Yummy recipe

My mom got me a gift card at Chapter for my birthday and I put it to good use and bought a new cookbook. It's by Rachael Ray and it's called 365:No Repeats. I think she has a show on the Food Network too but you should really check out this cookbook it's great. We tried our first recipe last night and it was soooo good I have to pass it on.

Smokey Chipotle Mac-N-Cheddar

1 lb elbow macaroni or cavatappi
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 small onion (of course I omitted that, ew onions!)
3 tbsp all purpose flour
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp paprika
3 cups whole milk
1 cup chicken stock
3 cups smoked cheddar cheese
1 tbsp dijon mustard
2 chipotle peppers in adobo, chopped or 1 tbsp ground chipotle powder (that's what I used)
3/4 to 1 lb chorizo, diced
1 15oz can fire roasted tomatoes

Cook noodles. While the noodles cook, heat in a medium sauce pot over medium low heat. Add the EVOO and heat with the butter until it melts. Add the onions and chipotle and cook for 3 to 5 minutes to sweat them out and turn the juices sweet. Raise the heat a bit, then whisk in the flour, cayenne, and paprika. Whisk together until the roux bubbles up, then cook for one minute more. Whisk in the milk and stock and raise the heat a bit higher to bring the sauce to a quick boil. Once it bubbles, drop the heat back to a simmer and cook until the sauce thickens, 3 to 5 minutes. While the sauce cooks in a nonstick skillet over medium high heat brown the chorizo. Then add the tomatoes and cook briefly, just to heat them through. Add the cheese to the thickened sauce and stir to melt it. Stir in the mustard and season with salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the noodles, add the chorizo and tomatoes and mix!
Serves 4 (with leftovers!)

Enjoy! and let me know if you try it!