Tomato Soup & Mac n\' Cheese

do you trust campbells soup? most people use the kraft mac and cheese that you make on stove. my son doesnt like this kind of food so i dont use.

Unfortunately I don't trust Campbell

Isn't Progresso a General Mills company too? I know they make a tomato soup.

Yes Progresso is a General Mills company. However they only had a chunky tomato soup that I could find. I did send them an email asking about their soups and to see if they did have a non-chunky soup.

If they only have a chunky and you trust it, just puree it.

I use Campbell's tomato soup w/ out a problem.

Please let me know what their response is...I have multiple Progresso Soups in my cabinet. I just haven't had a chance to contact them yet. I use their crushed tomatoes, but haven't used any soups.

I've used Campbell's Healthy Request tomato soup with no problems. It has less sodium than the regular kind.

progresso tomato basil - mmmmmhhh
luvmyboys

Here's a clone recipe for stouffer's frozen mac & cheese. Maybe you could take a day and make several and freeze them, then thaw them as you need them. I got this from the todd wilbur site.

Stouffer's mac & cheese

1 cup milk
5 teaspoons all purpose flour
2 cups (6 oz) shredded medium cheddar cheese
2 tsp margarine (butter)
1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp salt
1-3/4 cups cooked elbow macaroni (about 3/4 cup uncooked)

Whisk flour into skim milk in a small saucepan, then place it over med/low heat

Add shredded cheddar cheese, margarine, and salt and stir often with a spoon until cheese begins to melt. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes. Use a whisk to stir the sauce every couple of minutes so that it becomes smooth and thick.

While sauce thickens, prepare macaroni by dumping 3/4 cup uncooked elbow macaroni into rapidly boiling water. Boil for 8 minutes or until tender, and then strain. You should have at least 1-3/4 cups of cooked macaroni.

When cheese sauce has simmered for 30 minutes, pour pasta into a medium bowl. Gently stir in cheese sauce and then pour mixture into a loaf pan or casserole dish. Cover and freeze.

When you are ready to scarf out on your macaroni and cheese, preheat oven to 350. Bake frozen macaroni for 50-53 minutes or until the cheese begins to brown slightly.

Serves 4

You can also microwave the frozen dish. Cook it uncovered on high for 8 minutes, and then stir. Continue cooking on high for 2-3 more minutes or until the mac & cheese is hot.

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[b]~Gale~[/b]

Thanks Gail for the Mac n' Cheese recipe.

We tried the Muir Glen tomato soup and both boys gave it two thumbs down. Still waiting to hear from progresso but below is the response I got from Wolfgang Puck regarding their tomato soup. I still wouldn't use their soup because of the risk of cross contamination.

Thank you for your e-mail notifying us of your concerns relating to Wolfgang
Puck

Progresso should have a good reply. they even label for sesame.

Here is the response from Muir Glen (Small Planet Foods)a part of General Mills.

Thank you for contacting Muir Glen concerning ingredients in our products. As manufacturers and consumers, we understand your concern about potential allergens in the foods you eat. Our primary goal is to provide accurate information; and we believe this is best accomplished by referring to the specific ingredients listed on each product package. This is the most current information for your needs.

If one of our products contains any of the top 8 allergens (peanuts, tree nuts, dairy products, eggs, soy, wheat, crustaceans, and fish) or if it contains sesame, sunflower or mollusks, that ingredient is always listed in the ingredient panel, and also in bold letters just below the list of ingredients. If a product is exposed to any of these allergens in the manufacturing facility the allergen will be listed in bold in the

Here is the response from General Mills (Progresso) regarding their soup. Standard GM reply.

Thank you for contacting General Mills concerning ingredients in our products. As manufacturers and consumers, we understand your concern about potential allergens in the foods you eat. Our primary goal is to provide accurate information; and we believe this is best accomplished by referring to the specific ingredients listed on each product package. This is the most current information for your needs.

If one of our products contains any of the top 8 allergens (peanuts, tree nuts, dairy products, eggs, soy, wheat, crustaceans, and fish) or if it contains sesame, sunflower or mollusks, that ingredient is always listed in the ingredient panel, and also in bold letters just below the list of ingredients. If a product is exposed to any of these allergens in the manufacturing facility the allergen will be listed in bold in the

I got a second response back from Wolfgang Puck when I specifically asked if any of their soups were made with peanuts or tree nuts. . . Has anyone been using Wolfgang Pucks Soups? I hate that they did not come out and say right in the begining that their are no peanuts or tree nuts if the facility.

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We don't have any type of peanuts or tree nuts at the facility that manufactures
our soup.

Hope this puts your mind at ease.

Thanks again for letting us address your concerns.

I have eaten Wolfgang Puck's soups with no problems, but I am not as sensitive as some of your children.

So it sounds like the Wolfgang Puck people are saying they have one facility that makes their soups? My dad works at a factory that makes at least some of the Wolfgang Puck soups, but I had assumed it was just one of the places that make it for them. He works for a regional canning factory, not for Wolfgang Puck's, so it's made by someone else and marketed under the Wolfgang Puck brand. At that facility, they really don't process any peanut or nut products. I've told my dad, "They should print that on the package; allergic people would love to know that and would buy it more!" Anyway, at least some of the Wolfgang Puck soups are made in a peanut-free facility, but I don't know if they're really all made in that one place. They do process wheat, egg, milk and soy ingredients. I'll have to ask my dad if they're still making those currently; my mom mentioned it to me some months ago.

Have you tried Annie's Naturals? They sell ready-to-make mac-cheese in individual size packets. They cook in the microwave in 3 minutes. Or you can buy the family size box, only then you have to boil the water on the stove, etc. My peanut-and-egg allergic son loves them.

I asked my dad this weekend, and they are still occasionally making Wolfgang Puck soup. They hadn't for a while, but that was because of an administrative matter. So if those soups are really made in one location like they seem to be saying in their e-mail, yes, they are made in a factory that makes nothing with peanuts or nuts in it. It's a canned pasta, soup, and vegetables factory.

Thanks Beth for checking with your Dad. I will continue to contact the mfg. to make sure they do not change their mfg. practices.

Yes, they could always have another company start making it for them in the future.

Quote:Originally posted by dulcinea:
[b]Have you tried Annie's Naturals? They sell ready-to-make mac-cheese in individual size packets. They cook in the microwave in 3 minutes. Or you can buy the family size box, only then you have to boil the water on the stove, etc. My peanut-and-egg allergic son loves them.[/b]

Sorry to pull up this old thread but I came across it while looking for something else and thought it important to comment.

If dulcinea is referring to the Annie's that has the bunny on the package, the individual microwave mac and cheese is cross-contaminated. They don't label on the package but do on their web site. I fed this to DD from the time she started eating soft solid foods (a little before age 1) until she was almost 4.5 years old. I think this product and Ritz Bits cheese crackers sensitized her to peanut. DD tested positive to peanut at age 2 but was negative at 9 months old, and I'd not given her peanut butter. I know that Annie's might be within the comfort zone for some but I thought I'd put the info out there for those who might want to know.

can you give me the link where it says that. hains always emails me that they follow guidelines, blah blah blah. i use their rice milk for myself

Ceross, same question. I just checked out the Annie's Naturals website and could not find any information about the macaroni and cheese. I could call, but since it appears you already have, perhaps you could point us in the right direction.

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Kim
DS - age 4 - allergic to peanuts and eggs
DS - age 2 - no known allergies

Here is the link to Annies FAQ and below is the information about items that may contain peanuts and tree nuts, [url="http://www.annies.com/faqs/ingredients.html#allergy"]http://www.annies.com/faqs/ingredients.html#allergy[/url]

NOTE: You will find the information below under the first bullet point, "I'm allergic to certain foods. Do your products contain..."

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I'm allergic to certain foods. Do your products contain...
Peanuts or Tree Nuts?

While there has been no product reformulation or change in manufacturing facilities, Annie's Homegrown has recently decided to include an allergen warning on all of our products that are manufactured in facilities with peanuts and tree nuts. Our manufacturing facilities meet with the highest standards of cleanliness, and we maintain all allergen cleaning, and Quality Control protocol on file. We recognize the needs of our customers who have allergies or sensitivities to nuts, gluten, certain spices, etc. Annie's always fully discloses all ingredients on the ingredient statement and will answer any questions that will help consumers decide what products they can safely consume. At Annie's we take every precaution to ensure that cross contamination of ingredients does not occur in our production facility, but we want you to know that some products were produced in a plant that processes foods containing wheat, milk, soy, peanuts, and tree nuts. This is why we voluntarily chose to update our packaging to include this allergen information.

Currently, the majority of Annie's products are packaged in peanut-free facilities. Here is a list of products that ARE produced in a facility that also manufactures products containing peanuts and tree nuts:

Annie's Cheddar Bunny Snack
Crackers:
* Cheddar
* BBQ
* White Cheddar
* Whole Wheat Annie's Bunny Grahams:
* Chocolate
* Cinnamon
* Honey
* Chocolate Chip

Annie's Micro Mac:
* White Cheddar
* Real Aged Wisconsin Cheddar

Annie's Organic Side Dishes:
* Cheddar & Broccoli Rice
* Pasta Parmesan
* Roasted Garlic & Herb Rice
* Roasted Garlic & Herb Pasta
* Fettuccine Alfredo
* Butter & Herb Pasta

The best canned (jarred really) tomato soup I've eaten--and PA DS eats this regularly--is La Madeleine's Tomato Basil soup. It's fabulous. We eat it at their restaurants and buy jars of it to take home.

I've not called about this soup recently. Long ago I asked someone at the Corporate office--and I personally asked the founder of this restaurant, Patrick Esquerre (I believe it is the recipe of his mother, Monique)--about the soup. It was deemed safe for DS then, and he's grown up with it. I will say that DS eats it once every two weeks or so and ate it four nights ago.

But you can check for yourself. It's another option out there for you, and it's the most fabulous stuff out there. [i]This soup makes me exquisitely happy like no other food does.[/i] I especially liked it with their 7 grain bread. They were made to go together. I can't eat that bread anymore because of a sesame allergy, but DS still does. It's a beautiful marriage.

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[This message has been edited by McCobbre (edited May 29, 2007).]

Quote:Originally posted by dulcinea:
[b]Ceross, same question. I just checked out the Annie's Naturals website and could not find any information about the macaroni and cheese. I could call, but since it appears you already have, perhaps you could point us in the right direction.[/b]

Here's the link: [url="http://www.annies.com/products/microwave_pasta.html"]http://www.annies.com/products/microwave_pasta.html[/url]

The warning is under the Nutrional Info box. I'm not sure if this is the Annie's you were mentioning. There's another Annie's company but I've only seen salad dressings by them.

Quote:Originally posted by BBCBMom:
[b]While there has been no product reformulation or change in manufacturing facilities, Annie's Homegrown has recently decided to include an allergen warning on all of our products that are manufactured in facilities with peanuts and tree nuts.[/b]

This statement was not entirely truthful on Annie's part. I haven't purchased the Annie's mirco mac and cheese in more than a year but I can tell you that this warning was listed on the web site for quite some time and no warning was included on the box whatsoever during that timeframe. I don't think it was an issue of old stock on the shelf either as our Wegman's tended to sell out of this quickly and I checked over a 6 to 9 month period.

[This message has been edited by ceross (edited May 29, 2007).]

Thanks for the link! I was looking on the Annie's Naturals website (salad dressings), not this Annie's. I didn't realize that they are two different companies.

It appears that the mac n cheese I buy from them is NOT manufactured in a facility that also processess peanuts, but I'll call to confirm.

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Kim
DS - age 4 - allergic to peanuts and eggs
DS - age 2 - no known allergies

Sorry about my ignorance. Why is that people don't trust Campbell soup? My daughter who has PA has been having them for a while.

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JC

My pa/tna son loves tomato soup and has never had any problems w/Campbells.

We use the Kraft Mac, but have also used the frozen Stouffers single serving size by Nestle. These are all companies we trust.