The College Life Recipe: Mac Noodle and Cheese

Ingredients:
pack of noodles
box of macaroni and cheese
half pound of ground beef


Preparation:
Preheat a skillet on medium high temperature. When the skillet becomes hot, add the half pound of ground beef. Cook until it is half way done.

It was my first year of college, and I pretty much lived off of Ramen Noodles. Being a freshman, I had no friends, I didn't have a job, and my roommate wasn't all that great of a person.

The college life I would eat Ramen Noodles for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and for a snack. Some days I would go without eating because I was tired of always eating Ramen Noodles. Some days I would even go to my Momma's house hoping she had cooked.

One day I went to my mother and I asked what she was cooking. "I'm cooking Mac Noodle and Cheese." With a crazy look on my face I ask, "What in the world is that?" Momma just laughed and said "It's a recession out here, you have to survive with what you have. My Granny taught me how to make this." Of course this recipe has been changed from generation to generation because we all use different seasonings and techniques.

While Momma was saying this she was adding the noodles and macaroni to a pot with boiling water. While the noodles and macaroni were boiling Momma took the ground beef off the eye and waited for the noodles and macaroni to soften. When they became soft Momma added the ground beef in the pot with the noodles and macaroni, added the cheese and stirred it together. She added the cheese and seasoning and stirred the pot if Mac Noodle and Cheese again.

I'd never forget this day. Its helped me become more creative with things I was becoming bored with. I would have never thought you could be creative with noodles. I came with my own little recipe that's a replica of Chinese noodles, but I'll save that for another day!