This 2-Ingredient Mac and Cheese Hack Is the Ultimate Hosting Trick
If you’ve made boxed mac and cheese, you can do this.
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Homemade mac and cheese is as easy and opening two store-bought ingredients: Dried pasta and cheese dip. You read that right: processed cheese is the ultimate hack to a gooey, scrumptious, from-scratch-ish mac and cheese that’s incredibly simple and delicious on a weeknight, or while hosting. All you need to do is boil water, cook and drain your pasta, and stir in all that cheesy goodness. Better yet, both ingredients needed to make this dish are shelf-stable, so you can always have both on hand to whip up a meal for impromptu guests or cozy nights at home.
Sound familiar? This hack, popular on TikTok with Trader Joe’s cheese spreads and dips, is essentially making your own Velveeta—you’re just squeezing a specialty cheese product onto hot noodles, so it melts and coats them with a tasty dairy blanket. Depending on what cheese you use, perhaps you’ve opted into Trader Joe’s Syrah Soaked Toscano Cheese Spread & Dip for a classy, Parmesan-y take, this mac and cheese can take on all sorts of flavors. It can also fit into any hosting spread—book club, sports night, date night, family dinner, lazy night on the sofa—the options are pretty much limitless. And no, no one needs to know your hack.
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Play around with your favorite cheeses—we like Queso Mama’s White Queso With Diced Green Chilies for a Southwestern kick, Wisconsin Beer Cheese for a rustic flavor, or Port Wine Cheese spread—and noodles and see which quick combo is your favorite. Toppings and mix-ins are optional.
How to Make Two-Ingredient Mac and Cheese
Here’s how to make TikTok’s latest viral pasta recipe!
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Start by boiling a pot of salted water for your pasta. This vessel can also be your serving dish, so opt for a Dutch oven if you want to be a little fancy.
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Once the water comes to a boil, add a 16-ounce box of your…
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