Paula Deen is a DSer's dream cook!

I found Paula Deen's crockpot mac and cheese, omg amazing! Here's the recipe, with my changes noted in red:

 

Ingredients

• 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni (an 8-ounce box isn't quite 2 cups) I used 1/2 box of Dreamfield's Rotini, it was what I had on hand
• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stuck) butter, cut into pieces I used a whole stick, cause, well, I could!
• 2 1/2 cups (about 10 ounces) grated sharp Cheddar cheese I just measured out 10 ounces and cubed it up
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can condensed Cheddar cheese soup
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• I also added 1/2 tsp each of galic powder and onion powder

Directions

Boil the macaroni in a 2 quart saucepan in plenty of water until tender, about 7 minutes. Drain. I didn't cook the pasta first... just threw it in the crockpot dry, and it came out amazing (and not overcooked, which is easy to do with dreamfield's).

In a medium saucepan, mix butter and cheese. Stir until the cheese melts. I combined the butter and cheese in a microwave safe bowl and nuked 'em for 30 second intervals until they combined well, about 3 minutes total.

In a slow cooker, combine cheese/butter mixture and add the eggs, sour cream, soup, salt, milk, mustard and pepper and stir well.

Then add drained (uncooked) macaroni and stir again. Set the slow cooker on low setting and cook for 3 hours, stirring occasionally.

*Notes* It's a little greasy at first... I considered cutting the butter bac****il it was doubly amazing the next day heated up, and the extra butter seemed to have absorbed into the sauce. This is the first recipe I've ever made that actually gets better the second day. I forgot myself and sprinkled my (powdered, not good quality) parmesan on top before I reheated a bowl the next day, and it got all crispy and yummy like cheesy bread crumbs on top. I believe I may have to keep a batch of this made all the time in the fridge, I ate so well for a couple days!

When I plugged the recipe with my changes into myfitnesspal.com, and adjusted the serving size ( I got 4 servings of about 1 1/4 cups each out of it), here's the nutritional info per serving and per batch. This takes into account the "protected carbs" in dreamfield's, so it's pretty spot on for us :)

                                Protein          Total Carbs         Fiber       Net Carbs      Fat        Calories
Per Serving:            32g                    22g                    5g              17g              60g           847
Total:                       129g                   89g                   19g              70g             241g        3386


Enjoy! It's amazing!