Sunday night cooking has a mood all its own. The house gets quiet, the week starts tapping at the door, and dinner needs to feel like a warm hand on the shoulder. That is exactly the spirit behind this soup, a cozy, spoonable take on Lucille Ball’s Sunday Night Special.

A bowl of mac and cheese already knows how to comfort a tired day. Turn it into soup, and it becomes something even cozier: creamy, spoonable, rich with cheddar, and finished with the earthy aroma of truffle oil.

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