Creamy One-Pot Mac and Cheese Recipe – Ready in Minutes!

Looking for the creamiest mac and cheese? This one-pot macaroni and cheese recipe is everything you need! Made with simple ingredients, this rich and velvety cheese sauce coats every piece of pasta perfectly, making it the ultimate comfort food. No baking, no fuss—just delicious, easy mac and cheese in one pot. This recipe is perfect as a pasta meal for dinner. It's creamy, cheesy, easy and delicious!

INGREDIENTS
1 3/4 cups water
1 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp chicken bouillon powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp smoked paprika
1/4 tsp onion powder
8 oz large elbow macaroni
1/2 cup heavy cream or table cream
4 oz American cheese
4 oz mild cheddar cheese
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard (optional)

Creamy stove top mac and cheese
The best ever mac and cheese 🧀

[adri]

I'm so impressed with your son's cooking! And the little exasperated subtitles about the spilled macaroni was very funny. 😂

[territhomas]

Food is perfect. Your love for your son and your kindness leaps off this page. What a cool soul you are!

[reneelopez]

I love it! My friends son worked late shifts at his job. He would cook in his room too. He did that so he wouldn’t wake anyone up bless his heart. I gave him a GF grill. He was so grateful to have it. I never thought of using creama or Dijon mustard. I’m giving both of those a try!

[lettiegrant]

Both ways look delicious! Your son will be as good as you are with cooking. He certainly has a good teacher. Great recipe! Who doesn't love macaroni and cheese? 😋😋

[geewizcw]

Awww, that's so awesome your son likes to cook. So impressed 👏 and you're right, once he's off to college he will be set. Love both versions ❤

[cherylcalac]

Thanks for the recipe. I think it’s wonderful that your son cooks.❣️❣️

[catherineharris]

Great job, Mom, great job kudos! We have a chef 👨‍🍳 on our hands indeed 😀 Fantastic!

[michellefitz]

Your son did a fantastic job. Our youngest grandson is on the autism spectrum and this gives me hope. Wonderful!

[serawasnever]

Me and hubby once spent 3 weeks budget tent-camping in Hawaii years ago. All the campgrounds had at least one outlet so we bought an electric skillet and a cheap little rice cooker. Every night we made local easy specialties like Shoyu Chicken, Saimin, even fried shrimp in it! I just LOVE a good little electric skillet.

[kimberlyarmstrong]

I FINALLY made this last night. It was ridiculously easy and tasted great. My husband and I loved it. MUCH better than the boxed stuff and MUCH easier than making a roux, cooking and draining the macaroni, etc. This is definitely going on repeat. Thank you!

[modelagirl]

I am a lifelong Celiac so I have actually never made mac and cheese from scratch. Not successfully.
This, I can do.
At 65 I am learning to bake, as well.
I am a good cook, but never learned to bake or a myriad of other gluten-containing foods.
Now, with EDIBLE gluten-free flours & pastas, the world is my oyster!!
Thank you

[ASMRonVHS]

Thank you so much for posting this!! I’ve been looking for a simple Mac and cheese for my 3 yr old and the fact that you are making it one pot is just what I was looking for! ❤can’t wait to make it! Also, I love love love that you encourage your son to cook! Good job Mama!!

[lilliputlittle]

I wish my boys had an interest in cooking when they were younger. It would have been so easy to find gifts for them. A sous vide set up would serve him well in a dorm room. And if he likes science a bag of sodium citrate would up his mac and cheese game :)

[SleepyHollow-kp]

I really like your son’s version of Mac & cheese! Yes, give us his videos channel! Good for him! It’s the making of a future chef!

[UntangledTreasures]

I have 3 daughters and 1 son. It’s my son that loves to cook! He makes the best broccoli cheese soup and Kabocha bread!! Yum!

[catherineharris]

Yes, of course! we would l❤ve to be a part of his cooking journey! I bet you're very proud of him! Also, having him help you cook meals in the kitchen will go a long way. He will thank u later when he comes a personal 5 star chef 👨‍🍳 in a nice restaurant and then think back to his younger childhood preteen years & say my Mom taught me the basics of cooking and most of what I know. My grandma 👵 taught me & my older sister what we know about cooking and baking by allowing us to help prep meats & veggies from our garden how to properly season everything with what spices, seasoning, rubs and herbs etc...Always using our measurements and by eye balling it..Always salt n pepper to taste afterwards or 5 mins b4 its complete unless it calls for salt in boiling water for potatoes and pasta ...Always serve ur food as if ur cooking for urself and love ones with love. The memories will last a lifetime and something he will cherish and respect it for the rest of his life. 😊

[southerncaltattooedbiker]

I can't believe you're children are so grown up I can remember watching you when they were very young you are a great mom 💞

[ellismedavoy]

Wonderful that your son likes to cook. Both of you look like you made the perfect mac and cheese. Will be trying this recipie

[perrielynn]

Excellent job Son!! I especially love the addition of mustard!! Gotta get my husband an electric skillet for his Man Cave!!

[Overly_nourished_entity]

His style looks delicious! I love that he’s learning to do things on his own, that’s so cute 🥹