World's Best Macaroni and Cheese

Everyone has something that gets them through a stressful time like nothing else. For some its a long run,   a candle, a bubble bath, a shot of whiskey, a puppy hug, a bar of chocolate, a laugh with a good friend, or even a punching bag.
 For me, two things will always wilt the stress out of me quicker than you can say "Jack Robinson" (though many of the aforementioned work well too sometimes). One  is seeing my sweet little nieces faces, or in the case of JC, the devilish grin that looks so familiar from my own childhood. They are the coolest little girls on the planet, and I cherish every minute I get with them. The next is having a whisk in my hand and some ingredients in a bowl in front of me to create some new baked good. It's a catharsis like none other, that  makes  me forget all the dumb things that can happen in a day, and lose myself in the adventure of a new recipe. For my weekly Girls dinner night this week, I made homemade Macaroni and Cheese, and with a few adjustments to the recipe, it turned out even better than I expected.

World's Best Macaroni and Cheese

-1/2 lb. elbow macaroni

-3 large eggs

-1 can evaporated milk

 -1/4 t. cayenne pepper

-1/8 t. ground nutmeg

-1 1/2  cups grated sharp cheddar

-1/2 cup grated monterey jack cheese

-1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Directions: Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Cook macaroni 6 minutes ( it will be slightly under-cooked). In a large bowl, whisk together eggs and evaporated milk. Add 1/2 t. salt, cayenne, nutmeg and cheeses, mix well. Add macaroni and stir well to combine. Transfer to a sprayed 9-inch glass baking pan and bake 15 minutes until slightly browned and bubbly at edges. Let sit 5-10 minutes before serving.

I baked it in a 9 inch pie pan with shell style macaroni and it turned out beautiful and comforting.

This is the "anti-vegan" meal, brimming with cheese. Sorry vegans, I've yet to come up with a decent vegan mac-n-cheese...

It's awesome with a nice spritz of sriracha hot sauce to spice things up a bit, but then again, what isn't?

I  serve small slices of this with a heaping pile of steamed broccoli or cauliflower, because they just seem to go so perfectly together in my mind. Plus, this is a real cheese bomb, and you should probably pair it with something a bit healthy like a cruciferous veggie...