When it comes to comfort foods, mac and cheese sits squarely at the top of the food chain. There’s nothing quite like tender, bite-size pasta coated in a warm, gooey, cheesy sauce and baked with a crunchy topping of buttery bread crumbs. But with over 700 calories and a whopping 40 grams of fat per serving, the standard homemade mac and cheese is less than comforting to our waistlines. Keeping all the cheesy flavor and creamy texture but losing a significant amount of fat and calories came down to a classic recipe makeover tactic: choosing the right selection of milk and cheese. Our lighter version does this all—and doesn’t sacrifice any of the flavor or the buttery, crunchy topping.