon butter
1 tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 cup of milk
Medium:
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 cup milk
Thick:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 cup milk
Notice a pattern?? That's right! The butter and flour double the thicker you want the sauce, but the rest stays the same.
Melt butter in saucepan over low heat. Blend in flour, salt, and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring until mixture is smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat. Stir in milk. Return to heat, and heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Once it boils, stir for another minute or so, until it starts to thicken.
Fun variation:
Use medium white sauce, make as directed and add small pieces of ham and hard-boiled eggs, chopped up, to mixture. Pour over toast for a quick breakfast or even a dinner.
Cheesy variation:
Use medium white sauce, make as directed, but add 1/2 cup to a cup of cheese after you have stirred in the milk. Stir til thickened and cheese is melted!
Check out the Tuna Puff Pastry as well. Plus, homemade macaroni and cheese coming soon using this great base!
Thin:
1 tablespoon butter
1 tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 cup of milk
Medium:
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 cup milk
Thick:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 cup milk
Notice a pattern?? That's right! The butter and flour double the thicker you want the sauce, but the rest stays the same.
Melt butter in saucepan over low heat. Blend in flour, salt, and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring until mixture is smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat. Stir in milk. Return to heat, and heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Once it boils, stir for another minute or so, until it starts to thicken.
Fun variation:
Use medium white sauce, make as directed and add small pieces of ham and hard-boiled eggs, chopped up, to mixture. Pour over toast for a quick breakfast or even a dinner.
Cheesy variation:
Use medium white sauce, make as directed, but add 1/2 cup to a cup of cheese after you have stirred in the milk. Stir til thickened and cheese is melted!
Check out the Tuna Puff Pastry as well. Plus, homemade macaroni and cheese coming soon using this great base!
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