Mac & Cheese for Grownups

Rigatoni!
Mushrooms!
Asparagus!
and the star of the show....CHEESE!

I found a recipe in Cooking Light: Way to Cook Vegetarian called Creamy Rigatoni with Gruyere and Brie. It didn't take much convincing to make it - you saw the part about cheese right? But I'm always worried it's going to yield 2 servings but say it'll yield 6 (fat kid beer goggles, you know?). Good news with this one though: it said 6 servings and that's totally possible if you serve 6 with a small salad as well.

Here's the recipe:

6quarts water
12oz rigatoni
3Tbs all-purpose flour
2 cups 2% reduced-fat milk, divided
1Tbs butter
5oz. shredded Gruyere
3oz. soft-ripened Brie, rind removed
mushrooms
asparagus

add salt and pepper later - they tried to tell me to use a ton earlier in the recipe and I politely declined

steps:
1. bring the water to a boil and cook that rigatoni according to the package

2. place flour and 1/2c milk in a saucepan and whisk it til smooth

3. add another 1/2c milk and stir stir stir

4. add the last 1/2c milk stir stir stir and bring to a boil

5. cook 2 more minutes past boil point

6. stir in butter

7. remove from heat and let it hang out for a minute, then add mushrooms and asparagus and whatever amount of salt n peppa that you desire

it looks like this when it's all cooked:

(wipe that drool off your chin, child)