Not the Mac Mama

I love mac & cheese, I mean, who doesn't? I'm not talking about that stuff in the box with the suspicious orange powder, NO, I mean real mac & cheese like mama used to make (well not my mama, but someone's, I'm sure). The problem is, typically, people use that processed cheese product stuff, and while it does make some awesome mac & cheese, it's crazy unhealthy and not natural. I like to weed out processed stuff where I can, but I cannot make tasty, natural mac & cheese to save my life. I keep trying, but always go back to the orange block of jiggliness. Granted, I haven't used any recipes for mac with real cheese, I've just been going by what I know should be in there, so maybe I should humble myself enough to actually do more research. I made a huge batch of mac & cheese with ground turkey meat last week, and I'm still forcing myself to get through it. It's actually not too bad, but it's not the tasty-dreaminess that I was envisioning. Sigh.