Mac and Cheese! Kinda...

We got to dinner time the other night and I could not work out what to have, so that meant I went through the kitchen going what can I defrost quickly, and what else can I add together.

I ended up with-

• ham
• peas and corn
• cheese
• pasta

Which adds together to make Mac and Cheese!  Kinda..

So onto the ingredients!  

What I used (I'll mark which is optional with an (O)):

• Pasta (though pre-cooked rice would work as well.  You'd just put it in at the end instead of adding the cooked pasta)
• Cheese
• Milk
• Flour
• Cream Cheese (O)
• Onion (O)
• Ham (O)
• Frozen Peas & Corn (O)

1) Cook the pasta as per the instructions.
2) While that's cooking, if using ham and onion, heat a saucepan and brown onion and heat the ham. Remove ham & onion.
3) Next step is we make a white sauce.  Mix approximately 1TB flour with enough milk to make a smooth paste.  Gradually add enough milk to bring up to 1cup.  Add to the saucepan, and cook over a medium heat, until thickened.  Make sure you stir regularly!
4) Add approximately 1cup of  cheese to sauce pan and mix through.  If adding cream cheese (I used about 1/2cup), add now.
5) A couple of minutes before the pasta finishes cooking, add the frozen veg to the water to cook.  Drain when done and add to cheese mixture.
6) Mix through and serve!

(I still can't get the pictures to go in their rotated format!)