I know I'm a little late for dinner here, but I would go with MAIN.

.....Kelly :)

Side.

Maybe it's cause I'm still in college and I eat cheap food, but I'm going with MAIN DISH!

It depends - was that the first thing you picked off the menu, or did you take awhile to decide on that?;)

And if there's so much cheese on it, that you need bread to soak it up, and you're drinking a hard cider with it, what does that make it?

I always considered it a main dish but my ex-husband considered it a side. I still eat it as a main dish, especially at work for lunch.

(ETA: Fights over such things can lead to divorce, hence the ex-husband designation!!!!!!!!) ;)

It's a main dish when the hubby is in the field or deployed. It's a side when he's at home, although, truthfully, that doesn't happen because we don't tend to eat mac-n-cheese when he's home. We usually stick to a protein and a veggie. And by veggie, I do mean something green. I had to chuckle about the Luby's or Cracker Barrel menus that list mac-n-cheese as a veggie. :p

To me it is a main dish. It has enough protein and calories to be one. Besides, I'm vegetarian.

what if you cut up some hot-dogs to throw in there?

A heart attack waiting to happen? Not like that's ever happened to us. And by us, I mean me, naturally.

Well then it's not "just" mac and cheese, you're treading into casserole territory.

Good. It makes it good.

cool.

i made casserole (almost, i don't have one of those rectangles)

When I was little - main

Now, side - most often with a pork dish, somehow cheesy noodles just go well with pork tenderloin. MMH Good!!

Vote early and often...
 

side dish

Well, it makes me hungry, if that helps!
:rolleyes:

If I order mac and cheese this weekend it's your fault cuteASAbug!:)

I'll make sure you do. If you don't, then I will.

From Scratch with real cheese --- Side
Blue Box --- Not worth serving or eating

Definitely a main dish. I would never go through all that trouble for a side dish.


..I'm definitely a student, eh?

But... but... it's the cheesiest! ;)

Exactly.

But sometimes it just hits the spot!

When I lived in Chile for three years, the only place I could get Kraft Mac&Cheese was from the American Embassy's commissary (yes, we could shop there). As much as I was craving it, I couldn't see spending $5 a box on it. When my mom came to visit, she brought me some in her suitcase. :D

No, it doesn't. Not ever! :p

I'm still recovering from my years as an Air Force brat - the blue box mac and cheese with Spam is PX friendly kinda meal. Blech!:p

The very first day I had home-ec, the teacher asked if anyone knew how to make Macaroni & cheese. A lot of us raised our hands, and then she said, "Without the box" and I was the only one with my hand still up. She asked, "so how do you do it?" I answered, "first you make a white sauce..." and the teacher was so shocked that I knew how to make a white sauce that I already had an A by the end of the day.

In answer to the poll: both, but mostly as a side.

Southern Living has fabulous mac & cheese recipes. I vote Main meal b/c that's how I grew up, that with a side salad and dinner was done.

So, what is the tally?

This reminds me of our deep fried mac n' cheese nuggets (with fries!) that we serve at the bar I work at. It's a "pub and grille," but don't let that fool you. It's really just a bar that sells food.

side dish

Sounds like a tasty case of high cholesterol.

If it's Kraft just say no. If it's Velveeta gimme more.

I vote main because when I have had it as a side it seemed strange.

Even my kids don't like the blue box one anymore. My daughter likes the Velveeta shells with broccoli. It took a while, but I have convinced her that there's not enough broccoli in there to count as a veggie.

Kraft = no
Velveeta = yes
Velveeta with steamed broccoli = hell yes

tld221 won by a landslide

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That is macaroni and cheese.

Mmm this thread made me crave some of my tuna casserole.

So I took out the blue box and had it as a MAIN dish!! lol