Cheese Sprouts

The deli at our grocery stores have really become a one stop shop.  From fresh rotisserie chicken, meat loaf, and fried chicken to a wide variety of deli salads (potato, macaroni) and the standard lunch meats they are ready to feed your hunger.  Some stores have gone a step farther and are now selling single serve and family style meals that just need to be reheated that had been prepared in the store.  While visiting our local Sprouts to check out some items that are less common at the major markets we walked through the deli section and found out that someone there must realize that I must live close by and and stocked the ready made meals section with mac n' cheese!  Well they got some sales out of us as Sharen grabbed a meal and I grabbed a mac for dinner that night.  The only question left was how would it come out.

The Review

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Sprouts Farmers Market Macaroni and Cheese



Cheesy Cupcakes

As I've mentioned in the past, my mac n' cheese has given me some notority in the office.  Not too long ago a coworker mentioned that his sister had made something that I may enjoy.  Because I was coming or going as he was mentioning it to me, I didn't catch what exactly it was, other than it was mac n' cheese based.  A few days later as I was getting a drink out of the fridge I saw a tray filled with what looked like cupcakes.  Mac n' cheese CUPCAKES.  Now that's the combination of two things I can get behind.  I was asked later that morning by EM if I had seen what he left in the fridge and he said to make sure that I got some before the rest of the office ate them all.  I made sure that I had them for lunch. 

The Review

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EM's Sister's Mac n' Cheese Cups.

One day some inventive chef decided to combine cupcakes and mac n' cheese.  I salute you chef!

Zappin' Cheese

I appreciate companies that try (even Amy's Kitchen) and put out multiple kinds of mac n' cheese.  One would think that 'A' kind is more than enough, but you know that one is really never enough.  Variety is the spice of life and Michelina's sure likes to dabble with the best spice (cheese).  They've done Wheels and they've done a combination of cheeses.  Now they take on the 'classic' of classics, the Kraft style stove top. 

The Review

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Michelina's Zap 'ems Gourmet: Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese

If homestyle means a frozen version of the Kraft blue box then we're onto something.

Michelina's new packaging, or another new variety?  Picture taken at a local Target.  I didn't notice this until after I put the pictures of both packages together, that this one is different.  I'll head back and do a ingredient/calorie check to see how different it is and will do an additional review if there are changes beyond the noodles. 

**additional note** Since I took this pic just over a month ago, I've only found this in Target locations, twice. I broke down and bought one.  A review will be forthcoming.