“.. my kids will only eat the box stuff”.
When mine were very little, they would only eat the boxed type. I made the homemade macaroni and cheese.. and it wasn’t to their liking. I remember when my son was five and told his classmates that his Mom made the best kind of macaroni and cheese in the world. His teacher asked him how I made it and he proudly said, “out of a box!”. Kind of made me cringe at the time but they all eat the “real” stuff now and the boxed type on a hectic evening when dinner is late and hurried.
there was a frozen brand that was pretty good but I forgot the name long ago
My mom was not exactly the best cook (her spaghetti sauce was brown) but somehow she made the best homemade baked mac and cheese. When done right that stuff is the bomb.