• I made Ina Garten's recipe for overnight mac and cheese. • The dish includes Gruyère and white cheddar, and the simple recipe barely requires any prep. • I made the pasta for Friendsgiving, and it was the dish everyone couldn't stop talking about.

Ever since I was inspired to live like Ina Garten for a day at the start of the pandemic, the "Barefoot Contessa" star has been my biggest source of inspiration in the kitchen.

From her comforting five-cheese penne to her easy weeknight Bolognese, an Ina Garten pasta dish has never led me astray.

So why should I stop just because it's the holidays?

Garten's overnight mac and cheese appears in her most recent cookbook, "Go-To Dinners."

The "Barefoot Contessa" star calls her mac and cheese the "perfect make-ahead dish," which sounded gre

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