Crockpot creamy mac and cheese

Oh goodness. This stuff is good. I thought I'd never say that about mac and cheese. Having grown up in Japan, mac and cheese is not one of my comfort foods. In fact, looking at the yellow messy glob is not appealing to me at all.

But Terran likes it. And his friend was coming over for dinner. So I made it.
It came out so right. There are certain dishes that I can make now that makes me feel oh so American. Apple pie, chicken pot pie, cupcakes for kids' parties, and now, mac and cheese. Yay!

Crockpot creamy mac and cheese: adapted from Paula Deen's recipe.

2.5 cups elbow macaroni - cook for 6-7 minutes only
1/2 stick of butter - melt in microwave
8oz block of sharp cheddar cheese - shred
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup milk
1/2 tsp pepper
1 can Campbell condensed cheddar cheese soup

While mac is cooking in the pot, turn on the crockpot to low and throw in shredded cheese, melted butter, sour cream, milk, pepper, and canned soup. Mix all. Add macaroni that has been cooked for 6-7 minutes. The mac will still be hard but it's going to continue cooking in the crockpot so that's OK. Mix everything.
Cook on low. Mine was ready to eat in 1 hour - the macaroni still had a bit of bite to it. After 1.5 hours, the macaroni was pretty tender. I wouldn't cook more than 1.5 hours in my crockpot.

I can only eat a few spoonful of this stuff but it was still really good. Sisi has never liked mac and cheese but she actually wanted to try it so I gave her one macaroni and she said "oh yummy, yummy." And she ended up eating 2 bowls of it.

Terran got a little sick tonight. And his friend was a little sick, too, so the dinner was canceled. Terran would have liked this but he just didn't want to eat tonight. There's still lots left over so maybe tomorrow.