Barefoot Blogging: Grown up Mac and Cheese

I made Ina's Grown Up Mac and Cheese the other night for dinner and it was okay. I think it only turned out okay because of my personal constraints. The biggest issue was that I couldn't put the bacon in it (you know, cause of the whole vegetarian thing). I think the bacon would have made it so much more appealing (because what doesn't taste better with bacon?). I did consider using Baco's in there but decided against it. That just seemed way too cheesy (pardon the pun). The other issue I had was the Gruyere cheese. That stuff is expensive! I mean really freaking expensive so I substituted Swiss cheese for it. All in all it did turn out alright but nothing great and, again, that is due to my own constraints. If you are going to make the Mac and Cheese then go all out and spend the money (and add the bacon if you can) and I'm sure you will enjoy it because everyone who did spend the money on the Gruyere and added bacon seemed to have loved the recipe.