Boxed mac and cheese is the perfect comfort food. It’s cheap, always available, doesn’t require any special skills to make, and is delicious. Especially if you know a hack or two that will improve it.
In a recent Instagram story, Gossip Girl star Blake Lively shared that she is a big fan of boxed mac and cheese. As part of the reveal, she also let her followers in on her go-to secret that makes this dish even better.
According to Lively, her secret is very simple; she ignores the instructions on the box. Instead, she has her own way of cooking the dish.
After cooking the macaroni, Lively adds a “heavy splash” of whole milk and mixes in the cheese powder. Then she adds 1/3 block of cream cheese and two handfuls of grated cheddar and/or hard goat cheese and Gouda. Mix it all in and enjoy the cheese macaroni goodness.
The more cheese, the better, so we can’t see a scenario in which Lively’s way of preparing boxed mac and cheese doesn’t work. If you would prefer video instructions on how to do it, check out the recipe recreation done by PureWow.
