Mac N Cheese?

[Lockheed]

So before recently the only mac n cheese I could find here in town was the Deboles. It has rice bran in the noodles and as such taste a little more fibery than I would prefer for mac n cheese. Recently, the store here has started carrying Annie's Rice Pasta and Cheese which is such a tremendous improvement in flavor over the Deboles and that made me wonder if there was something out there even better? Maybe I could buy it over the internet and have it shipped or something if it's not too expensive. So what is your preference for mac n cheese?

[stolly]

Amy's is not bad, but I much prefer homemade. When DD was first diagnosed, I couldn't find a packaged mac n cheese she would eat, so I had to make homemade, and now that I realize it's not much extra work, I have a difficult time paying the prices for gluten-free frozen dinners. I make a big batch and free in 8 oz portions for DD for school (we use a thermos to keep warm) or larger for DD/DS to share for a quick meal at home. I've made it with Tinkyada elbows and Velveeta in the past, but more recently I've been doing shredded cheese/milk etc...it's a surprisingly easy one dish stovetop recipe, nothing fancy.

[GlutenGalAZ]

I've tried a couple of the gluten free mac and cheese (boxes)...

My favorite is Annie's Homegrown Rice Pasta & Chedder Macaroni & Cheese.

I mix the cheese mix and milk in the bowl like it says and then add a little shredded cheese then mix the noodles in and then put a little more shredded cheese on top and then pop it in the microwave for 30 or so seconds and its makes it cheeseier/thicker.

I use to make mac and cheese using velveeta but it was a little too much dairy for me.

I have tried making my own cheese sauce at home but can't quite get it right.

There are A LOT of recipes online though on the gluten free cooking blogs.

I have found that the cheapest place for the Annie's Mac & Cheese box is a.m.a.z.o.n.

You get 12 boxes for around $32 or if you sign up for the program where you get it shipped to you every 2months, 3 or 6months then it is even cheaper like $27ish for a case.

Hope this helped some....

[digmom1014]

If you have a Trader Joe's nearby, they have a gluten-free Mac N'Cheese that is $1.88 a box. It has a thinner sauce than Annie's but, I alway add my own cheese, meat, and veggies anyway. It is nice to have an easy box meal at your fingertips.

Have you tried the frozen Mac N' Cheese by Amy. I like it but, look on the back at the fat content! I can't make it a staple in my diet.

[brigala]

Have you tried the frozen Mac N' Cheese by Amy. I like it but, look on the back at the fat content! I can't make it a staple in my diet.

I LOVE that stuff! But it's way too expensive as well as too fattening. So I only splurge on it once or twice a year. I also use Annie's, Trader Joe's, or make my own using whatever rice or corn pasta I can find on sale. If I'm too lazy to shred cheese, I use the Ragu cheese sauce.

-Elizabeth

[strawberrynin]

I can't recall the name brand at the moment, but I've found some corn noodles at Whole Foods that taste amazingly similar to wheat noodles and only slightly more in cost. They are a little thinner in texture, but the taste is great. I'd wonder if the cheese sauce in a brand box of mac n' cheese has gluten? Just throw out the noodles and use the sauce? Could probably save a lot of cost if that were the case.

These are the ingredients in Kraft, which should be similar to generics:

CHEESE SAUCE MIX (WHEY, MILKFAT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MILK, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE).

Sorry, I did check...it is the DeBoles corn elbow style pasta. Don't know if it is the same, since they also produce a rice elbow.

[JennyC]

if the cheese sauce in a brand box of mac n' cheese has gluten? Just throw out the noodles and use the sauce? Could probably save a lot of cost if that were the case.

These are the ingredients in Kraft, which should be similar to generics:

CHEESE SAUCE MIX (WHEY, MILKFAT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MILK, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE).

This is what we use. My son is supper picky and he does not like home made mac & cheese. We use Kraft mac & cheese powder and tinkyada pasta.