Healthy Mac & Cheese Alternative? - Page 2

[rainbowmoon]

I am not sure if you have Stop 'n Shop where you are but I went there today for groceries and got some "Nature's Promise" brand mac n cheese. We just ate some and I remembered this thread! It even has orange powder :

(my kids and I think Annies is disgusting FTR! We would actually rather have homemade but I get the box stuff every now and then and it's cheaper anyway.)

Anyway this brand is all organic and looks and tastes JUST like the Kraft stuff! well maybe a little less fakey/ rich but it's VERY close IMHO.

The box says it's distributed by Foodhold USA,LLC. Maybe you can get your local store to carry it if you can't find it? (It's the Stop 'n Shop private label brand) or PM me and I could mail you some if you wanted if your little one won't go for the other recipes! it was on sale this week, 3 for $4.

[es1967]

Originally Posted by Pepper44

Have you ever tried making a cream sauce to put over noodles instead of baking mac and cheese? All you have to do is melt a few TB of butter, add a TB or so of flour, and add a cup of milk...more or less of everything until the texture is right. (Add more flour or arrow root to thicken, more milk to thin it.) Then slowly stir in shredded cheese of your choice until it melts into a sauce. Add plenty of salt to taste like processed kraft. Mix in noodles. Voila!

If he likes that you can probably start sneaking in pureed veggies to the sauce at some point...

I just tried your cheese sauce and its so easy and so good. I'm so happy! : I attempted making one before w/o directions and the cheese would not melt. This is so much better than any boxed sauce and so easy. I'm going to do this often now. My 2.5 yr old does not really like tomato sauces so this is perfect on nights we eat pasta. Can't wait until he tastes it. Just out of curiousty how much cheese do you add?

[Ellp]

Here's an odd question... if the OP's DS was so picky about only having Kraft Dinner and you go and try substituting it, hopefully without him noticing, won't he notice that the shape of the noodles is wrong???!

KD's is straight and I don't know if there's any other noodle out there that is that size and shape! :

[mommy2two babes]

I just stopped buying KD and a few other asssorted things ( like processed cheese slices)
It took a few weeks but after the kids were happy to eat homemade mac and cheese.
It takes a bit to get used to the absence of the really salty flavor.