Mac and Cheese Adventures!

Here is my experience with the Annie's Mac and Cheese shopping and cooking adventure!

I went shopping for the Annie's Mac and Cheese at my local HEB Supermarket.  They carried it, but I was curious to compare the prices with Wal-Mart so I went there too.

HEB

Wal-Mart

I found their prices to be similar which was a little surprising.  I really expected there to be about a 50 cent per box difference.  I did find that HEB carried many more types of Mac and Cheese under the Annie's brand.  Since I have a child with Celiac Disease(meaning she cannot eat wheat) I purchased both a regular box of the Annie's Mac and Cheese and also a box of the Annie's Gluten Free Mac and Cheese.

In both stores I found the Annie's brand boxes to stand out from the rest.  I enjoyed the colors of the boxes as well as the variety of types of Mac and Cheese under the Annie's brand.

Once dinner time was upon us we started to cook the Mac and Cheese boxes together as a family.  We had 1 pot with the regular and 1 pot with the gluten free.

I enjoyed the easy to find and understand directions on both of the boxes.  I like that the cooking time is clearly stated.  The gluten free takes only 2 minutes longer than the regular which worked out perfect for us.  Both pots of noodles cooked great.  The gluten free noodles stuck together, but that is to be expected with gluten free.

Regular

Gluten Free

Mixing the cheese sauce while the noodles are cooking is a way to save time and make it easier to blend the sauce and noodles when they are done cooking.

My husband poured the sauce mixtures on the noodles and mixed it in.

Both kinds mixed in easily which was great.  Here is the end results...

Regular

Gluten Free

And here is my family eating it!  My youngest is missing from the picture.  She came down sick today.  Sorry!

Everyone enjoyed the taste. My daughter with the celiac disease said it was not her favorite brand she has had, but that it was very good.  She said the cheese sauce tasted a little "fake" compared to the other brand we eat.  However, she did prefer the Annie's noodles to the other brand.  My other kids really enjoyed their Mac and Cheese!  They all wanted second helpings!

I feel good at the end of the experience!  We all ate for a great price, everyone enjoyed it (no complaining which is huge at our house), and I feel like they still ate fairly well.  

Thank you, Annie's, for making such great products!