First things first:
I have never really been a fan of Annie's foods. Gluten-free or not, I hadn't found anything by Annie's in the past that I actually would go out to the store and buy again. I know a lot of people think the complete opposite of me and some people that think the same. But because I'm reinventing what I like to eat, it was time to try something new anyway. My son was more than right to tell his dad to get me some Macaroni and Cheese.
About the Mac and Cheese
The kind of Mac and Cheese I have is the instant kind. A bit like Kraft's Easy Mac that I was used to eating when I was a child and preteen. Another important thing to include is that. The mac and cheese are not vegan, but vegetarian, it's made out of real cheese.
My experience
The good: There was an actual reason why I referred to Annie's as being a lot like Kraft's Easy Mac fom the 90s. All I had to do was fill my bowl with water add the macaroni and put it in the microwave for two and a half minutes. After it's trip in the microwave, I put the powdered cheese on the pasta and I was done. Nothing to complicated and I knew how it all worked before. Water, noodles, microwave, and cheese. It's all that easy. It even reminded me how much I hated accidentally dropping a little bit of cheese powder on the counter. You must eat it until the last drop. You must!
The noodles cooked like regular noodles and tasted better than most of the gluten-free noodles that I've tried in the past. I may have finally found the type of noodle that I could actually enjoy without the noodles tasting bland and boring and just plain weird! That's positive! Yay to Annie's noodles! You didn't fail me!
The bad: For something from Annie's the Mac and Cheese was at least bearable. As I previously said. I loved the pasta, it was one of the better pasta that I've tried that's gluten-free. But unfortunately, the cheese powder wasn't like I hoped it to be. It tasted alright, minus the cheese chunks that wouldn't lose their chunky shape. That's because I hate biting into a chunk of cheese powder, and it has nothing to do with Annie's itself, cheese powder is bitter and just tastes weird. It' not Annie's fault that nobody mastered the art of cheese chunks yet!
The Bottom Line: I ate the Mac and Cheese with no problem. Even if I occioanally hit a cheese chunk, I've had way worse pasta dishes. This was at least edible. I ate a package yesterday for lunch and I had some more for lunch today. It's something I might actually go back and buy. Annie's food actually may have redeemed itself.
My final say and Recommendations
If you're looking for a gluten-free, mac and cheese, Annie's may be a fantastic choice. They taste like instant macaroni and cheese and are quick to make. Two minutes and it was done! Just because I had a little bit of a problem eating around the chunks is nothing. It's typical instant macaroni and cheese. Even bigger box macaroni and cheese has problems with chunks it's nothing new. Annie's is a typical macaroni and cheese, minus the gluten! You can have typical and not feel left out because gluten is your enemy!
Moms with gluten-free kids, adults new to being gluten-free, listen up! I hate openly recommending products to people. I believe that the shoe may not fit for everyone, but I'm okay with recommending this. I like this macaroni and cheese, not just because my son picked it out, but because it tastes how I remember macaroni and cheese to taste and did exactly what regular macaroni and cheese did! Just have fun eating macaroni and cheese again!
This was not a sponsored post, everything in this post was bought by me, Annie's had no clue that I wrote about their food. Even if it was, I actually loved the food, and would have been honest if it tasted bad.
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