My Own Chow: Numi's Mac and Cheese Soup

It's not really mac and cheese as we know it, but that is the result of experimenting in the kitchen one night many years ago. I hadn't had this soup for the longest time, so when I was at the grocery store the other week, I decided to get some ingredients for it.

It is so freaking good, that even if I know just how many calories are in one serving, I don't really care! I will pay for this later on, and will probably be asking, " does nutrisystem really work?" in an effort to lose all the pounds that I have gained in the past few weeks.

Anyhow, here's how I made this.

Stuff:

• 250 g of macaroni
  
• 1/4 k of ground beef (or pork or chicken)
• 1 medium onion
• 1 medium clove of garlic
• salt, pepper
• lotsa cheese
• milk
  
• asparagus (opt)
• baby carrots (opt)
• cayenne pepper (opt)
  

What to do:

• Brown the ground meat, then saute the chopped onion and garlic.
• Boil the macaroni according to the package instructions.
• When the macaroni is cooked, throw in the meat/onion/garlic mixture.
• Add the milk (about a cup, more if you want).
• Add the cheese, vegetables, and seasoning.

Serve hot and sprinkle parmesan cheese - LOTS of it. Sometimes, I use strips of mozzarella, but that's really overdoing it.

This serves four people.