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Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We are enjoying our family this week, definitely my favorite time of year
I love making new mac and cheese recipes. This fun spin on pepperoni pizza is absolutely a treat inside my homemade mac and cheese. How can you go wrong with extra cheese and pepperoni? This is a great weeknight meal or perfect for Sunday dinner with a nice side salad.
Give this one a try, it does not disappoint
Let’s take a look.
Here are your ingredients. Pretty basic!
I used a small rigatoni, but use whatever small pasta you’d like.
Rinse your pasta with cold water to stop the cooking
Saute those onions in some olive oil.
You’ll add some lovely chopped bell pepper.
Take some pepperoni’s and slice them in half.
Add them to the pot and give a good stir.
Let’s make the cheese sauce for the mac. Melt 1 stick of butter in a large pot.
Whisk in your flour, salt, pepper and garlic salt.
Slowly whisk in your milk until nice and thick.
Stir in your cheese until nice and smooth.
Cheese!
Ready!
Add your cooked pasta and pepperoni mixture to the cheese sauce.
If you like black olives, add those too, otherwise leave them out.
Give a good stir, taste and season with additional seasonings if needed.
Transfer half of the mac into baking dish and spoon marinara sauce over top.
Top with remaining mac and cheese.
Top with more cheese and time to bake!
Ingredients
Directions
Makes 8-10 Servings

What is it about red velvet cookies that make my heart skip a beat? The deep fantastic red color? Who knows, but what I do know is that these simple, no fuss, make in about 15 minute cookies are to die for!
Try them for yourself, you’ll see what I’m talking about. As if they are not good enough, I’ve added giant chunks of Dark Milky Way bars to the dough with some cute little mini chocolate chips.
Perfect for your Valentine and even better for yourself, lol! Enjoy friends!
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It seems to be a very comfort dish
I love your whisk !!
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Oh my goodness! This sounds amazing!
Thanks for sharing!
What kind of marinara sauce do you use and how much?
What a fun kind of mac and cheese. I love adding in different things.
Oh my goodness, this looks so good! I love when some of my favorite foods, like pizza and mac and cheese, come together in one dish. What a wonderful idea!
oh my. all of us are pepperoni pizza lovers in this house! this looks insanely good. will be making soon!
Oh, my goodness! This looks like a home run. I know my mac-n’-cheese loving daughter will flip for this one. Can’t wait to try it!
I love what you do to me.
My husband bought your cookbook for me for Christmas…love it!
I love to use rigatoni in place of elbow mac! Definitely need to serve this dish alongside a BIG healthy salad
Yum! I love all your pictures. My hubby would love this dish.
hi, that looks really *yummy* will try this too
have a nice day
greetz from germany nic
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oh wow, this looks really good! I love pizza flavored anything, but I’ve never had it in mac and cheese. Love the layer of sauce in the middle!
This is my kinda food! Love the olives in it too
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