Posted on 08/28/2009 5:39:22 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
(Why does the American version of this family favorite have more chemicals than the European variety?)
So, for a little light reading lately I've been perusing The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food Is Making Us Sick, by Robyn O'Brien. As you can probably surmise from the title, the book is filled with all kinds of frightening background and tidbits on the food that's on store shelves these days. One issue in particular struck a nerve with me ... not so much because it's my family's favorite ... but because it is one of America's favorite foods: mac n' cheese.
Would you believe that last year the good folks at Kraft decided (with a little consumer prompting) to remove artificial colorings, like yellow #5, and chemical sweeteners like aspartame, from the products that they distribute in Europe, Australia and other developed countries. But, it seems they haven't removed these chemicals and colorings from the mac n' cheese that they distribute in the U.S. Why? Because they didn't think we'd notice.
How infuriating!
I immediately hit the Web to learn more about this, and I found that blogger Joan Blades over at MomRising.org recently came to the same conclusion that I did. She's launching a letter-writing campaign to get the folks at Kraft to value the health of Americans as much as they do those in other countries. Here's an excerpt from her post:
"Join us in sending Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld a letter asking that Kraft value the health of our children as highly as they value the children in other countries. And please then share this email with friends and family so that they too can send a letter."
Macaroni and Cheese
1 8oz. box of elbow macaroni, cooked
and drained
1/4 stick butter
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated
Cook the pasta. Drain. While still hot, add the butter and the cheese. Stir.
Oh. My. God. It’s that easy?
Yeesh, these people...
We need a cheese czar in order to deal with the fumes being emitted from the congressional orifices largely causes by the consumption of pork and cheese. If we don’t deal with this issue the country will be destroyed shortly.
OMG!
Thank You!
No thats funny
Not rocket science, is it? That was the first dish I learned to “cook.” I also make it with a little milk added, and bake it for 20 minutes til the top browns. But if people want to eat macaroni and Neon-orange cheese food product, no skin off my nose.
Awe! That’s so cute!
I just watched a cooking show with some chef who is all things to all things Italian. *Rolleyes*
Pan
Olive Oil
Sliced Garlic
Saute.
About 4 cups chopped plum/Roma tomatoes. Add them; heat it through.
Meanwhile, cook your pasta, al dente (’to the tooth’...about 8 minutes) then add the pasta to the pan. Stir. Heat through.
Add a handful of chopped basil. Stir it.
Put it on a plate. Add some cheese if you want.
Eat it.
Rocket Science? LOL!
Stop buying Kraft Mac n Cheese.
The processed food crap ain’t good for you to begin with. Use real cheese and milk and butter and eat grown up mac n cheese.
I’ve known mnore than just a few poor folks in my day, and a cheap box of mac and cheese is one of your basic food groups.
I love you, Mom! You made cheap food F-U-N! (Hot Dog Octopus on top...)
NOT sweet Mac and Cheese
Next thing you tell me Campell Tomato Soup is unhealthy or Chicken Noodle
Stuff that I ate as a kid is bad for me
OMGGGGG I don’t know I could laugh on that photoshop
I am laughing
I can’t even decided is that very right or very wrong
And tastes a TON better than that powdered cheese crap.
It doesn’t bother me in the least. In fact, I’m SO cheap, I’ve bought ‘Store Brand’ Mac-n-Cheese. So far, no extra heads or strange blotches on any of my kids. ;)
However, I was SPOILED. I grew up dirt poor. We all lived with my Grandma & Grandpa while Mom worked and Dad was in his apprenticeships making 25-cents an hour, so we ate a lot of Free Government Cheese back in the day.
It made the best Mac-n-Cheese EVER. :)
“Stuff that I ate as a kid is bad for me...”
We’re all doomed. Didn’t you get the memo? ;)
Mac ‘n cheese. Ronaldus Magnus’ favorite dish, as I recall...
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