Mac and cheese
Mac and cheese
Box mac and cheese with jalapeno cream sauce, bacon and cilantro.
Cost per person: $1.30
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That's almost what my dinner is going to be: boxed mac with sliced up smoky links, extra cheddar, and chopped up yu choy (chinese broccoli).
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Yu choy is such an underappreciated vegetable in the US. It's usually very inexpensive, available at asian groceries all over, and stands in well for other greens. We use it as a 1/2 price (or cheaper) alternative to broccoli rabe in Italian dishes.
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available at asian groceries all over
I guess there's always something lost when moving from one place to another, but man... the scarcity of Asian groceries (from tiny shops to warehouse size places) around here is a serious, serious bummer.
The typical SE Asian selection at the local supermarket is laughably WASP-y in variety, and the prices are typically 5x-10x what I was spoilt with, back East.
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I agree with everything you said except using it in place of broccoli rabe, which has a delightfully bitter taste unlike either broccoli or yu choy. Broccoli rabe would overpower a mac & cheese dish, but yu choy feels just right.
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Why use boxed Mac and cheese as a base, though?
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Cheaper and far faster than making Mac and cheese from scratch is my bet.
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I dunno, I wouldn't think a cooking sub would consider making a mornay sauce and boiling some noodles to be a real heavy burden. As for the cost maybe? The cheese would be the most expensive component but I think it's probably worth the upgrade to go from powdered cheese to real cheese.
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Pass the tums, please
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Save some cilantro for the rest of us.
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Get your own.
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I need a shadier area. It bolts before it gets bushy because of how hot it gets here.
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to add some variety i like to stir in some hot sauce or BBQ sauce or even some chili-p to give the mac a little zing!
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My GERD spontaneously combusted just looking at this picture.