Baked Mac and Cheese - A side dish?

[Brooks_]

actually thinking about doing a cranberry and walnut stuffing this year.

The nuts are fine (I use pecans sometimes), skip the cranberries though - it's just weird.

 

[TXchickmum]

The nuts are fine (I use pecans sometimes), skip the cranberries though - it's just weird.

I'd seen a recipe that called for them, and it sounded good. I do think the texture might be weird, though. -probably will just stick to the cranberry compote and leave them out of the stuffing!

 

[TJAnonymous]

Growing up, Mom baked homemade mac-n-cheese as "the meat", and had a lot of fresh garden vegetables to accompany it. When I married, I duplicated this meal for the new hubby. The first thing out of his mouth after sitting down to the table was, "where's the meat"? For the last nearly 32 years, mac-n-cheese has been a side dish to accompany "the meat". -make it around here with real butter, cream, grated cheddar and Gruyere, and sometimes a tad bit of sour cream.

...and as for stuffing, I've never stuffed a bird. -always made cornbread dressing from an old family recipe. -actually thinking about doing a cranberry and walnut stuffing this year.

My DH would respond the same way....

 

[ShrekDawg]

I'd seen a recipe that called for them, and it sounded good. I do think the texture might be weird, though. -probably will just stick to the cranberry compote and leave them out of the stuffing!

It’s amazing with cranberries! We always do it with cranberries here lol cranberries are a staple here lol

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

The kale offsets the liver destruction from the rum.

I do not think that that's how cell replacement works, Miami.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

I bake spaghetti after making it on the stovetop. It bakes just fine.

Colt.
No.

But it is delicious lol

DAWG.
NO.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Here in VA, we consider mac and cheese a side dish. I was just shown a M-F menu with today's meal being baked mac and cheese. Nothing else. Just mac.

Now I rarely refer to mac as baked, because that's the only kind we do around here. However, I still wouldn't fix just mac for supper. If I cooked Sunday supper at Mother Overo's house, and I just cooked mac.... everyone would be like ".??????."

What say you? Is mac a side dish or a meal?
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Now how am I supposed to work with this?
Mare, my lady, I feel betrayed.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

I do not think that that's how cell replacement works, Miami.

Free radicals are molecules that can damage your cells and cause problems, including liver disease. Substances called antioxidants can help get rid of them. Leafy greens like spinach, kale, and collards are loaded with antioxidants. They're also packed with fiber, and other things your liver needs. According to the data.

I follow the science.❤

 

[ColtHandorf]

That's a lot different lol. I bake spaghetti too.

At the risk of declaring war with Italy...it's all pasta.

Colt.
No.

Mmmmm, yes.

 

[Isadora]

Free radicals are molecules that can damage your cells and cause problems, including liver disease. Substances called antioxidants can help get rid of them. Leafy greens like spinach, kale, and collards are loaded with antioxidants. They're also packed with fiber, and other things your liver needs. According to the data.

I follow the science.❤

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What about oxalates?
I would rather not have a kidney stone. I avoid dark green veg for that reason.