Twitter Absolutely Loses It Over This Crime Against Mac And Cheese
Macaroni and cheese is a sacred dish for many folks, which is why the latest attempt to make it “healthier” is being met with fire.
Last week, Twitter account @TheFitFood posted a video version of a 2015 PopSugar recipe for avocado mac and cheese. The hot dish features two whole avocados, lots of whole-wheat macaroni and relatively little cheese.
Low calorie mac and cheese 😍 😍 pic.twitter.com/j4HMY9xafC
— Healthy Food (@TheFitFood) August 18, 2017
Not only does the recipe involve heating up avocado ― which is basically a crime in itself ― but it calls for only goat cheese and low-fat mozzarella, with no mention of the usual cheddar.
Twitter couldn’t handle the defilement:
good morning to everyone except that horrifically evil avocado mac and cheese person
— Pixie Casey (@pixie_casey) August 20, 2017
It was the lack of cheese that got to me. Why use a shit ton of avocado but little to no cheese? Mac and cheese is supposed to be unhealthy
— ManicPixieDreamAlien (@funeral_fairy) August 20, 2017
This is me calling the police on that nasty avocado mac 'n cheese. pic.twitter.com/dBrGy6tmJk
— Race Woman 🍑 (@AFarray) August 20, 2017
Food magazine: I've made a delicious low calorie mac and cheese out of avocado, granola, and kale!
Me: pic.twitter.com/fPy1ARPoEe— lawprofblawg (@lawprofblawg) August 20, 2017
The world is difficult enough without some heartless asshole ruining both mac & cheese and avocado in a single dish.
— Lauren Abramo (@LaurenAbramo) August 20, 2017
Keep the pineapple off my pizza.
Keep the Avocado out of my mac n cheese.
And Stop putting fruit on my cheesecake.
*gets off soapbox*— SebastianTroy (@00MadHatter) August 21, 2017
today i feel like fighting nazis and people who use avocado as a substitute for cheese in mac n cheese
— stabby misandrist (@Girl_wonderX) August 20, 2017
I just witnessed avocado mac n cheese and now my day is ruined pic.twitter.com/vSBRMr2IXE
— Chelsea Nicole✨ (@_WhatTheChell_) August 20, 2017
To be fair, PopSugar isn’t the only one with an avocado mac and cheese recipe: Plenty of food bloggers have posted versions of it, as well as Allrecipes and, of course, the California Avocado Commission. The Kitchn suggests adding chopped avocado to boxed mac and cheese as an “upgrade.”
And it’s certainly not the first time people have attempted healthier takes on the classic dish. There are plenty of recipes for butternut squash mac and cheese floating around the web; “The Chew” calls it a viewer favorite.
We’ll keep our tricked-out macaroni recipes avo-free for now, thanks.
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