Stove-top macaroni and cheese

You can make everyone’s mac and cheese dreams come true with this 20-minute recipe. It uses whole-wheat pasta for a nutrition boost as well as a blend of reduced-fat Mexican-style cheese and cream cheese to give this dish the necessary cheesiness it requires while keeping the nutrition in check. Browning the flour in the butter and pasta water mixture deepens the flavor of the sauce, adding richness without fat. The starch in the pasta water helps the sauce cling to the shells. Feel free to use any short pasta shape that you like. Sprinkle with a little bit more Mexican-style cheese, if you like, for one last dose of cheesiness before digging in.

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet