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Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings

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You can depend on this all-time favorite to satisfy everybody--as a side dish, or a main meal.

Stand-up pouch creates an easy way to cook and eat your meal; made from high-barrier foil, the pouch keeps your meal hot
Just mix contents with boiling water in the pouch provided--let stand, and serve
This entree's simple carbohydrates give you immediate energy, while the protein and complex carbohydrates offer sustained energy
Nutrition facts displayed here and on packaging may differ; information on packaging reflects actual contents
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Ingredients: enriched macaroni (durum semolina, niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), dehydrated cheddar cheese blend (cheddar cheese [milk, milk cuture, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto], cream, salt, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, yellow no. 5 and yellow no. 6), nonfat dry milk, modified corn starch, corn oil, salt, and spice. Allergens: wheat, milk, sulfites

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Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings Customer Reviews

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Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings

3.3

(based on 24 reviews)

65%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Easy to prepare (18)
Lightweight (14)
Flavorful (13)
Quick cook time (5)
Nutritious (3)

Cons

Unhealthy (6)
Lacks flavor (5)
Long cook time (4)

Best Uses

Backpacking (14)
Extended trips (6)
Weekend trips (6)
Car camping (4)

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- Avid adventurer (12), Casual/ recreational (7), Casual adventurer (3)
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Mar

2013

5.0

Best Freeze-dried meal

By shtinkypuppie

from Torrance, CA

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Flavorful
Nutritious

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Extended Trips
Weekend Trips

Comments about Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings:

Easily the best freeze-dried food out there. Tons of calories, high calories-per-weight, lots of fat and protein, and tastes good. Yes, it has a lot of salt, but what freeze-dried food doesn't? I use these just about every other night on long trips, and I can feel the 900 calories propelling me the next day.

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Jan

2013

4.0

Its pretty darn good

By Mountainman Sam

from Beulah, CO

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Flavorful
Quick Cook Time

Cons

Unhealthy

Best Uses

Backpacking
Extended Trips
Weekend Trips

Comments about Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings:

The Mac & cheese from mountain house is really quite good. It reminds me of cafeteria Mac which is a good thing in my book. Great calorie count for the trail and a pretty high amount of protein per serving. I wouldn't suggest eating this stuff all the time but for up in the mountains it's perfect. This is the only meal that I use the full 2 cups in preparing but I prefer my Mac to be on the creamy side so experiment with what you like. Make sure to drink water after you eat to help your body with digesting the dehydrated food. It needs it even when the food is rehydrated properly. I would say that unless you are a light eater to bring a pack per person to really fill you up after a long day on the trail. Great product.

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Jan

2013

5.0

Excellent and Delicious

By Dr Pivo

from Pennsylvania

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Flavorful
Lightweight
Quick Cook Time

Cons

Nothing Important

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Weekend Trips

Comments about Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings:

This stuff is really good. The sauce is cheesy. Some of the noodles didn't completely rehydrate and get completely soft, but I don't mind a few chewy noodles when the product overall tastes so good.

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Sep

2012

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Penicillin?

By BackToTheTao

from Richmond, VA

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Lightweight

Cons

Lacks Flavor
Unhealthy

Best Uses

Comments about Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings:

I had been a regular user of Mountain House foods and found them quite tasty. During a week long trip to the Adirondacks this past July, we decided to mix it up and bring entre flavors we hadn't yet tried. Mac n' Cheese sounded like a great comfort food until we ate it and were quickly hit with abdominal cramps and the need to use the "bathroom" for the better part of the day! I was trying to figure out why I felt so sick and in reading the ingredients on the Mac n' Cheese package found that it lists "natamycin" as a mold inhibitor. This is a topical anti-fungal medication. Want to know what else kills mold? Penicillin. I have an allergy to Penicillin and was not at all surprised to find the culprit of my abdominal discomfort to come from a medicinal "mold inhibitor".

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Jun

2012

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

HORRIBLE

By ski and sea

from Tahoe City, Ca.

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Comments about Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings:

Tastes like velveta cheese soup and crunchy noodles. And yes, I did cook it as directions stated.

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Feb

2012

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Terrible

By Random Guy From Somewhere

from Austin,TX

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Pros

Lightweight

Cons

Lacks Flavor
Long Cook Time
Tastes Nasty
Unhealthy

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings:

I love most of the Mountain House freeze-dried foods, but this one was gross. It took forever to make, then when it was done, there was too much sauce,(even though we used the amount of water it said on bag) was very unhealthy, and tasted terrible. No flavor, and if there WAS some flavor, it wasn't one you would want to eat. Save your money on this one, and insted I would buy either the Beef Stroganofe, (I'm a terrible speller) Chicken and Noodles, or the Chicken Teriaki.

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Jul

2011

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Gloppy, unsatisfying

By hsenior

from Portland, OR

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Pros

Easy To Prepare

Cons

Lacks Flavor
Too much sauce

Best Uses

NONE

Comments about Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings:

We took this on a trip with a variety of other foods, and it stood out as the absolute worst. Tasteless and way too much sauce.

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Jul

2011

5.0

better than atk mac n cheese

By fred bare

from Monroe, MI

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Pros

Creamy light and fluffy
Easy To Prepare

Cons

Absolutely None

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings:

Don't listen to the bad reviews on the mac. I've used several mountain house items over the past couple years and trust me when I say, this is the only one that is worthy of replacing your favorite home recipe. Sure, there are many other good MH dishes, but when I (who is not a mac n cheese fan, ask my wife) am only putting one review out here and only for the mac, you know it's gotta be good. Even if you don't like mac n cheese, you've gotta try this! Even if only for at home! You'll be like... WOW!

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Jul

2011

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Good stuff

By Whopper

from Washington, DC

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Flavorful
Quick Cook Time

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings:

I buy a lot of Mountain House meals for backpacking; this is another good one in their line. The noodles are nice and plump and the cheese coats them pretty well, particularly if you use a little less water than MH suggests (about 2 oz. less seems about right). Like most of their other products, one "two-serving" pouch is too little for two people but just right for one, though watch out for the sodium content--as I recall this one was particularly high in sodium, though you also get a lot of protein for muscle recovery.

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Apr

2011

4.0

Good alone and with extras

By Scoutmaster T55

from Iowa

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Flavorful
Lightweight
Nutritious

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Mountain House Macaroni and Cheese - 2 Servings:

We used it on a 50 mile backpacking trip and loved it. For variation, we added a foil pack of tuna to it. Plan to use it again when we're on Isle Royale this fall! It does need a bit longer cooking time.

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