It is an addictive sweet-savory combination with a slight hint of the South-and though it has a few steps to it, the preparation doesn’t feel like much work at all. It was great the sweetness of the onion and butteriness of the crispy bread were the perfect complement to the creamy mac and cheese.Īfter a few go-rounds with my baked mac and cheat, I hit upon the perfect flavor combo for me: bacon, Brussels sprouts, shallot, and chèvre, with a cornbread topping. I made the boxed version as usual, poured it into a casserole dish, sprinkled a little Parmesan cheese on it, topped it with a mixture of sautéed onions and crumbled-up bread heels, and baked it for 20 minutes. It isn’t that hard to make, either, but there’s one thing that consistently short-circuits my after-work impulse to throw one together: I never have milk in the house to make the béchamel sauce.īeing the resourceful gal that I am, I decided to take matters into my own hands and transform my favorite boxed mac and cheese (Trader Joe’s shells and cheese) into an easy baked mac and cheese that did an end run around béchamel. I mean, all nutritional values being equal, I would eat it every day. Kraft is dubbing this "The World's Largest Blind Taste Test.Baked macaroni and cheese is my all-time favorite comfort food. So, if you've had a box recently, you've already taste tested the new recipe, along with 50 million other people (that's how many boxes have been sold since the switch). "We told our fans about the change in ingredients now, because their approval was the ultimate test," Guidotti adds. Fair enough-they actually announced that their classic Blue Box recipe would be changing last April. "Since we knew that the new product tasted just as good as the old, we decided not to immediately shout the recipe change from the rooftops because we wanted fans to experience it for themselves without being prompted," says Guidotti. The ingredients have been updated since the change was made, Kraft just haven't been advertising it till now. Funny enough, though, the nutrition label hasn't been lying. The taste remains the same, says Guidotti-as evidenced by literally no one noticing over the past three months. "We saw the opportunity to improve our ingredient line." At the same time, our loyal fans didn't want us to mess with the iconic look or taste of their ," Greg Guidotti, vice president of meal solutions for Kraft Heinz, tells SELF over email. "Over the years, people were telling us they wanted to feel better about the ingredients in the foods they eat and serve their families. Artificial flavors and preservatives are out in the new recipe, too, but one of the natural preservatives is sodium, as CNN points out.
That electric orange hue is no longer due to dyes yellow 5 and 6 (because what are those, even?)-paprika, annatto, and turmeric are keeping the food's vibrant color. Kraft changed its Mac & Cheese recipe on the DL last December, ditching artificial flavors and colors in a big way. Your favorite childhood food got a surprisingly healthy update-three months ago.
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