Loaded Mac & Cheese

What is it?

Elbow macaroni sits in a rich cheese sauce, with bacon pieces through it and a golden crumb topping. Packaged as a 400 g frozen meal, it’s designed for the microwave or oven, depending on how much colour you want on the crumb. The pasta is the usual small tubular kind, so the sauce gets into the centre and clings to the outside too. Within On The Menu’s frozen range, it sits alongside other heat-and-eat meals rather than the brand’s simpler sides. Compared with plain mac and cheese, this version adds bacon for salt and bite, plus a topping that can turn crisp at the edges if heated a little longer.