Lazy Day Cheesy Pasta Bake

It's a Sunday evening after a very strenuous day of, wait for it - couch surfing. We've moved from the couch, to the fridge, back to couch about 4 times today.  It was our first official day of our holiday with no plans and we consciously decided to be lazy bums. Mission accomplished! We've reading our fair share of blogs, and  news articles today, watched way too much football and Food Network shows and consumed more cheese then any normal person should in a day. This perfect relaxing day was topped off by a tasty and not very healthy homemade cheesy pasta bake. I swear this baby is going to be born with a brick of cheese in each hand and an appetite for dairy like no other. Without further ado here the super easy recipe. Enjoy fellow cheese lovers.

yield: 4 servings

Ingredients
1 box smart pasta (I used bow pasta because lets face it, they are so freakin' cute looking)
1/4 cup butter/margarine
1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 cups milk
pinch of nutmeg
1/2 container of light onion & chive cream cheese
3/4 grated cheese (I used a combo of regular cheddar, extra old cheddar and fresh parmesan)
1/4 cup dry Italian breadcrumbs


Method
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Cook pasta until it is just tender.  You don't want to cook all the way through.  Rinse with water and set aside. In a medium/large sauce pan melt butter over medium heat.  Add flour and stir for 2 minutes. SLOWLY add milk and whisk as you do this to avoid clumping. bring to a simmer. Add nutmeg, cream cheese, and grated cheese and whisk until melted. Add cooked pasta and mix until coated.  Pour into an oven safe baking dish and cover with breadcrumbs.  Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes. Yummmmmmy cheese....