My Favorite Mac and Cheese

You can also play around with the cheeses. You can snazz it up with fontina or swiss. You can add a kick with Monterey Jack. Or, you can keep it simple with various types of cheddar. Just keep your cheese to about 2 cups total. And, the trick to keeping the cheese really creamy and gooey, not grainy, is to make the cheese sauce over medium-low heat. Resist the temptation to turn up the heat to move things along. Just let the sauce hang out and thicken on its own.