what “main”/protein to serve with mac and cheese
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Anonymous
| If you go to the bother of making meat. Just skip the mac. Their loss. Greedy kids. Cheese is a proten. They will get full. Toads. |
Anonymous
| 08:36 again. Or a can of spam. Or a pack of bologna. |
Anonymous
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We don't often make protein with mac and cheese, but when we do it's either crockpot bbq chicken (2 lbs of chicken, bbq sauce, and a little maple syrup, cider cinegar, chipotle in adobo, garlic, and onion - on high for about 4 hours then low for a few more...you often need to add sauce. I like when it starts to get browned on the top edges.)
I have also been known to get a 30 pack of chicken nuggets from ChikFilA (you might do 30 + 12 or 30 x 2 depending on how much everyone eats). I serve with a huge salad. |
Anonymous
| I would check with your sister. Your husband would be wrong for my family. Kids would feast on Mac and cheese. |
Anonymous
| OP here. Thanks for so many good ideas. I’ll plan to make meatloaf or bbq pulled chicken- both will make for good lunch leftovers if it turns out everyone is happy with just mac and cheese. Thank you for the speedy replies! |
Anonymous
Let me guess, you have one 5 year old girl. |
Anonymous
This is what we do! Or mac n cheese is lunch all by itself. |
Anonymous
| You might as well go full basic and do hotdogs. |
Anonymous
| I would do ham with leftovers available for sandwiches. |
Anonymous
| We do steak kabobs with bell peppers and onions. |
Anonymous
Ketchup on it all! |
Anonymous
Yes, this is good and as PP said, can be done ahead so easily. |
Anonymous
| BBQ meatballs and Mac and cheese we always pair together. |
Anonymous
| I usually do bbq chicken or grilled chicken sausages |
Anonymous
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Bbq pork.
Or smoked brisket. Over wood like a real man would do it, not the fake yuppie smokers. |