Homemade Cheese Sauce

Remember how I mentioned that it is finally cold in Brooklyn? Well now, there's a wind advisory to boot. When thinking of what to make for dinner, all I could think of was: cheese, warm, cream, cozy. Just words. But they came together nicely to create a hearty dinner on a chilly night.

Cook up some turkey bacon until crispy. Make a cream sauce, which is the foundation for a cheese sauce: make a roux, add milk, season accordingly, and allow to thicken, stirring frequently (refer to the post on September 3, 2008: Mid-week Indulgence for details). Now add the cheese of your choice to the sauce; I used asiago for its tang and nutty flavor. Stir in frozen chopped spinach, and crumble in the turkey bacon. Now you have made a Spinach and Bacon Asiago Cheese Sauce! (I capitalized the letters to sneakily make it seem like an official recipe.)

Serve this over whole wheat pasta and you've got yourself a meal!