nerd food

Kraft boxed food:

• tangy italian: spaghetti, zesty plus parmesan
• festive mexican: jamsine (hull included) rice, fiesta plus dried cilantro and onion
• mac and cheese: shells (or macaroni), cheese with italian bread crumbs
• indian: basmati riceper (fortified name) or ziti, tikka masala sauce (curry (cumin), mix with tomato + cream (butter+milk)), ?
• thai: rice, curry (lemongrass, coconut milk, supply tomato sauce), crushed cashews
• Consider a spice pack for the protein and a topping mix to garnish the dish.
• Consider a deluxe version of all of the above which uses the same box plus adds more special ingredients

Spice additions? (Note these are just the "CHEAP" methods of the purer herbal forms):

• zesty: green and red bell peppers dried to a crisp and crushed into a powder
• fiesta: red and yellow bell peppers as above
• mellow? green and yellow bell peppers
• indian: purple/blue + yellow pepper