Comments on: Eating Well On $1 A Day: Day 23 – Math Deficient, But Lucky

By: vix

vix — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:10:54 +0000

I can’t remember if you indulge this later, but you can bulk up cold pasta salad dishes with some of that bagged (or chopped) lettuce. You can get two servings of pasta salad out of one this way, though I make no guarantees as to how filling it is for you.

By: Coupon Crocodile

Coupon Crocodile — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:45:25 +0000

Once again, I realize your challenge is over but the cheese could be added to your oatmeal too. Or on a baked or mashed potato.

By: k

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:08:43 +0000

I sometimes use the cheese mix along with a little milk and mash potatoes with it. Also adding it to the water when boiling plain rice gives cheesy rice flavor just not too much. I usually use half the packet with the mac n cheese and save half to make my own later with any box of pasta I have on hand

By: David

David — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:21:03 +0000

This is a bit late, but when I was in college, we would use the macaroni and cheese like you did, to make it go farther (for some reason we could chow down a whole box of mac and cheese, but separated it would last for two meals). We would mix the cheese packet with some cream cheese (and my roommate would add mayo and pimientos) and use it as a cheese spread or dip. We would also add a few teaspoons to chicken-flavored ramen noodles, and it would make it so much better. You could probably add it to salsa and sour cream for a really good dip.

By: pepsibookcat

pepsibookcat — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:54:46 +0000

*crinkles nose* Not particularly thrilled with your bag of lettuce as a wise purchase. But, at the same time, by this point you were at a level of your experiment where you needed something pleasing for yourself even if it was impractical. So, I guess for an indulgence, this one was fairly harmless.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:43:38 +0000

Try mixing some of that cheese into plain oatmeal. Sounds gross, I know — but I frequently mix shredded cheddar cheese into plain-flavor oatmeal, along with some black pepper. Although the texture is completely different, it tastes like macaroni and cheese — with the added benefit of healthy oatmeal as the base.

By: LJ

LJ — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:43:10 +0000

Re: the cheese packet…

When I was in college, one of my roommates used to make mac&cheese with frozen veggies added to it (and sometimes tuna). I started doing that and realized that you definitely don’t need to use the entire cheese packet when you make ONE box. By only using a tsp or two at a time, you can stretch the packet and use it on plain pasta that you get for $1/box — many more meals for less money that way.

Granted, it isn’t the healthiest food in the world, but it cuts down on the sodium you’d get from using the WHOLE cheese packet at once each time you make mac&cheese.

By: Toby

Toby — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:44:33 +0000

Like Traci said you could use it as a seasoning, but what I do is use it almost like cheese.

If you have a bit of milk, mix it up with the mix and pour it over a piece of beef or something that you normally eat with cheese.

Use it with the bit of Turkey Breast you have left for a good quick lunch.

By: Traci

Traci — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:47:56 +0000

You can use your cheese mix over popcorn. My kids do that, but we also do hot sauce popcorn or caramel corn. But we use a stove top popper for healthy and CHEAPER popcorn. (Makes a difference when you pop your corn into a 20 quart bowl!)

By: jeffrey

jeffrey — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:58:55 +0000

@Toby – No, still have it sitting here. Any suggestions?