0 Kraft Mac 'n Cheese with a Nutritional Boost!

Lots of people eat this all-American food -- so let's give it a NUTRITIONAL BOOST!  Sadly, macaroni and cheese is not a healthy food, sorry to say -- on the other hand, it could easily be made healthier with a few easy steps!

1. You can use the original noodles for a craft, then prepare a box of whole wheat pasta.  Here are some ideas for your NOODLE CRAFT!
2. Alternatively, simply combining some whole grain pasta with the original noodles will help!
3. Next, you can completely skip the butter.  Honestly, no substitution is necessary!  Or you can use Earth Balance which has no animal or trans fat!
4. Finally, add a can of garbanzo beans (drained and rinsed)! Click here to find out why BEANS are so healthy, plus some OTHER WAYS to eat BEANS!

Can you even SEE the beans!??!?!??! (note: these are the original noodles)

COMMENTS: Do you have any meals that you eat, every Friday night, or every Sunday afternoon, etc?  My husband grew up having pizza every Friday.  I like to think of life as more spontaneous, less boring than this, but really, there is a lot of eating from one Friday to the next, and having some patterns like this is good for kids.  They like the control of knowing what to expect.  Surprises are definitely fun, but there are plenty of surprises all day long; knowing what to expect once in a while is kind of nice :)  Helps with menu planning too!