would you rather...

[ju1ia]

here's a dilemma I regularly face: would you rather give your kids mac & cheese made with regular old white pasta (homemade though, creamy casserole style), or give them frosted mini wheats, whole grain but added sugar? why do you think?

for some reason I have always opted for the frosted mini wheats, but I've been thinking lately maybe the processed sugar takes more of a toll than the white/semolina flour from the regular pasta. when we eat with our friends, these are regularly the only two options.

[Drummer's Wife]

I'm guessing the homemade mac 'n cheese would be healthier, white pasta and all.

[Limabean1975]

Originally Posted by Drummer's Wife

I'm guessing the homemade mac 'n cheese would be healthier, white pasta and all.

[Alyantavid]

Well I'm not a sugar person so I'd go with the mac and cheese. White pasta's not the best, but as long as the cheese sauce has "real" ingredients, I'd think that was healthier than an overprocessed sugar thing.

[wookie]

i personally don't mind the sugar as much but imo mac n cheese'd be better as a meal, no? especially if it's homemade and hopefully doesn't have ingredients we can't pronounce?

[KempsMama]

My preference would be for the mac n cheese, but I personally prefer white pasta, haven't developed a taste for the other stuff.

[cristeen]

mac and cheese, no contest.

[Magelet]

like all the pp, I feel that sugar and all the other crap that's in processed mini wheats is much worse than a little white flour pasta in a real cheese sauce.

[annethcz]

I'd probably choose the mac n cheese.

[emaye_to_2]

I'd choose the mac & cheese.

[wagamama]

Yep, i too think that breakfast cereal is really bad for you -- the grains lose most of their nutritional content when being processed, then sugar is added, and synthetic vitamins, which are not good for you either.

I love cereal, and ate it every morning as a kid. I used to think it was healthy. I don't give it to my kids now, though.