Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Mac N Cheese (Taking it too far?)

I love mac n cheese, my husband loves mac n cheese and so does our toddler. We get those store brand boxes of elbows or spirals with the powder cheese packet.

First- I stopped using butter and started using olive oil.

Then, I decided to use only the powder packet and not the white noodles- replacing them instead with whole wheat noodles.

Finally- I added pureed broccoli to the finished product (I serve broccoli every night and lately I am the only one really eating it, so I have to get my guys to eat it somehow right?).

The responses-
*I loved it.
*Our toddler danced around and said "I like it. I like it a lot." and then he said "What is it?". I said, "mac n cheese" and he responded with a perplexed "ohhhhh" but proceeded to eat an adult sized portion.
*My husband saw me puree the broccoli and when he saw that I had added it to the already unrecognizable mac n cheese, he groaned "Oh I wish you hadn't done that!". He proceeded to look rather miserable for the remainder of the meal (which also included an unappetizing looking, but delicious tasting maple/soy sauce/garlic marinated salmon).

So do I repeat this or not? (remember- our toddler danced!!!).

P.S. I add pureed broccoli to our spagetti sauce sometimes too.