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  • Boxed Mac And Cheese, how to make the cheese packet!!

    Ok, I confess, I LOVE boxed macaroni and cheese. Love it.

    I can do Dreamfields for the mac part.

    How can I re-create the cheese mix part? I am talking about the powder portion. I like the taste in this cheapo food.
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    Re: Boxed Mac And Cheese, how to make the cheese packet!!

    An easy cheese sauce is just to melt cheese and cream together and pour over foods.
    Also make sure you are on the right OWL rung for the ingredients of the pasta!
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    Take a look at the thread from the latest Veggie Challenge to see how others manage it!



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    • #3
      Re: Boxed Mac And Cheese, how to make the cheese packet!!

      Yes, I have done that with the cheese and cream, but to me it does not taste the same as the orange powder.
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      Start Date 06/27/05
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      Oct 30 2005



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      • #4
        Re: Boxed Mac And Cheese, how to make the cheese packet!!

        The orange powder has chemicals, sugars, colorings and additives, so it would be extremely difficult to replicate using real and fresh ingredients. It's like Tang...for noodles. If you're looking for twangy flavor, you might try using a sharper cheese. Tillamook makes an extremely sharp cheddar.
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        • #5
          Re: Boxed Mac And Cheese, how to make the cheese packet!!

          you can buy powdered cheese but I don't know it it would be Atkins legal. Can you look on the web for a knock of? with this as the original ingredients it looks like a some cheese some whey protein powder and some salt, Vit C and a calcium pill should do it.

          CHEESE SAUCE MIX (WHEY, MILKFAT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CITRIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, MILK, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE).

          cheesiest blue box CHEESE SAUCE MIX (WHEY, GRANULAR AND CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6).
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          • #6
            Re: Boxed Mac And Cheese, how to make the cheese packet!!

            Kraft sells a plastic bottle of dry grated cheddar shake, its with the parmeson cheese




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