Cheese Sauce

If you don't like canned sauces, here's a simple way to make a non-tomato sauce:

You need:
1/2 stick butter
1/4 cup flour
About 1 cup of milk. Have more ready.
Salt
Pepper

A whisk.


Have all ingredients ready to hand- you need to stay with this sauce.

Melt butter in a sauce pan over medium heat.

When it is completely melted, add the flour, and mix ("roux") until it looks thick and dough-y;

Add the milk and mix with a whisk. Turn the heat down to low.

Stir until it thickens. If it thickens too much, add more milk.

Add the salt and pepper, and remove from the heat. Bingo. You have a cream sauce.



OK, now, what do we want to do with this cream base? Here's some ideas:

Add a teaspoon of sherry, and you have an excellent cream sauce for noodles or vegetables. Goes great with seafood, too.

Add a package of cheese. Instant cheese sauce! Perfect for mac and cheese, or over veggies! If your kid insists on cheese sauce being yellow or orange, just add some food coloring.