skip to main content

Annie's Homegrown Shells & White Cheddar Family Size -- 10.5 oz


Annie's Homegrown Shells & White Cheddar Family Size
  • Our price: $4.19

  • +
    Minimum 2

Added to My List as a guest.

Your guest list will be saved temporarily during your shopping session.

Sign in to add items to your saved list(s).

1 item added to your list

Annie's Homegrown Shells & White Cheddar Family Size -- 10.5 oz

Oops! Something went wrong and we were unable to process your request. Please try again.

Annie's Homegrown Shells & White Cheddar Family Size Description

  • Macaroni & Cheese
  • Made With Real Cheese
  • Made with Goodness!
  • No artificial Flavors, Snythetic Colors or Preservatives
  • 10g Protein
  • Cheese From Cows not Treated with rBST

Introduced back in 1989, Annie’s Shells & White Cheddar is our original and best selling product. Annie created Shells & Cheddar (as we call it here) in her kitchen when she realized there was no all-natural, white cheddar macaroni & cheese on the market. She came up with a totally delicious product that is made with real white cheddar cheese and organic shell shaped pasta.


Directions

1) Boil: 6 cups water in a medium saucepan.
2) Stir in: pasta, bring to boil. Cook 8-10 minutes, or until done, stirring occasionally.
3) Drain Pasta: in colander. While pasta is draining...

4) Add: 3 tbsp lowfat milk to the warm saucepan. (Optional: Add 2 tbsp unsalted butter for richer flavor)

5) Sprinkle: Cheese over milk; stir to combine.

6) Add: Cooked pasta back to saucepan and stir well. Enjoy!

Free Of
Artificial Flavors, Synthetic Colors or Preservatives.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.


Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 2.5 oz (71 g)
Servings per Container: About 4
Amount Per Serving% Daily Value
Calories260
Calories from Fat40
Total Fat4.5 g7%
   Saturated Fat2.5 g12%
   Trans Fat0 g
Cholesterol10 mg4%
Sodium500 mg21%
Total Carbohydrate47 g16%
   Fiber2 g9%
   Sugars4 g
Protein10 g11%
Vitamin A02%
Vitamin C00%
Calcium010%
Iron04%
Thiamin010%
Folic Acid010%
Other Ingredients: ORGANIC PASTA (ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR) DRIED CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, NON-ANIMAL ENZYMES), WHEY, BUTTER, NONFAT MILK, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SILICON DIOXIDE (FOR ANTICAKING).
Warnings

Contains Wheat and Milk.

Made on shared equipment that also processes egg ingredients.

The product you receive may contain additional details or differ from what is shown on this page, or the product may have additional information revealed by partially peeling back the label. We recommend you reference the complete information included with your product before consumption and do not rely solely on the details shown on this page. For more information, please see our full disclaimer.
View printable version Print Page

What to Do When Your Child is a Picky Eater

Picky eaters are the bane of parenting. We've all had one. Anyone who tells you they haven’t is either lying or delusional from the trauma of trying to feed a child that only eats “white” food for three months straight. But discerning between general childhood stubbornness and detrimental eating habits can be confusing at a minimum. 

Boy Who is a Picky Eater Staring Grumpily at Bowl of Pasta on Table | Vitacost.com/blog

Why does it happen?

Despite what the elders may say, there very much were picky eaters back in their day. Though our social and parental approach to the issue was vastly different. Luckily, we have since learned that these kids aren’t just spoiled brats who want to skip eating their lima beans and go straight to hot fudge sundaes. Rather, there can be a couple legitimate developmental things at play here.

First of all, there are specific points in physical development that biologically program children to avoid unfamiliar foods. When toddlers start walking and are able to stray from their mother’s immediate sight, they are more at risk for eating something they shouldn’t because, as we all know, toddlers put everything and anything in their mouths.  In this way, food aversion is actually a protective instinct and typically something they grow out of as they continue to be introduced to foods at home.

For some older kids, it’s as simple as not having been exposed to different types of foods. Introducing many types of foods to your kids starting at a young age can help shape their palate. Certain flavors and textures are more common in some cultures than others. What’s a staple ingredient or spice for one family can be a total red flag for a child from another family. Because of these vast differences, it’s important to avoid getting angry or forcing kids from other families to eat something you are serving.

And then, there’s no denying that sometimes it’s a straight up power struggle. 

Additionally, there are higher reported rates of food selectivity in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders and sensory processing disorders[1]. For these children, specific food aversions are often based on temperature, texture, smell or color.

What can you do?

Instead of fighting, begging, threatening, and bargaining, which we all know we typically lose, if you’re faced with what can be affectionately referred to as a “spirited child” there are some sneaky ways around it.

For most kids the biggest aversion is vegetables or green foods. You can go with the old standby of hiding veggies in foods like smoothies, pastas sauces and breads. If that works, you’ve got it made. There are tons of recipes out there, entire books even, dedicated to this parental manipulation. Grab one of those and go to town.

Letting your head strong little one pick out a new food to try each time you go grocery shopping is a fantastic way to give them the autonomy they are so desperately fighting for. Make it a game by creating a bingo board to fill up or color in a rainbow for the younger ages. When it’s really about control, and not the actual food, making it a team effort or downright fun will ease the tension.

Another great approach, which is especially successful with the stubborn and independent set, is putting them in charge of mealtime. Of course, you need to set parameters because you don’t want to be eating donuts and pizza for dinner (or maybe you do, but that’s another issue), and the recipes should utilize age appropriate cooking methods. Given you have all of this covered, you may be pleasantly surprised at what they choose.

Picky eating score sheet

  • Dislike of 1-2 foods
  • Adverse to specific type of food (fruit/vegetable/etc)
  • Refusal to eat any of a specific type of food
  • Refusal to eat anything BUT one type of food
  • Dislike of foods of one color
  • Adverse to food of one color
  • Refusal of foods of one color
  • Refusal to eat anything BUT one color food
  • Dislike of one specific texture
  • Adverse to more than one texture
  • Refusal to eat one specific texture
  • Refusal to eat anything BUT one specific texture

Dislike = 1 pt  Adverse = 2 pt  Refusal = 3 pt

Scoring

3-7 pts Picky but manageable

8-12 pts Stubborn as a mule

13-18 pts Cause for concern; consult your pediatrician

When should you worry?

Most children do not starve themselves to malnutrition from their ridiculous picky eating. In all of the push and pull to get them to eat something, anything, you might not even notice that they’re eating a more balanced diet than you realized.

Keep a journal or log of what your child eats for a month. When you look at it on a weekly scale or monthly basis, more likely than not you’ll find that over the course of a week or two they are getting most of their nutritional needs met.

If you find a hard and fast pattern of your child eating less than five foods or only eating one type of texture or flavor, this may be a sign of a sensory processing disorder or part of a greater cluster of symptoms of autism spectrum disorder.

Trying to force a child with a sensory processing disorder can cause significant emotional trauma. Don’t do this, regardless of how helpless and frustrated you may find yourself. Consult your pediatrician and seek professional help. There are types of occupational and physical therapy that can help your child expand their diet and make progress toward better nutrition.

[1] Food selectivity and sensory sensitivity in children with ASD https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601920/

Vitacost is not responsible for the content provided in customer ratings and reviews. For more information, visit our Terms of Use.

Sign Up & Save

Get exclusive offers, free shipping events, expert health tips & more by signing up for our promotional emails.

  • Instant Online Service
  • 1-800-381-0759

    Monday-Friday 8am-9pm EST

    Saturday: 9:30am-6pm EST

    Sunday: Closed

Please enter a valid zip code
FLDC9
44530