I love mac 'n cheese, but I was in a weird space where I had outgrown the boxed stuff and hadn't quite found an oven recipe I liked. I figured there must be a way to incorporate an easy boil-and-mix technique with fewer chemicals than the prepackaged mac 'n cheese, so I fooled around with butternut squash and different cheeses until I discovered that one combination led to a very similar taste, smell and texture. Butternut squash is great for fall, and this refrigerates and packs very nicely as a lunch.

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