Comments on: Mac & Processed Cheese Spread http://wannabe.aviewofthewoods.com/2007/08/23/mac-processed-cheese-spread/ Changing my mind more often than I change my son's diaper Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:17:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Web http://wannabe.aviewofthewoods.com/2007/08/23/mac-processed-cheese-spread/#comment-476 Web Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:21:19 +0000 http://wannabe.aviewofthewoods.com/2007/08/23/mac-processed-cheese-spread/#comment-476 Wow these blogs go on and on. Time to get back on track. Will comment later on this. You really should think about writing for a magazine or newpaper. You could start your own column. Wow these blogs go on and on. Time to get back on track. Will comment later on this. You really should think about writing for a magazine or newpaper. You could start your own column.

]]> By: Shawna http://wannabe.aviewofthewoods.com/2007/08/23/mac-processed-cheese-spread/#comment-236 Shawna Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:34:25 +0000 http://wannabe.aviewofthewoods.com/2007/08/23/mac-processed-cheese-spread/#comment-236 I am a registered dietitian and tell my clients about lean gourmet meals all the time. Chefs do not need to add those things like you mention because it has already been added to the pasta. Even the pasta chef's use have been enriched this is because when they make pasta they take out the endosperm and the good stuff for you part of the grain so they attempt to add it back which is better than no attempt at all. Sure whole wheat pasta would be better because they leave the endosperm there but for 99 cents I eat Lean Gourmet all the time and recommend anyone who is trying to lose weight who wants something fast and prepackaged to purchase. Most meals are balanced including noodles, meat, vegetables and more for under a buck. They are calorie controled and it does not matter what you eat if you want to lose weight you have to cut calories and if lean gourmet is how you do it then good for you! I am a registered dietitian and tell my clients about lean gourmet meals all the time. Chefs do not need to add those things like you mention because it has already been added to the pasta. Even the pasta chef’s use have been enriched this is because when they make pasta they take out the endosperm and the good stuff for you part of the grain so they attempt to add it back which is better than no attempt at all. Sure whole wheat pasta would be better because they leave the endosperm there but for 99 cents I eat Lean Gourmet all the time and recommend anyone who is trying to lose weight who wants something fast and prepackaged to purchase. Most meals are balanced including noodles, meat, vegetables and more for under a buck. They are calorie controled and it does not matter what you eat if you want to lose weight you have to cut calories and if lean gourmet is how you do it then good for you!

]]> By: Eryk http://wannabe.aviewofthewoods.com/2007/08/23/mac-processed-cheese-spread/#comment-107 Eryk Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:12:04 +0000 http://wannabe.aviewofthewoods.com/2007/08/23/mac-processed-cheese-spread/#comment-107 It sounds to me like you've fallen prey to the common misconception that processed, pre-packaged food is less expensive than home-cooked food. This is not true at all. Consider this: home-made mac and cheese can be made by simply combining macaroni ($1.19 for 16 ounces), milk (1.49 for a quart), cheddar cheese ($2.49 for 16 ounces), and half a stick of butter (1.69 for 16 ounces). We'll only be using half of the butter so it's really only 85 cents with half left over for another batch. Melt the cheese, combine the ingrediants and bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Voila! Home-made mac and cheese! Total effort on your part is a trip to the grocery store (which would have to be made anyway for the frozen meals) and about 10 minutes of preperation and clean-up in the kitchen. Total cost is $6.02 (excluding left over butter) but 16 ounces of uncooked macaroni makes 48 ounces of cooked macaroni. One box of Lean Gourmet Mac and Cheese is 8 ounces, so our 48 ounces of mac and cheese will make at least 6 servings, considering the other ingredients added. $6.02 divided by 6 is approximately $1.00 per serving. A penny more right? Wrong. The prices I listed are Albertsons prices. The same ingrediants could be had for less at a store like WinCo and even less if coupons are used or a sale is happening. It's not unreasonable to think that an 8 ounce serving of home-made mac and cheese could cost 80 cents or less! You'll find that it's the same for most foods found in the freezer aisle and many canned foods as well. The ONLY reason to buy these foods is for convenience. But just like buying candy at a convenience store, you actually pay MORE for them! Food for thought. It sounds to me like you’ve fallen prey to the common misconception that processed, pre-packaged food is less expensive than home-cooked food. This is not true at all. Consider this: home-made mac and cheese can be made by simply combining macaroni ($1.19 for 16 ounces), milk (1.49 for a quart), cheddar cheese ($2.49 for 16 ounces), and half a stick of butter (1.69 for 16 ounces). We’ll only be using half of the butter so it’s really only 85 cents with half left over for another batch. Melt the cheese, combine the ingrediants and bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Voila! Home-made mac and cheese! Total effort on your part is a trip to the grocery store (which would have to be made anyway for the frozen meals) and about 10 minutes of preperation and clean-up in the kitchen.

Total cost is $6.02 (excluding left over butter) but 16 ounces of uncooked macaroni makes 48 ounces of cooked macaroni. One box of Lean Gourmet Mac and Cheese is 8 ounces, so our 48 ounces of mac and cheese will make at least 6 servings, considering the other ingredients added. $6.02 divided by 6 is approximately $1.00 per serving. A penny more right? Wrong. The prices I listed are Albertsons prices. The same ingrediants could be had for less at a store like WinCo and even less if coupons are used or a sale is happening. It’s not unreasonable to think that an 8 ounce serving of home-made mac and cheese could cost 80 cents or less! You’ll find that it’s the same for most foods found in the freezer aisle and many canned foods as well. The ONLY reason to buy these foods is for convenience. But just like buying candy at a convenience store, you actually pay MORE for them! Food for thought.

]]> By: Crystal http://wannabe.aviewofthewoods.com/2007/08/23/mac-processed-cheese-spread/#comment-106 Crystal Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:06:54 +0000 http://wannabe.aviewofthewoods.com/2007/08/23/mac-processed-cheese-spread/#comment-106 For people like me who cannot afford more than 99 cents for lunch they are definetly more than edible. I think if they put on the box "Edible" instead of "Gourmet" or "Chef Inspired" then it would make the people like me who depend on these processed cheese spread lunches feel like they are eating crap. Why not leave the "Gourmet" alone a let us feel like we are eating something descent. For people like me who cannot afford more than 99 cents for lunch they are definetly more than edible. I think if they put on the box “Edible” instead of “Gourmet” or “Chef Inspired” then it would make the people like me who depend on these processed cheese spread lunches feel like they are eating crap. Why not leave the “Gourmet” alone a let us feel like we are eating something descent.

]]> By: sonia http://wannabe.aviewofthewoods.com/2007/08/23/mac-processed-cheese-spread/#comment-46 sonia Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:46:00 +0000 http://wannabe.aviewofthewoods.com/2007/08/23/mac-processed-cheese-spread/#comment-46 funny. funny.

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