Cornbread Muffins, Homemade Mac and Cheese and Ice Cold Beer!

Ok- so I can't have the ice cold beer. :( But I can watch my husband enjoy an ice cold frosty brew as he devours his dinner tonight! Homemade mac and cheese with corn muffins? Oh yeah! Inspired by friends who recently trekked to TN on a presidential loop - my mouth was watering today when I caught sight of a picture of this very meal. I just had to have it for dinner!

Used ziti for the mac and for the cheese- a simple homemade alfredo sauce with whatever I had on hand.

Udo's Alfredo:
-dazzle of olive oil
-pat of butter
-sprinkle of minced garlic
-sprinkle of salt and black pepper
-about 1/2 cup of sour cream
-about 1/4 cup of flour
-about 1 cup of milk
-about 1/2 cup of parmesean cheese
-about 2 cups of shredded mozzerella
-about 3 tablespoons of Italian bread crumbs

1. Cook the pasta (any short kind that you'd like... macaroni or ziti or elbows or bowties, etc. 
2. Oil and butter go in a hot pan with the minced garlic until it's tender. 
3. Whisk in the flour until you make a 'rue' (a paste of goody yummy)
4. Add the sour cream and mix with wooden spoon
5. Add the milk. The mixture will be lumpy. No worries
6. Add the Parmesan cheese- again lump city - no big whoop
7. Sprinkle in the Italian style bread crumbs and stir. Add to taste. 
8. Add the mozzarella cheese- stretchy and gooey like glue... but let it boil.... 
9. Add some pasta water to this mixture to thin it out if necessary. 
10. Let it boil some and keep stirring with wooden spoon. It won't be lumpy or stretchy - just delicious. 
11. Toss with pasta in a bowl and serve with warm cornbread muffins on the side that are slathered with creamy country fresh butter and (if you are not pregnant and ready to pop) an ice cold bewah. Enjoy~ XOXO <3 Udo