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Easy Ways to Turn a Box of Mac & Cheese Into Dinner

Since there always seems to be a few boxes of vor boost, you'll be shocked you never added it before.
Mac & Cheese in the cupboards on the side And if that's not enough, stir in some chopped chives or
scallions and you'll be wishing you made a double batch.
patio of the Rec Room I thought I would find
you some recipes to use the free food. Chicken, Broccoli, & Thyme Mac & Cheese
In the last few minutes of boiling the noodles, add 2 cups

chopped fresh or frozen broccoli and bring back to a boil.
]Buffalo Cauliflower Mac and Cheese Strain the noodles and veggies and while you're making
What happens when you wish you had wings but all you your cheese sauce, double the milk, add 1/2 teaspoon
have is a box of Mac and cheese? You "invent" this recipe dried thyme, 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard and a handful of
for buffalo Mac and cheese, then make it feel slightly shredded cheese, such as smoked gouda or Gruyere.
healthier when you stir in cauliflower and celery. To make When you add the noodles and broccoli back to the pot,
it, add 2 cups chopped fresh or fro- add some chopped or shredded cooked
zen cauliflower to the noodles in chicken too. To make it feel even fancier,
the last couple minutes of cooking. serve topped with toasted breadcrumbs.
Strain the cauliflower and noodles
into a colander. While you make Garlic & Shrimp Alfredo Mac and
your cheese sauce, double the milk Cheese
and stir in 3 tablespoons (or your For the nights when you need some super
preferred amount) of hot sauce, 2 creamy comfort food, this is your dish.
tablespoons butter, and 1/4 cup Keeping frozen peeled and cooked shrimp
blue cheese until the sauce is in the freezer makes this dish even easier.
smooth. Return the noodles and During the last few minutes of cooking
cauliflower to the pot along with your noodles, add the frozen shrimp and
1/2 cup diced celery. bring the water back to a boil. Drain your
shrimp and noodles in a colander. Instead
The Best Tuna Mac
of using milk in your cheese sauce, use half
You may have added a can of tu- and half or heavy cream and triple the
na and peas to your Mac and amount the instructions call for. Add a
cheese before but I'm sharing the hefty amount of minced garlic, 3 table-
secret to making it the best tuna Mac and cheese you've spoons butter, 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning and 1 cup
ever had: fish sauce. Fish sauce, often used in Thai and
Parmesan cheese along with the cheese powder. Stir the
Southeast Asian food, is the secret ingredient you didn't noodles and shrimp back into the creamy sauce. Serve
know your tuna Mac needed until now. Just 2 teaspoons with chopped scallions.
added with your milk and cheese powder gives such a fla-