Sneaky macaroni cheese review- TMX Cooking for your baby & Toddler

[judydawn]

This is a review of the above recipe from the annoyed thyroid May 18th 2013

I made it but left the lid off when I was heating the milk and flour mixture! It was a bit bland, (well, it was from a baby and toddler book) but with lots of seasoning it was quite tasty. Better cold the next day though!

[AussieMum2Boys]

This is on my to make list. Thanks for the review! Might add some of the vege stock for a lift?

[misskalypso]

I've made it twice now.  The first time I had no cauli, so I used broccoli instead, and it tasted quite nice with a bit of salt. 

Tonight I used cauli, and it was soooo bland.  My hubby wouldn't eat it!  My 1, 2 & 4 year olds all enjoyed it though (but they also enjoyed it with the broc).

Do you think you could add tuna or corn or anything else to it?

[judydawn]

That sounds a good idea to me misskalypso.  I haven't got the book yet so I don't know what ingredients are being used but is there enough sauce to take up the addition of some tuna?

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[*suzanne*]

definitely add tuna or chicken the problem I often found with baby and toddler cookbooks was the lack of flavour in recipes

[judydawn]

Tried this today for big kids who eat their vegies and like a bit more flavour (ie me and Mum  )

I did half the recipe which made 4 serves for us which included one each for the freezer.  I did add more milk in the sauce quantity (an extra 150g) though to cover for the extra addition of some diced chicken schnitzel which gave this dish a nice flavour hit each time a piece ended up in my mouth.  I left the vegies in chunks and when making the sauce I added 1/2 tsp garlic paste, 1 tsp vegie stock concentrate, a tblspn chopped parsley and some S & P went in when the chicken was added.

Thoroughly enjoyed this meal and it's open to variations with the vegies and flavour boosters.  A great way to hide vegies for those of you who have fussy kids but if they eat them then I feel the pureeing step is unnecessary.

There is a whole chicken schnitzel in there somewhere and believe me, it tasted better than it looks in my photo.  I'd never get a job photographing food  

[inthekitchen]

We enjoyed this.  I dished my macaroni mix into ramekins & topped them with breadcrumbs (that had some parmesan mixed in).  Drizzled with a bit of oil & baked until bubbling.  They definitely needed seasoning though.

[Tasty]

I actually quite liked this, with extra seasoning of course, and would happily make it again.

[finitey]

Made this dish for my 22 month old and he LOVED it!! I added the optional ham and will include peas next time just to add some visible vegetables. I couldn't believe how many vegetables went into this. I froze this for my son and if we were having it as a family meal I would definitely add seasoning as I think the dish was a little bland. Will also add slightly less flour next time as you could taste it in the dish. However it was still delicious and very well received by the son 😊 will be a regular for him!

[kmw]

Made this tonight for my 16 month daughter, who happily ate it. Agree it's a bit bland & will add flavourings next time, also won't purée the vegetables as much.  Plenty left over for the freezer & halving the recipe would have been plenty for us.