Mac and cheese study reveals Canada's social inequality

[Carlawarla 1]

Interesting article. KD is not the same as Mac & Cheese however. Different cheese mixes make KD unique. Many people have powdered milk in their homes..or so I thought. It can help stretch regular milk, I use it in some bread machine recipes where it specifically calls for it. I've NEVER used milk in KD. I don't like milky KD! A little bit of margarine, or butter, is enough to moisten it for the cheese.

Another very interesting piece of this article is the whole term KD. KD is unique to Kraft Dinner. It's not generic macaroni and cheese. This article frequently refers to "KD". I've never known any lower income families that bought KD. It was, and is too expensive.

I also know personally hundreds of people that have used the food bank, and they've never ever critiqued the food from the food bank. They are thankful for anything they're given.

[brown_eyes 0]

First of all... this thread is making me hungry.

It is sad that it really is more expensive to eat healthy. My partner is from a very poor region of the US and he talks about this all the time and how folks down there really don't know any other way but to eat unhealthy foods. It turns into generations and generations of poor quality nutrition stacked upon health problems.

[SpiritAlight 1]

And poor nutrition inhibits not just physical health, but mental health and brain power.

[skykate 0]

I don't know about buying it now because people are broke/right befor payday... we took a trip up to manitoba a few weeks ago a small town north of winnipeg and the sobeys there was charging 1.48 a box WOW ....I asked the manager if they were putting gold specks in there now and told him someone should call crime stoppers that it is robbery what they are charging.

[MrsCat 6]

I don't know about buying it now because people are broke/right befor payday... we took a trip up to manitoba a few weeks ago a small town north of winnipeg and the sobeys there was charging 1.48 a box WOW ....I asked the manager if they were putting gold specks in there now and told him someone should call crime stoppers that it is robbery what they are charging.

good on ya!

[Reba 2]

I've got some homemade mac n cheese baking in the oven right now I put bits of hotdog and cauliflower in it. Its very yummy

[Emancipation 2]

hmmmm haven't bought milk in a very long time, so i'm glad to know we're saving money by buying rice milk etc (i've seen it as cheap as 1$ a box here - on sale)..

You know it's true.. i remember reading an article about bread because it was so expensive - the food banks are just not getting donations of loaves of bread anymore so they are rationing people on PEI to one loaf a month (per family)? we probably ate a loaf every 2-3 days when I was young (toast, sandwiches etc). HOW do these families survive?

We do okay with our food budget and next winter we are going to sign up for share in a garden co-op... you buy a share (it will be split with another couple here w/out kiddies) and they bring you fresh veggies all summer long.. that sounds like a beautiful idea to me

[Reba 2]

We make our own bread. Its a lot cheaper, and a lot yummier

[KarenCee 3]

We make our own bread. Its a lot cheaper, and a lot yummier

Yep...that's what we do too. I go a step further and grind my own wheat. I get teased about it (was called a hippie - hehehe) but I don't care. It's the best tasting bread ever! Of course, it doesn't have preservatives in it so you have to eat it rather quickly...but it never lasts long around here anyway.

[Sprailenes 47]

We make our own bread. Its a lot cheaper, and a lot yummier

Yep...that's what we do too. I go a step further and grind my own wheat. I get teased about it (was called a hippie - hehehe) but I don't care. It's the best tasting bread ever! Of course, it doesn't have preservatives in it so you have to eat it rather quickly...but it never lasts long around here anyway.

US TOO! Well my husband does it all, he's the bread king, my bread kind of turns out more like a deadly weapon, its hard as a rock.

[Marilyn. 340]

I would love to make bread more often.. homemade bread is the best but I just never get around to it...

[Reba 2]

Its real easy in the machine. Just toss in the ingredients, walk away for 3 hours and 15 minutes and BEEP you have bread!

[Sprailenes 47]

Thats what we do, use the machine. The machine is great. The first time I tried it, I left the paddle in though.

[Marilyn. 340]

Its real easy in the machine. Just toss in the ingredients, walk away for 3 hours and 15 minutes and BEEP you have bread!

yeah but I don't really like the texture of the bread after I bake it in my machine (I think it might be my machine though, the cycle is too long I think...).. so i usually just make the dough in the machine and then pop it into a pan and let it rise and bake in the oven... I think the bread comes out more fluffy if you bake it in the oven...

[PlatyPius 5]

It took me 10 years or so to figure out what the hell "Kraft Dinner" was..... lol