5/3/2023 0 Comments Macaroni casseroleBake until bubbly at edges, about 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to a baking dish and sprinkle top evenly with bread crumbs.Pour over cooked, drained pasta and broccoli toss to mix and coat. Remove from heat and whisk in shredded cheese, mustard, salt, pepper and remaining 2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese.Reduce heat to low and simmer until thickened, about 2 minutes. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, whisking frequently. In same saucepan (wipe clean if necessary), whisk together milk and flour until blended add onion. ![]() Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Whisk together milk and egg in a large bowl. Boil macaroni in a large pot of salted water until barely done, about 5 minutes. Place in bottom of 13 x 9 dish set aside. Directions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove from heat and transfer crumbs to a small bowl stir in 1 tablespoon of Parmesan cheese and set aside. Cook macaroni according to box drain and toss with the 1 tbsp butter and 1/4 tsp salt. This super easy macaroni casserole is a baked pasta dish with ground turkey, veggies, marinara sauce and cheese. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat add bread crumbs and cook, stirring often, until light golden, about 2 minutes.Cook pasta in a large pot of lightly salted boiling water according to package directions, adding broccoli to water 3 minutes before pasta will be done drain pasta and broccoli and return to pot.Coat a shallow 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray. This casserole still brings creamy and cheesy comfort like the old homemade recipe, but with the added benefit of protein and vegetables. This recipe is my go-to if you don’t want the classic macaroni and cheese. I love kielbasa over the campfire and kielbasa with cheesy noodles. sizes, so if you are doubling this recipe, you’ll use the full link. Kielbasa Sausage: The sausage typically comes in 12 oz. However, the flavor will still be unique. Remember that cheesy sauces like this are not as creamy after being frozen. ![]() Bake as directed, adding 10 additional minutes of bake time. Whisk together milk and eggs add the nutmeg and about half of the cheese. Add soup, milk, and pepper to a saucepan and stir until smooth. Microwave on high for one-minute increments until the sauce is melted and creamy (about 3-5 minutes) Add your cooked macaroni to the pan of veggies and kielbasa. Cook macaroni according to package directions. Add the cooked macaroni and meat/onion mixture. Next, in a microwave-safe bowl, combine the sharp cheddar cheese, whole milk, sour cream, cream cheese, salt, pepper, and ground mustard. When ready, let thaw in the refrigerator for 12 hours (or overnight). If you like mac and cheese, the Finnish macaroni casserole might be your new favorite Finnish families certainly love it, and its easy to see why this is. Grease or spray oil in an oven proof casserole dish. Reviewers made it their own by adding additional spices, like garlic powder, parsley, basil, or rosemary. When ready to bake, remove the lid and give it about 10 extra minutes of bake time or until the internal temperature reaches 160˚ F.įreezer Ready: Yes, you can freeze this recipe. This simple, hearty casserole is made with everyday ingredients you can keep in your pantry. 12 ounces dry elbow macaroni cup butter cup flour 1 cups milk 1 cup light cream about 10-12 MF teaspoon dry mustard powder 1 teaspoon onion powder salt & pepper to taste 1 can condensed cheddar cheese soup optional 10.75 ounces 4 cups sharp cheddar divided cup fresh parmesan cheese Instructions Preheat oven to 425F. Make Ahead: Follow directions, and before baking, cover, and store in the refrigerator.
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![]() In total, I’ve tried 20+ such apps and you can find my detailed findings in this review. Out of curiosity, I decided to test those popular Mac cleaners and see how they’d perform. If you read their product pages, you’ll notice some marketing hypes and myths that are way off the line, you can read the “Common Misconceptions about Mac Cleaning” section below to learn more. Many merchants position their products to be a Mac “speed-up” tool instead of a cleaning tool which is supposed to be the true core feature of their products. After using a few of them, I found something interesting. One of the problems I had to deal with my MacBook is that sometimes the hard drive filled up quickly, and I had to transfer important files to an external drive, clean up unnecessary files, remove duplicate items, etc., I’m sure you can resonate with me on this if you’ve used your Mac for some time.ĭuring the process, I got to know some third-party Mac cleaning apps. I love exploring all kinds of software and apps and figuring out what they have to offer to improve my productivity. Previously I had a mid-2012 MacBook Pro and now I use a 15-inch MacBook Pro (2017 model). Why Trust Me for This Review?įirst off – I’ve been using Mac computers for 10 years. You can’t rely on a third-party app to boost the performance of your computer, it’s just unrealistic. ![]() It’s also common knowledge that whether a computer runs fast or slow largely depends on its hardware configuration and the software programs it’s processing. At least I don’t see such benchmark tests as of this writing. There is no convincing evidence that a Mac with more available storage will be faster than one with less available storage. Remember, a Mac cleaner app will (probably) not make your Mac faster. ![]() Plus, it’s much quieter thanks to the new SSD. After the upgrade, it only took ten seconds or so. Initially, my MacBook needed at least 30 seconds to fully start up. You’d be better off simply upgrading your Mac.Ĭase in point: I had a mid-2012 MacBook Pro and I managed to replace the internal HDD (a Hitachi hard disk drive) with a new solid-state drive from Crucial, and the performance boost absolutely blew my mind. On the other hand, you probably won’t benefit from a Mac cleaner app if you are using an old Mac that is running super slow, keeps freezing now and then, or has other performance issues. Or you are a power Mac user who knows how to clean your Mac manually, but it’s not worth your time.
5/3/2023 0 Comments Serato vs traktor vs rekordbox![]() ![]() The team would do well to hire a UX consultant to make it look and feel a little more polished. The UI is more cluttered than I’d like, but everything is there and customizable. Virtual DJ definitely has a feel - like it caters more toward working DJs. These two programs didn't stray from the Traktor model by that much, and It would be no chore to use either of them. I spent some time with Virtual DJ and Mixxx. I imagined it like how Android people feel when they use an iPhone (I was one of those people once). My strongest sense is that if you’re more of an intuitive, less nerdy DJ, Serato clicks better. There weren’t too many preferences to change either. Since I’m FS first, this wasn’t ideal.įor me, all of the above are bread and butter. Serato encourages you to use crates more than your filesystem organization. When you would disable sync, it would revert a deck to its original BPM. Is this a bug? All I want to do is match tempos but not actually sync the two songs. Seriously - you do not need to prepare your tracks in Traktor, but now I understand why people take time to do it in Serato. I mean it's still 75% effective, so it's not crap - but I was surprised how many misses it had upon first load. Obv waveform is important for setting cue points, but that's not the point here.īPM Detection is poor. I'd argue that track overview is more important than running waveform displays 99% of the time. Yes you can make the scrolling waveform large enough to show 20 bars on the screen at once, but that's a different purpose. how much time has elapsed and left (visually), and getting a great sense of how much rhythmic content there is in any period of a song. I never realized how much I rely on the track overview to understand in detail how the song is progressing. The track overview graphic is tiny, so tiny you can't use it. The EQs don't sound great, I don't even think they are full kill. Compare it to thorough pro-level traktor docs, and if you are an RTFM person (like me), you'll be disappointed. More importantly I want to see the decks and the controller at once glance - no look down, look up, look down motions.ĭocumentation is hard to access - not only is there no latest PDF, or even a local copy of the documentation - but with the web based docs, it's not easy to read straight through. There's a truth to what the application is using as a setting, and it's not always reflected on the controller itself. No mixer on screen - What, why? When I'm playing I don't want to have to look down at the controller to know what the settings are. (it’s possible that Serato does these things, and I didn't dig in long enough to figure it out) What don't I like? *long sigh* Although I have no problem mixing music and recording it, there are a lot of items that annoy me because Traktor does them so well. It doesn't affect my DJing because I use the jogs for nudging and scrubbing, but if I were scratching this would be a big difference. There's something about the responsiveness with the jog wheels that's even better than my other MIDI controllers connected to Traktor. It's really fast on an older computer! I put it on a 4th Gen, 4 core Intel running Windows 10, and I never felt like I needed more CPU or RAM. I spent a few honest days using Serato, and here are my take-aways. I’d recommend this combination in a second. It’s small and light, sounds good, and importantly feels great. Really, the SB3+traktor (+Kontrol X1) is a great combination. Before I even started with other software I connected the SB3 to Traktor and enjoyed hours of productive spinning. I purchased a Serato controller, and the SB3 looked the best. I didn’t want to put Rekordbox on the list because the wisdom floating around was to use Rekordbox only if you are committed to the Pioneer ecosystem, which I don’t want to be locked into. (DVS and obviously vinyl before that) When I embarked on this experiment, I targeted Serato, VirtualDJ, and Mixxx as the applications I wanted to learn about. Second, I DJ for myself and have no motivation to play in a club anymore. No judgment, but it really makes a difference, and ideas about this are sprinkled through this post. My perspective veers away from typical DJ ideas: I have a performance and theory musical background, I produced before I DJd, I have audio engineering background as well with practical experience building studios and running live sound.Ĭompared to other instruments, I’d say more than half of the DJs out there approach music more intuitively and less technically (knowing music & theory). I’ve rewritten this post a few times and I’m going to keep it more accessible and usable rather than a recap of my process. |