Mac n' Cheese...MY way...

Heya. Now, I will admit I used to do it all from scratch, even the cheese sauce, and I will tell you how to make an awesome cheese sauce, but these days, what with MS and all, standing that long is very had. So I cut a bit here and added a bit there...I start with 2 boxes of your favorite mac n cheese. Boil the mac, and basically make it as the box directs. But then the fun starts..add any of the below: a couple of cans of drained tuna or some chopped ham (even spam will do if you like it), a can of rotel (or any tomato with chili, or even regular canned copped tomato if you don't want the heat), Remember to drain all cans or it will get watery...a can of corn.. or if you used tuna, a can of peas will compliment Or both. Mixed veggies will also work...then also mix in about 1/2 C or a bit more of shredded cheddar cheese. When you have everything you want in there, smooth over the top and layer thinly sliced tomatoes, top with more cheddar (or cheddar and mozz mixed) and some parm and bake at 375* for about 45 mins or till the cheese on top is melted and slightly browned. Now if you don't have tomato for the top, just omit it, no problem.
Now, to make cheese sauce from scratch...take some butter and flour (say 1/3 C Flour to 2 Tbs butter, as a rough guestimate, I never really measure these things lol), whisk till the flour is incorporated into the butter over med/low heat. Keep whisking. Whisk a little more. You want the flour to cook. Raise the heat to med/high. Or just med if you are new and want to make sure it doesn't burn. Then add a dash of milk, whisk till it incorporates. Repeat. Keep adding milk a little at a time and whisking till it incorporates into the sauce. Then when it is about the thickness you want it, add a bit more milk to thin it a wee bit...then add several hand-fulls of shredded cheddar cheese and keep whisking, it will melt in the heat and become part of the sauce. Add more if you want, till you are satisfied and it is the thickness you want. Pour over cooked pasta and there ya go...home made mac n' cheese...