what “main”/protein to serve with mac and cheese

[Anonymous]

The answer is a couple buckets of good fried chicken. You do not have to make it. Just pick it up

[Anonymous]

BBQ pork, bbq brisket, or bbq chicken.

[Anonymous]

As a kid, fish sticks and Mac n’ cheese was a staple in our house.

[Anonymous]

Bacon cooked crispy and crumbled into and on top of the mac and cheese

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ham.

You can cut up.a ham steak and add the chunks to the mac and cheese before you bake it. I did this recently using a NYT recipe and it was great. Assuming the group eats and likes ham.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would check with your sister. Your husband would be wrong for my family. Kids would feast on Mac and cheese.

Yeah...

She mentioned teen boys.

Bring on the protein.

The mac n cheese is just an appetizer or snack.

Team husband on this one.

It would be absolutely patronizing to dismiss him on this one and tell him to defer to his sister. She will just scoff at him if he asks that mac n cheese is enough.

We aren't talking about your toddlers or a couple of teen girls on a perpetual diet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Just so you know, a 30 pack of chikfila chicken nuggets = a light lunch for teen boys who aren't particularly big eaters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Let me guess, you have one 5 year old girl.

Hahaha.

I had the same thought about that poster and the one who said to ask the sister in law because just the mac n cheese is enough for a feast

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a kid, fish sticks and Mac n’ cheese was a staple in our house.

She said "teen boys"

Fish sticks would be a light snack, not a meal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bacon cooked crispy and crumbled into and on top of the mac and cheese

That is not a protein for teen boys.

That is a garnish.