hey everybody today i'm going to show you how to invent your own mac and cheese oh yeah i'm going to show you the basics and then it's up to you you can put anything in it you want to any kind of cheese you want to and remember never use cheap cheese for mac and cheese okay so what you see there is three tablespoons of butter and one quarter cup of flour okay what we're going to make right here is what we call them texas gravy the rest of the world calls it bechamel sauce but basically what you're making is the thin gravy and we're gonna melt cheese in it so just follow what i'm doing there i put that uh flour and milk together now and see how it's uh bubbling up there it's the first thing i'm gonna do is i'm gonna season this remember there's nothing raw in this now so be sure and taste all the way through to make sure your mac and cheese taste good okay now when you get it semi to the consistency that you want it that right there is six ounces of freshly grated gruyere cheese of course you can use what you want as you can see it's way too thick so just proceed to add milk okay that makes about a cup and a half for me so i'm just gonna stir it in some more oh yeah baby add a little bit more milk to it all right and then add a little more cheese that was another cup of grated cheddar cheese okay now i'm gonna add a little bit more milk to it and don't forget now stick your finger in there or a spoon in there and taste this because it may need salt and pepper okay oh yeah when you get it all melted together like that just add your cooked pasta already cooked that's a half a box of macaroni right there stir it up taste it don't forget to taste it and serve it up now right here for those like stovetop mac and cheese you're done you can serve it right here but i'm gonna go a little further i'm gonna put me some bread crumbs on top of it oh yeah baby now what i did forget to do was sprinkle olive oil on top so sprinkle a little olive oil on top of them breadcrumbs and here i am going to grate some more gruyere cheese on top let's see it going on there oh yeah baby now we're going to go in the oven for i think it was 30 minutes at 350 and that's what it looked like nice and crunchy on top oh yeah so i did make me a little plate boy i tell you folks if you like mac and cheese this is all you need just remember number one do not buy cheap cheese and number two do what you want put bacon in it put chives in it but the heck put fried chicken in it if you want to you know what i mean it's you make it up yourself there's a way to do it all i appreciate all you subscribers i just don't know what to tell you y'all are awesome i would ask you to please click the like button when you watch these things and if you're not a subscriber subscribe and y'all have a great day you