#Healthy substitute for mac and cheese mac#
These become more important when making homemade mac and cheese. So besides butter adding flavor it also does serve other purposes. Not saying that Annie’s is any better than Kraft, both of them probably taste better with butter or margarine in my opinion. Trader Joe’s Both these brand mac and cheeses suggest adding butter for a richer flavor.Other than that cooking directions are nearly identical. Listed as a suggestion for a richer flavor. As opposed to Kraft Annie’s gives an optional option for unsalted butter. The cooking instructions are very similar to other brands of macaroni and cheese. You may even find that some brands list butter as an optional ingredient.Īnnie’s homegrown for example includes six easy steps to making the brands boxed macaroni and cheese. Packaged or boxed macaroni and cheese doesn’t necessarily need butter. The rest is just mixing the ingredients together. It has little effect on the actual cooking part. Since butter is added after that is done. The only cooking involved in mac and cheese is boiling the noodles. Unlike baking foods which is more of an exact science. You may have run out of butter or are looking to make a slightly healthier macaroni and cheese.Įxcluding butter can lower the calorie count, by decreasing the amount of fat used. Although it does make a difference in taste, you can still have a creamy and delicious macaroni and cheese without butter. Does Mac and Cheese Need Butter?īutter is not included with packaged mac and cheese because of its short shelf life. Along with why butter should be used when making homemade mac and cheese.
You might want to know about substitutes for butter you can use. Macaroni and cheese requires dairy or non-dairy milk but butter is optional. As the butter is used only to add additional flavor. So I wondered if excluding the butter would ruin the mac and cheese? Maybe there was a substitute to use in place of the butter?īoxed mac and cheese can still be made without adding butter or margarine. I have before and that was after I already boiled the macaroni noodles. Before making mac and cheese you might realize you’re out of butter.