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What Happens to Leftover Mac ‘n’ Cheese?

Posted on 08/02/2011 by Backpacking Dad

I made blue box mac ‘n’ cheese for “dinner” tonight. I tossed some frozen shelled edamame into the water with the cooking “noodles”, because adding edamame tricks somebody into thinking that this is healthy. I think the somebody being tricked is me.

My kids don’t eat a whole box of mac ‘n’ cheese, and Emily doesn’t help much. And what is leftover isn’t quite enough to feed both the kids at another meal time. So what happens to the leftover mac ‘n’ cheese?

Do I:

1) Put it into a container and refrigerate it anyway, in case I want to give it to one of the kids, while I make something else for the other?

2) Toss it in the trash?

3) Stand over the sink with the pot in one hand and the serving spoon in the other, shoveling the orange mess into my mouth so it “doesn’t go to waste”?

Oh my god.

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18 thoughts on “What Happens to Leftover Mac ‘n’ Cheese?”

  1. Sandi says:
    08/02/2011 at 10:11 PM

    If it's my house it's option #3 >.<

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      08/02/2011 at 10:15 PM

      It has no calories if you eat it over the sink.

  2. BloggerFather says:
    08/02/2011 at 10:33 PM

    You can always throw it into the garbage disposal. Funny thing about M&C, it's exactly the right size to clog the disposal and flood your kitchen.
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    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      08/02/2011 at 10:40 PM

      See? That's why you have to eat it.

  3. midgetinvasion says:
    08/02/2011 at 10:59 PM

    Have you ever tried leftover blue box mac n' cheese? It's pretty gross. By eating it, you're rescuing your family from the fate of having to eat it leftover. It's downright heroic.
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    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      08/02/2011 at 11:17 PM

      It IS heroic. Good point.

  4. Bee says:
    08/03/2011 at 4:42 AM

    Stouffers orange box mac n cheese — exactly the right amount for 2 kids and you won't have to either 1, 2 OR 3 'cause unless it's homemade it's gross and the kids won't eat homemade so it's a vicious cycle…

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      08/03/2011 at 9:12 AM

      Orange box? mac n cheese only comes in a blue box. You must be mistaken.

  5. karen says:
    08/03/2011 at 5:34 AM

    Always choose option #3. I never got the chance cause I had three kids and they ate it all. Unless I made two boxes……….

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      08/03/2011 at 9:13 AM

      No lie: I made two boxes last night, and #3 happened twice.

  6. Jen says:
    08/03/2011 at 6:53 AM

    I have so done that. haaaa

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      08/03/2011 at 9:14 AM

      It's just getting a start on washing the pot. Right?

  7. Margaret says:
    08/03/2011 at 9:27 AM

    I make a homemade version of mac'n'cheese in the oven that takes ALMOST as little effort as the box kind, and the leftovers are WAY yummier…

    although, come to think of it, I seem to be the only one who eats those leftovers too… Perhaps my high horse is just a fat horse…
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    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      08/03/2011 at 9:32 AM

      Even my low horse is a fat horse. Horses are fat.

  8. 3boys says:
    08/06/2011 at 11:58 PM

    A little late here. I buy those restaurant condiment containers at a wholesale store and put half the cheese powder in one and return it to the box with half the pasta. If it's not enough for them to eat then give them a portion of something else with it.

  9. Mrs4444 says:
    08/07/2011 at 9:32 PM

    3boys has a good idea, though I'm surprised three boys don't clean up on a single box of mac-n-cheese. Over here, we put the leftovers in the fridge and throw them out three days later.

  10. jennyjenjen says:
    08/09/2011 at 11:14 PM

    EAT IT ALL.

    Or, next time add butter before you serve it and it'll taste better as leftovers.

    Disclosure: I swore I would never eat that crap again after college, but now I just get the organic kind and call it a compromise.

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      08/09/2011 at 11:18 PM

      A deal with the devil…

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