I am considering entering Tillamook’s Mac & Cheese contest, although the fact that I’m not a mac & cheese fan could pose a problem. Andrew loves it.  I mean really really loves it.  So, of course, I feel as if the challenge here is not to win $5,000, but to a make a mac & cheese that will make my spouse’s heart leap for joy (if not for carb-y, fatty overload).

Looking at the previous winners, I feel as if I could hold my own.  There’s only one that combines the flavors of apples and cheddar but he just uses apple cider.  I love apples and cheddar together, so that’s the road I’ll likely go down (if I go down it at all).  I’m definitely going to go vegetarian, too.  No meat.  Mac & cheese really ought to be a dish my non-meat-eating friends can enjoy.

I’m off to ponder the potential and possibility of “stuffed” mac & cheese.  And also the omission of the ampersand for the word “and.”