Bow Tie Ham n Cheese

Here is a toddler friendly supper idea

Ingredients:
2 cups (8 ounces) uncooked bow tie pasta

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1 clove garlic, minced

1/4 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

2 cups milk

1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard

2-1/2 cups shredded Colby cheese

4 ounces sliced cooked ham, cut into strips

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
Cook and drain pasta as usual. Melt butter in a saucepan. Saute garlic in this for a few seconds. Whisk in flour, salt and pepper, stir until smooth. Add milk and stir constantly while heating to a boil. Continue to boil for a minute then stir in mustard and cheese. Cook and stir until cheese melts. Stir in cooked noodles and ham cubes until well coated in melted cheese. Sprinkle lightly with parmesan cheese at serving time.

*TIP: Keep a jar of cheese sauce around or use the package of cheese sauce from macaroni and cheese for those rushed/in a hurry nights.

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