The Blue Box Blues

What to do when your roommates are enjoying a more lively social life than you and leave you home alone to fend for yourself in the frigid cold NE weather? Well, there is nothing more satisfying than eating one of my favorite foods... Kraft Macaroni & Cheese -- Spiral Edition.

As a child, I enjoyed this fine cuisine in many forms: Spirals, shapes, shells, and "The Cheesiest" original. I remember fighting with Bear as to who got to lick the cheese packet after it was emptied into the pan for cheese sauce. I am not sure if anyone else feels this way, but each type of KM&C tastes different. I like shapes the best. There is something about eating Rugrats or Spiderman or Spongebob that tastes SO good. I think the cheese is the same in all the different boxes, so I am not really sure what makes them all taste different.

My favorite part about eating Mac-n-Cheese is the cheese. When I make it for myself I always add extra milk so it is like eating soup. Nothing like slurping up the extra cheese sauce. Thinking about it makes my mouth water. As I got older I started experimenting with different Mac-n-Cheese combos. Broccoli, chicken, hotdogs, hamburger, onions... When I cook I like to combine many foods I like into one big ole creation that I like to call an Awesoombley.

Last night my blue box blues called for a box o spirals and two Essem hotdogs (MamaBear swears these are the best dogs in town... But I like to think us Barkers are). Instead of just making it the old fashioned way, I decided to make a big girl baked mac-n-cheese dish. I cooked the 'ronis and grilled the dogs and combined then in Foxy's baking dish pan thing. I made the cheese sauce a little more saucy than usual and graciously poured it over the dogs and roni. I topped it off with bread crumbs, parmesean cheese, and melted butter and put in oven to cook to perfection. (hot sauce on side)

I enjoyed my fine cuisine while I Kept up With the Kardashians with a nice cold can of seltzer. I had a few impressive burps and if BrotherBear was there, he would have most definitely scored them all in the 7-10 range. I think I may have even scared Bayleigh with one of them.

Post-dinner, I relaxed in a bubble bath c/o my cousin's Christmas present to me from LUSH. Back in the day, the word lush had double meaning to me--drinks and soaps. Now, I have grown up and the only lush in my life is my amazing collection of soaps and bath fizzes.