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We made this (with a few modifications) and found it delicious. Cut the fat by using lowfat evaporated milk instead of half-half, low fat cheesewhiz instead of velveeta, lowfat sharp cheddar instead of regular, same with the parmesan and omitted the other two because we didn't have them. Also bake covered with foil . It still had tons of flavor and gooeyness.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":3,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2013-10-23","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"Heidi_K1971"},"reviewBody":"I made this because I thought my kids would enjoy this, they only like homemade mac and cheese. Everyone picked off the \"crunch\" and no one finished their pasta. 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