FAB MAMA Review : Annie's Homegrown Shells & Real Aged Cheddar

Four words... THE LITTLES LOVED IT!

Annie's Homegrown shells and aged cheddar takes boxed mac and cheese to a whole new level. I picked this up at Spud. Very easy recipe to follow and simple ingredients, the box plus milk. That's it. I added to this recipe however, to up the healthy factor I added some shredded carrots.


One fourth cup non fat milk



after the pasta boiled I added in the cheese packed and stirred together with the milk.


While the pasta boiled I cooked up my frozen carrot strips

start with shells in the bowl first then scoop and stir in the carrots


Yum yum ... no?


Mr. Picky Eater of the year LOVED this meal. He asked for more. Say What?



Gabriel Tested, Mama approved!


I had to crop this pic of David, because his face was super blurry but he loved it, I mean loved it !

Great staple to have in the house. E even liked my carrot mac and cheese. You can do many different variations using this box mix. Green veggies is a good idea. My littles are big fans of mac and trees . Typical mac and cheese with broccoli florets chopped up and standing up in the mac. You can also puree veggies and sneak them in during the mixing process. There are many good books out and about about sneaking veggies into your kids food.... I have been known to sneak in jars of baby food into noodles and cheese in the past but since I was not in the mood to steam up the kitchen during this last hot weekend and we no longer have a little baby in the house I stuck to the frozen veggies and took the lazy way out.... and I was happy that it was a crowd pleaser and let me say it is quite tasty... I never serve it to the littles with out taking a bite to make sure its yum and I loved this mac and cheese with or with out the added veggies.

Veggies you can add to your kids meals

steamed carrots
sweet potatoes
squash
pumpkin
broccoli
beans
spinach
tomatoes
avocado


Being creative with food for your littles is really fun the list of things you can add into a dish to veggie it up are really endless. You can get as imaginative as you like. Sometimes you get a dud most times I get a winner... you never know until you try. I highly recommend picking some of this yummy mac and cheese while you are shopping at Spud.


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