Kids can’t resist cheese, what more if you use it on something they equally love: pasta and ham! Here’s a simple recipe that’s kids all over will love.

8 oz. (2 cups) bow tie pasta, uncooked
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 cups milk
1/2 tsp mustard
2 1/2 cups Colby cheese, shredded
4 oz. sliced cooked ham, cut into thin strips
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Cook bow tie pasta according to package direction. Drain and set aside. In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Put minced garlic and saute for half a minute. Add in flour, salt and pepper and whisk until mixture is smooth. Pour the milk, stirring constantly as the mixture heats to a boil. Let the mixture boil for 1 minute before adding in the mustard and shredded Colby cheese. Stir the mixture until the cheese melts. Add in the cooked bow tie noodles and ham strips. Stir until noodles and ham are coated with cheese. Sprinkle some Parmesan cheese before serving,

Here’s a quick tip for harried moms: If you have no time to make the cheese sauce, have a jar of cheese sauce handy in your cupboard.

• About a third of the milk produced in the US annually is used for cheese making.
• It’s believed that if you eat cheese right after a meal or a snack, you lower your risk of tooth decay. Cheeses like Swiss, aged Cheddar, Monterey Jack, blue, Gouda, processed American cheese and blue cheese have high calcium and phosphorus content and this may be the reason for cheese’s anti tooth decay properties.
• According to statistics, the average American eats more than two pounds of cheese per month.
• The ancient Greeks and Romans loved cheese, but not butter and fresh milk. This is most likely because milk and butter spoiled quickly in the Mediterranean climate.
• Did you know that carrot juice was used as cheese coloring?

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