monthly macaroni 11

my last trip out to denver was crazy. my plane was scheduled to leave about 6pm wednesday night, but that did not happen. it was delayed a few hours due to rain in dallas (where our plane was coming from) and then continued being delayed until the plane finally arrived at about 10pm. a bit after it landed, they announced that there was snow in denver so our plane was delayed again. i know, snow in may?! and the denver airport is unable to handle it?! how is this possible when they can handle snow during the winter?! i was baffled and irritated from being at the airport nearly all day. they assured us that the plane would be going to denver, we just had to wait for denver to give us the okay. i honestly did not care what time i arrived as long as i made it there. it hits 1:30am and we get a call saying they canceled our flight. definitely not what i wanted to hear. i had to rebook my flight that night and got home at about 2:30. i then had to wake up at 4:45am to head straight back up to the airport. what i did appreciate what that southwest ended up making a new direct flight that morning for those of us who were on the canceled flight. i did not think i was ever going make it to denver and i was so excited once i finally made it. it felt amazing! what does this have to do with monthly macaroni? well, when my flight got delayed until about 10pm handsome offered to make dinner and bring it in the car for us to eat and enjoy together. 

we decided to try a new macaroni recipe with fontina, spinach and bacon. it sounds delicious doesnt it?! he had finished making it about the time my flight was canceled so we were unable to eat it fresh. we decided to eat it for dinner on thursday and made a bit more sauce and more bacon to make it taste a bit more fresh. well, drama and all, it was very delicious! handsome did an amazing job and this years monthly macaroni recipes were immediately redeemed! since we had made more sauce, it was soooo rich and creamy. and i absolutely loved it that way. handsome put a bit more spices in the sauce than the recipe called for and it tasted great. a very delicious move on handsomes part because it gave the macaroni the perfect amount of spiciness. another plus about this recipe, besides the spinach and bacon, was that it reheated wonderfully! we got to eat the deliciousness for multiple meals and it was perfect. i will definitely make it again!

love.