Three Recipes Using White Sauce

Thank you to my mom for teaching me how to make white sauce. Here is my favorite version:

White Sauce
In a medium saucepan whisk together 6 tablespoons cooking oil with 6 tablespoons flour and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook over medium heat until bubbly. Add 1 12-oz. can evaporated milk, and 12 ounces of water (using the empty milk can to measure the water). Whisk constantly until mixture begins to boil. Remove from heat.

Here are three recipes we love, all of which are white-sauce based:

Tuna Noodle Casseroodle
Cook a 12-oz. package of noodles according to package directions and drain. Make white sauce. Combine noodles with white sauce and one can tuna.
Serve with peas.

Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
Cook a 12-oz package of macaroni according to package directions and drain. Make white sauce. Combine macaroni with white sauce. Pour into buttered casserole dish and top with grated cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Hamburger Gravy
Fry 1 lb. ground beef. Make white sauce in the pan with the ground beef. Serve over mashed potatoes.

These are three of my favorite comfort foods. I hope you will be comforted by them as well.