I was looking for a mac and cheese after several failed attempts at making my own with the limited resources available. And Annie's was not available from my supplier. D'oh.
Well, the only one that wasn't creepyvegan was De Boles. So I ordered 4 boxes, thinking that would get me through the year. Annnnd they sent me 4 cases. 48 boxes of macaroni and cheese. I'm still waiting to see if anyone but me has noticed this, but in the mean time, I might as well try it.
De Boles is not a single serving the way I felt Annie's was. I like a big helping of mac, but according to De Boles, one box of mac is about 1000 calories. And I didn't use low-fat milk or unsalted butter, so I'm sure that would make it more caloric (and delicious).
Because I live alone and can't stand reheated pasta (or reheated mac in general, bleh), I decided to make a portion of it. I'd save the other pasta just in case I needed it for something. I used dry measuring cups and found that the box contained about 1 1/3 cups of noodles. So I took out about 3/4 of a cup to boil and saved the other portion.
I accidentally went a bit over the time limit and boiled it for 12 minutes. It was fine.
Two tablespoons (pats--I get pre-cut butter and assume that each pat is about a tablespoon) of butter, 60ml of milk (Japanese milk is usually pretty high-fat), mix ... add powder ... mix ... try to stomp out the clumps ... stomp stomp stomp ... fail ... and ... eat.
Actually, it isn't bad. Not at all. I'd read it was bland or that it was unpleasant to look at, and while the latter is true, the former isn't. It tastes like mac and cheese should. Tangy, cheesy, and good. The pasta's texture wasn't bad, even though I overcooked it. I do prefer more sizable elbows, but this does the job I need it to do, which is to be macaroni and cheese.
But I do agree that the color leaves something to be desired. The pasta is the taupeish shade you expect from rice pasta, and the cheese sauce is white. Not exactly the most pleasant look, especially for someone like me who despises milk and anything that looks like milk. (IT COMES FROM A COW'S BOOB, OKAY? GROSS. Process it any way you like so it looks different, but ew, milk.) Some color would be appreciated.
I would buy it again, but first I need to get through some of these bajillion boxes I have.
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Mrs. Leeper (who needs a name that does not make me think of an illness that causes necrosis) produces an array of pastas and Hamburger Helper-type meals, including something akin to Tuna Helper, mac and cheese, and chicken alfredo.
I found Mrs. Leper--I mean LEEPER. Leeper. I found Mrs. Leeper's beef lasagna dinner on FBC and decided to give it a shot. I'm always looking for things to eat that don't require a lot of work.
What do you need? You need about a pound of ground meat or tofu, the box, and some water. Brown your meat (does tofu brown?) and drain it. Put the meat stuff or not meat stuff in with the sauce mix and 3 cups of hot water. Boil it and then add the pasta. Cook it covered for 10 minutes and then remove it from heat. It will be violently, horribly, tremendously, dangerously hot. Don't even attempt to eat it for like, a half hour.
I speak from experience. I burned the CRAP out of my mouth by just waiting 10 minutes.
Add a little cheese and voila, it's a meal!
The noodles are good and have a consistency like egg noodles. The meat is what you make of it. The flavor of the sauce and everything together reminded me of Stouffer's frozen lasagna, which isn't great but is pretty good. And even better if you can't eat lasagna!
Because I'm single and live alone, I packaged up the rest of it and put it in the fridge. How did it hold up? I microwaved it for 3 and a half minutes (my wattage is probably lower than yours) and stirred it halfway through. The pasta was fine, not mushy at all. The flavor was still good. And it wasn't as LAVA-LIKE as it was when I first cooked it. It passed the leftover test! Hurrah!
So I would recommend this. I don't know about the other meals, as I can't get them. But now I would love to try them and see how they are. It seems that even though Mrs. Leeper might have an unfortunate name, she does not have an unfortunate product.
I found Mrs. Leper--I mean LEEPER. Leeper. I found Mrs. Leeper's beef lasagna dinner on FBC and decided to give it a shot. I'm always looking for things to eat that don't require a lot of work.
What do you need? You need about a pound of ground meat or tofu, the box, and some water. Brown your meat (does tofu brown?) and drain it. Put the meat stuff or not meat stuff in with the sauce mix and 3 cups of hot water. Boil it and then add the pasta. Cook it covered for 10 minutes and then remove it from heat. It will be violently, horribly, tremendously, dangerously hot. Don't even attempt to eat it for like, a half hour.
I speak from experience. I burned the CRAP out of my mouth by just waiting 10 minutes.
Add a little cheese and voila, it's a meal!
The noodles are good and have a consistency like egg noodles. The meat is what you make of it. The flavor of the sauce and everything together reminded me of Stouffer's frozen lasagna, which isn't great but is pretty good. And even better if you can't eat lasagna!
Because I'm single and live alone, I packaged up the rest of it and put it in the fridge. How did it hold up? I microwaved it for 3 and a half minutes (my wattage is probably lower than yours) and stirred it halfway through. The pasta was fine, not mushy at all. The flavor was still good. And it wasn't as LAVA-LIKE as it was when I first cooked it. It passed the leftover test! Hurrah!
So I would recommend this. I don't know about the other meals, as I can't get them. But now I would love to try them and see how they are. It seems that even though Mrs. Leeper might have an unfortunate name, she does not have an unfortunate product.
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