Sneaky Mac & Cheese

Boil the water for whatever pasta you are using. Once it starts to boil, I put a small pot on the stove and put shredded cheese in the pot on low/med then put milk (whatever milk you prefer...I've used regular, almond and coconut...coconut is the thinnest so the least "milk" like) in the blender (about a cup?) with about a half a can of chick peas and some defrosted frozen chopped spinach. Blend it all up and add to the shredded cheese that is now melting on the stove. If you like it cheesier, you can add more cheese, if it's not thin enough, you can add more milk. You can also play with the amount of spinach..there is a just right amount that Jack likes where there is enough spinach to make me happy but not too much that he refuses to eat it. Then, once the pasta is ready, I just dump the cheese mixture on top and mix up. I guess you could undercook the pasta and put it in a baking pan with some more cheese and some breadcrumbs on top and bake it for awhile, but I never go that far.