Prepare mac and cheese according to package directions. Liven up boxed mac with a little Southwestern flair. Sprinkle with chopped green onions and panko for a delightfully crispy topping. Make mac according to package instructions, and then mix in 1/2 to 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger and 1 tablespoon of Sriracha hot sauce, or to taste. Hack #3: Sriracha + ginger + green onions + panko Serve sausages on the side, or slice them and mix into the pasta.

Then add in the cheese sauce, according to package directions. The residual heat from the pasta will wilt the spinach. Add pasta back to the pot, and stir in a few handfuls of baby spinach. Hack #2: Sausage + baby spinachĪs your pasta is cooking, heat up precooked sausages, such as chicken-basil, until warmed, according to package directions. Once the pasta is made, stir in 1/2 teaspoon of chipotles in adobo and then crumble in a generous portion of bacon. While pasta is boiling, crisp four slices of bacon ( we like Al Roker's oven-baked method). Simply cook the macaroni according to package directions. This bacon-chipotle mac and cheese is spicy, smoky and totally savory.

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