The Best Cheese Sauce

This recipe serves healthy portions for a family of 4.

1/4 cup grass fed butter
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp cracked black pepper
1/2 tsp ground dry mustard

2 cups milk
4 oz cheese, grated
1/2 tsp dried parsley
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In a small bowl, prep your flour & seasonings by mixing the flour, salt, pepper, ground mustard & set aside.

Have your milk & grated cheese measured & ready to go as well… once you start cooking, this sauce prep goes quickly!

In a medium saucepan, melt your butter on medium heat. Once it’s mostly melted & bubbly, go ahead and add in the bowl of flour/seasonings & make a roux! Whisk the butter, flour & seasonings for about 2-4 minutes until fragrant, bubbly and thickened. Be careful not to overcook!

​Once your roux is ready, gently add in the milk a little at a time, keep whisking its you pour it all in.

On medium high heat, continue whisking until the sauce has thickened and it begins to stick to the whisk.

Remove from heat, continue whisking and add in the grated cheese. Whisk in the dried parsley.

Use a small ladle & serve immediately over Italian pasta!

Other ways to enjoy this cheese sauce:

This cheese sauce is also so delicious on other foods too, like eggs & veggies!

If you like garlic cheese, add in about 1/2 tsp ground garlic or a few cloves of fresh chopped garlic with the flour and seasonings! Garlic cheese sauce is so yummy!

Baked Mac & Cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter a casserole dish.
Stir cheese sauce into cooked pasta & dump into your casserole dish.
Top with extra grated cheese & seasoned bread crumbs.
​Bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes, until golden and bubbly!

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