Annie's Shells and Real Aged Cheddar Mac and Cheese with Organic Pasta, Made with Real Cheese, Dinner Side or Snacks, 6 oz (Pack of 12)

Absolutely love Annie's macaroni and cheese. Its amazing how fast this stuff has taken over the market... it tastes 10x better than her competitors! This version has a very cheesy cheddary taste and goes perfect with some kielbasa, green peas, carrots, green beans, and corn. Easy recipe for the whole family, here ya go! -- 1. Bring water to boil on HIGH, throw in the noodles, and turn the heat down to MEDIUM-HIGH (less chance it will over-boil) 2. While the noodles are boiling, cut up some kielbasa into small round shapes and fry it in a pan with just a little bit of oil (add some salt, pepper, turmeric, and thyme) for 5-7 minutes. 3. Add some frozen carrots and green beans, cook for another 3-5 minutes. 4. Add some frozen green peas and corn and cook for another 3-5 minutes. 5. By now you should have finished cooking the noodles, so remove them from the heat and strain them into the sink - don't do anything else to the noodles (you want the noodles to sit there in the sink and dry for a bit to get some stickiness to them... the stickier they are, the better the sauce will stick to the noodles -- don't add oil!!) 6. In the same pot you boiled the noodles, add the cheese powder and the butter... stir it up for a little bit first, so that it clumps together, then add the milk and stir until creamy (doing the cheese and butter first ensures that it will blend easier without clumps). 7. Then pour your noodles into the pot and stir to get them coated in the cheese. 8. Lastly pour your noodles into the pan to mix with the meat and veggies. 9. Serve with some homemade garlic toast (just spread some butter on a piece of bread, put a little garlic powder on top, and toast in the oven on BROIL for a couple minutes). 10. EAT!! Maaaaan, its good aint it?!

The only thing different is the quality and taste! For the most part Annie's Shells and Real Aged Cheddar cooks up like any other Mac N' Cheese out there. The difference is in the quality of the ingredients and the final flavor. We purchase Annie's products because of what they don't have in them. We feel that the ingredients are nutritionally better for what we are looking for in our meals. The cook time, size, color, added ingredients are all what is to be expected. There are no suprises so the greta taste is already in the box, not something that you add in at home. We placed a one-dozen box order and each cheddar pasta kit has cooked up fresh and delicious.

easy, inexpensive meal item

This is actually my favorite macaroni and cheese it's quite good. The problem is that it looks like Amazon dropped kicked the package across the warehouse. Some of the boxes are almost destroyed. They are still edible but look like crap. Take some pride in your work. Probably would just buy them locally next time and pay extra.

We love Annie's because of the quality and taste.. However, the shipment had 3 boxes that were unusable due to the cheese package not sealed and turned into a rock. There was no way to tell until we opened the individual box. We were surprised, and disappointed. Annie's selections are my family's favorite!