Article: When mac and cheese from a box gets old, try this.(Food)(Lean & lovin' it)(Recipe)

Byline: Don Mauer

Macaroni and cheese: America's No 1 comfort food and a no-no on almost everyone's weight-loss food plan. It doesn't have to be that way, though.

Here's why.

I've been making mac and cheese with the help of that blue box or from scratch for longer than I can remember. Scratch versions tastes better, but admittedly aren't as easy to prepare as the box kind.

In 1990, the first time I lost more than 100 pounds, I decided that I couldn't omit mac and cheese from my meals forever. Yet at that same time, I was fanatical about removing as much fat from my diet as possible. I had to find a leaner mac and cheese.

My first experiment started with ...

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