Easy, Cheesy Baked Macaroni

Recipe By Sue Prickett
Rating
Published Feb 4th
Prep - Cook - Additional - Ready In -
Servings 4 - 6 servings Calories 495.8

A family favorite–in fact my teenage daughter’s girlfriend always finagles a visit when I plan to make this for dinner. Goes great with a salad and homemade bread! Enjoy!

Recipe Ingredients

  • 1 pound seashell pasta
  • 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 1 (8 ounce) package processed cheese food, shredded

Cooking Directions

  1. 1 Cook macaroni according to package directions, shortening recommended cooking time by 2 to 3 minutes as macaroni will continue to bake later in oven. Drain.
  2. 2 Mix cooked macaroni and tomato sauce in large glass ovenproof dish. Stir in 3/4 of the shredded cheese. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 of the cheese on top.
  3. 3 Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 495.8
  • Carbohydrate 74.4 g
  • Cholesterol 29.1 mg
  • Fat 13.3 g
  • Fiber 4.3 g
  • Protein 22.1 g
  • Saturated Fat 7.4 g
  • Sodium 883.4 mg
  • Sugar 6.4 g

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Reviews

  1. Jan Mowbray Nov 19, 2017 03:00 AM
    Easy recipe. Instead of seashell pasta I used macaroni - how can it be macaroni and cheese without macaroni? And used cheddar cheese not the processed stuff. Really quick and easy but next time will double the sauce and I'll cook the pasta the full time before mixing with the sauce. I topped the dish - Read more ...
  2. NJSS2000 Jan 25, 2012 02:10 PM
    OK but won't make again.
  3. LunaMorgaine Jan 5, 2010 10:45 PM
    I made this tonight and was worried about the taste of the tomato sauce with the cheese; I cut it down to one of the small cans of tomato sauce instead. It was delicious! Just a hint of tomato in the background. However because I also added ground beef onions and mushrooms I had to - Read more ...
  4. Courtney Oct 12, 2007 12:16 AM
    I added spices to the tomato sauce--oregano dried onion garlic basil and pepper. I also used shredded mozzarella cheese. Very simple but very delicious.
  5. gothicdragonfly Jun 12, 2006 02:13 AM
    add some ground beef and mushrooms to this recipe and its slammin'
  6. NIKKI Mar 10, 2006 03:57 AM
    Instead of using the sprinked cheese I used american cheese slices. My husband loves the edges of crusted mac and cheese! Also...this was done in about 14 minutes.
  7. Dairygirl May 19, 2003 07:16 PM
    Yuck! Maybe it's just us... but we didn't like it very much!
  8. SCOAKLEY Aug 29, 2002 11:54 PM
    This is a must try!! My family loves it!! Especially my kids! It is easy and very very good.... Thanks Sue!!!
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