{"id":11659,"date":"2016-09-16T13:02:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=11659"},"modified":"2016-09-16T13:04:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:04:51","slug":"bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/16\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacon Cheeseburger Macaroni Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know this combination probably sounds\u00a0a little weird (hubby was nervous the first time, too!) but this recipe has quickly become a family favorite. It is something I invented a few months ago when trying to come up with something to make for dinner and Doodle wanted pasta and Sugarplum wanted a cheeseburger. Smash them together and what do you get? Bacon Cheeseburger Macaroni!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a special treat because I rarely give the kids macaroni and cheese. It&#8217;s partly due to Doodle&#8217;s dairy issues but also because I don&#8217;t consider it a complete meal but don&#8217;t really see it as a side dish either. It&#8217;s sort of a &#8220;limbo&#8221; meal to me and I&#8217;m never quite sure where to put it! Maybe it&#8217;s because I only had it growing up when my mommy was gone so it seems like a non-meal meal.<\/p>\n<p>But I also always get fancy macaroni and cheese when I see it at restaurants \u00a0adding meat to it and a salad or other good veggie on the side makes it feel more like a real meal.<\/p>\n<p>The recipe for bacon cheeseburger macaroni is sooooo easy, anyone who can make macaroni and cheese can cook this recipe and it only takes as long to make as a box of mac&#8217;n&#8217;cheese.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/16\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-recipe\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11661\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni.png\" alt=\"Recipe for Bacon Cheeseburger Macaroni, a family favorite\" width=\"748\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni.png 748w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-600x385.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-390x250.png 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Bacon Cheeseburger Macaroni Recipe:<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 box creamy style macaroni and cheese (or a batch of your favorite homemade version)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 pound ground beef<\/li>\n<li>2 slices bacon<\/li>\n<li>Salt and Pepper<\/li>\n<li>Ketchup<\/li>\n<li>Mustard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>To prepare<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Prepare macaroni and cheese per the box directions.<\/li>\n<li>Brown the ground beef with salt and pepper to taste.<\/li>\n<li>Chop the bacon slices into small pieces and pan fry just until pieces start to brown and crisp around the edges.<\/li>\n<li>Combine macaroni and cheese, seasoned beef and bacon.<\/li>\n<li>Serve and top with ketchup and mustard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/532269249694701993\/\">Pin it!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/532269249694701993\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11660\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11660 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-recipe-537x1024.png\" alt=\"Recipe for Bacon Cheeseburger Macaroni, a family favorite\" width=\"537\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-recipe-537x1024.png 537w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-recipe-300x572.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-recipe-600x1144.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-recipe-131x250.png 131w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-recipe-157x300.png 157w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-recipe-390x743.png 390w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bacon-cheeseburger-macaroni-recipe.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know this combination probably sounds\u00a0a little weird (hubby was nervous the first time, too!) but this recipe has quickly become a family favorite. It is something I invented a few months ago when trying to come up with something to make for dinner and Doodle wanted pasta and Sugarplum wanted a cheeseburger. Smash them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[397],"tags":[546,545,328],"class_list":["post-11659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes-2","tag-family-dinner","tag-macaroni","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11659"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11665,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11659\/revisions\/11665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}