Pasta Leonardo Macaroni & Cheese Dinner

Price: 25¢
Additives: 4 Tbps. butter, 1/3 cup 2% milk
Synopsis: Absolutely dreamy

To be honest, I had a completely different mac & cheese lined up for this week. But then, I noticed Pasta Leonardo in the supermarket. I didn't know about Pasta Leonardo. Having just reviewed Pasta Louigi and found it to be less than desirable, I thought I'd give brother Leo a try and see if he could do any better.

Ladies and gents, Pasta Leonardo is spectacular.

The sauce. Oh, the sauce. This is good mac & cheese sauce my friend. Part of this, I believe, has to do with the 1/3 cup of milk as opposed to the usual 1/4 cup. Pasta Leonardo's sauce is "saucier" without seeming milky or diluted. The term on the box is "cheezier," which means nothing because every grocery product containing cheese claims to be "cheezier" or maybe even "cheesier," if it dares claim to contain actual cheese.

These days, I'm not sure if the "Z" in "cheeze" is just cool factor for the kidz, like the corporations are trying to market to the AIM set, or if it means that the cheese is fake, so they have to spell it differently a la Cheez Whiz.

But I digress.

The texture and consistency of Pasta Leonardo is damn near everything I want in a macaroni & cheese dinner. The flavor, however, is a bit bland, which is OK because this is comfort food after all. And it's doubly OK because of the last step in the instructions:

"Season to taste."

Yes.