Here we have another pasta dish that is unlike any other… well, any other I’ve ever tasted. It’s classically cheesy and addicting, just like every good mac and cheese dish should be, but Julia’s Bacon Mac and Cheese will even satisfy the meat-lovers.

Julia’s recipe is what you’ll want to prepare after a long, stressful week. This is an adapted Tyler Florence recipe, but I think Paula Deen would also be proud of Julia for coming up with a mac and cheese recipe that uses some of her favorite ingredients, like butter, of course, cheese (though she uses a Mexican Blend, to spice it up), and bacoooon! Julia’s macaroni is baked in the oven so that it becomes warm, ooey and gooey, the way we all like it.

The crispy bacon tops off the dish. In her blog My Food, My Art, Julia claims this is a “creamy artery clogging concoction”, but I bet bacon lovers could further rebel against every diet out there by adding bacon drippings ;). This is the kind of mac and cheese you don’t outgrow; I agree when Julia says it’s perfect.