Adding mayonnaise to my mac and cheese

That's a neat idea. I'm not really a fan of the powdered cheese either and I like the velveeta mac and cheese and it has an actual cheese in a package that's creamy. I don't think you have to add milk to it either. When you use the box kind do you add the milk? ONe time I forgot to and it tasted awful lol. My dad does most of the cooking at our house but sometimes I make my own hot lunches. Nothing fancy, just something to get me through the day. What I love to have is a packet of Ramen and then take a few of the Little Smokies sausages and put them in the soup. I haven't had that in a while because I'm the only one that eats the little smokies and they always go bad before I have the chance to eat them all.

With boxed mac and cheese I like to add more cheese! Either shredded or sliced cheese will work and of course spices or seasonings added helps. Most boxed foods in general need to be doctored up, but at least you have the basics.

I don't buy boxed macaroni and cheese any more, but the mayonnaise sounds good. I make it from a generic Velveeta that comes in a box and I think it's as cheap or cheaper but it's hard to do the math. Anyway, I think I'm going to try putting some mayonnaise in it next time. I like to make mac and cheese with sausage mixed in it.

Hi PQ, Yes, I always add to prepared foods to make them a bit more like a real meal. I actually used to make this thing with the boxed mac & cheese where you added stewed tomatoes and tuna...sounds gross but it was amazing. I'll have to try the mayo. It sounds really weird but sometimes those are the best ones and I'm pretty open to trying new things. I also will take canned spagettios and add ground beef, onion and pepper to liven it up a bit. I don't eat these kind of foods often but when I do...I definitly have to play around with them.

Why not just make mac 'n' cheese from scratch? It is easy to do, and it is fairly inexpensive to do so. I don't generally buy heavily processed foods. I can't even remember the last time I bought a box of Annie's mac 'n' cheese--one of the few decent boxed mac 'n' cheeses out there. When I did use to buy that, I would add in things such as frozen peas, tuna and carrots to it.

For some reason cheese and mayo is disgusting for me, it's nothing personal just my own preference. I couldn't understand how someone could eat a cheeseburger from BK with mayo on it, it was so gross to me. But I did eat one of those a few months ago and found it to be OK. I'm not sure I could do it with mac and cheese but perhaps some kinds of other flavorings. I rarely make it though, and usually if I eat it it is just plain and it's fine with me.

I had not heard of that, but I see where it could be really good. We do not do pasta because of hubby, but I do use other convenience foods. I keep lots of herbs and spices on hand. Salsa is a big mainstay for me. I have heard of people adding ranch dressing to their mac and cheese. I like to chop onions, or peppers, or garlic or all three into things. I buy bacon bits in bulk and they are good added to stuff.

steven doesn't like tomatoes so I add onion and put put catchup on my plate and mix it up. For hamburger helper I always add green pepper and hot pepper to it.

I used to cut up bacon, fry it up, and put it in my KD for a change. I used the bacon fat instead of the margarine called for in the package directions. It made it more tasty.

I'm not really fond of boxed stuff since we make our dishes from scratch where I come from. But I think adding mayonnaise to your food is like adding eggs. I know for a fact that scrambled eggs are far better when adding mayonnaise. hehe.. But if I had to add something to mac and cheese to make it cheesier, I'd probably go for cheese instead of mayo. Have a great mylot experience ahead!

I sometimes will put alittle shredded sharp cheddar cheese in my mac and cheese. I also will put alittle cream cheese in it if I have alittle left and need to use it up. Gives it a richer flavor. We used to eat some hamburger helper at times and my daughter would add some peas or more noodles. We don't eat that anymore and not any other boxes of stuff. I try to eat frozen or fresh. I am getting with my daughter and teaching her how to make goulash and vegetable soup with such things as brocoll, cauliflower and cabbage. Good food! You should try some too. I bet your tummy would hurt at all. I will send you recipes if you want.

I understand what you mean by flavor enhancement. Years ago, I started adding mayo to my mashed potatoes now and then and it really "amps up" the flavor in a way that's hard to describe. Can't say if any particular brand of mayo was better than another, but I do know that low fat or fat free just didn't do the trick. I realize that this may sound a bit like taking a hammer to the heart, but I don't have mashed potatoes that often---less than once a month, actually. Therefore, it's a treat, not a staple. And for mac and cheese, I like to add chunks of bacon, but only occasionally. And again, it's not a regular thing. I only buy bacon three times a year, at most, using it only as an added flavor enhancer. I wrap individual slices in freezer wrap and freeze it, somewhat as a safety feature for my bacon-lovin' self! That way, I'm less likely to have a haystack-sized pile next to my omelet. Ha!

I love canned goulash soup, its inexpensive and filling. What I do is adding such a lot of cayenne pepper that even I start crying as its sooooo nicely hot then. and one of my favorite breakfast meals for Saturday is a rinsed can of kidney beans nuked in the microwave with a small packet of bacon bits and of course looooots of cayenne powder in it. he he he

I don't often eat boxed foods,but who can tell me what's the meaning of "mac"?

I don't like mayonnaise .because I'm an east man.