Meal Prep Instructions

• This meal comes together SO easy with minimal prep. Just make sure your chicken is cooked and chopped so it's ready to add to the pasta

Meal Assembly Instructions

Cook noodles

• reserve 1/4 cup salted pasta water before draining noodles!

Make sauce

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat add 3 tbsp butter, stir until just melted and add 3 tbsp arrowroot starch, stir constantly until there are no clumps and mixture looks frothy
• Low heat to medium low (you don't want it too hot or it will thicken too quickly! Add 1 1/2 cup milk, 1 1/2 cup heavy cream, stir constantly for 5 minutes until you see it start to thicken on the bottom of the pan - make sure no clumps form.
• Add 2 cups cheddar cheese, 2 cups American cheese (freshly shredded). Stir constantly until melted and creamy (5-8 minutes). Keep on a low heat even if cheese isn't melting fast. You want this to be a low and slow process for the perfect creaminess!
• Once cheese is mostly all melted (it's okay if there are still some chunks) take off heat, add drained pasta noodles and stir into mixture until everything is well coated. The noodles may help thicken the sauce so if you need to add the 1/4 cup of reserved pasta water to thin, you can!

Serve

• You can top this with extra cheese, fresh pepper, parsley and any protein or veggie!