I don’t know how long it has been since I’ve had old school Mac & Cheese. I think I had a pack of Easy Mac once, maybe about 6 years ago. Before that, I’m positive I didn’t have a driver’s license yet. Mac & cheese had the perfect food equation Yellow powder + Noodles + Water = Yum! Who didn’t love that cornea-searing orange powder from a pouch!

Last summer, we were invited to Navasota to have lunch with my husband’s family (I think someone was having a birthday… perhaps Father’s Day, even). It would be pretty much his entire side of the family, so we were asked to bring a dish. My husband, on the phone, relayed to his mom that I said we would be bringing mac & cheese. I giggled because I knew the mental picture they were seeing. Mac & cheese… as in from-a-blue-box mac & cheese. [continue reading…]