Kraft mac and cheese with butter and milk
The box says it all: stir butter and milk into hot pasta and cheese powder for a fast weeknight dinner. This shelf holds everything you need for a complete meal in under fifteen minutes.
About 320 calories a serving, 8 g protein, 40 g carbohydrate, 15 g fat. From USDA figures for 75% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
From your shelf
- 1 box original flavor macaroni and cheese dinner (Kraft)
Staples
- for pasta water salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup milk
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and add the macaroni from the box. Cook until tender, about 7 minutes, then drain in a colander.
- Return the drained pasta to the warm pot and add 2 tablespoons butter and 1/4 cup milk. Stir in the cheese sauce packet until fully combined and the sauce coats every piece.
Note Stir in a splash more milk if the sauce thickens on standing. Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for three days and reheat gently over low heat with a tablespoon of milk. Serve with steamed broccoli or a green salad on the side.
On the label
ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WHEAT FLOUR, GLYCERYL MONOSTEARATE, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE [IRON], THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE MIX (WHEY, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, MILK, PALM OIL, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MILKFAT, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CALCIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM TRIPHOSPHATE, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, DRIED BUTTERMILK, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CREAM, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, NONFAT DRY MILK, GUAR GUM, CHEESE CULTURE, WITH PAPRIKA, TURMERIC, AND ANNATTO ADDED FOR COLOR, ENZYMES, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, SALT, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES
Kraft, other deli, serving 58 GRM, package 2.05 oz. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as macaroni, mac and cheese. Half of it left? Use up the macaroni.