Store Bought Confessions

Most of you know that I am more comfortable using ingredients to make something than a box.  I won't keep recipes that call for just opening a few cans or boxes and mixing them together.  However, a can of something can play a minor role in a recipe (like a can of pineapple in a pineapple upside down cake) and I'm fine with it.

When I put something on Facebook the other day about the refrigerated dough case being weird, I realized my comment was going to need a little more explanation.  Contrary to popular belief, I have visited this particular section of the store.  I just never realized it had a name like "refrigerated dough case".  I just always assumed it was lumped in with the dairy section.  Never in my life have I told a shopping buddy, "I'll meet you in the refrigerated dough case aisle."  "I'll meet you the produce section," yes.  "I'll meet you in the cereal aisle," yes.  "I'll meet you by Starbucks"--well, that's usually what I say.  But never, "I'll meet you in the refrigerated dough case."

I have a confession to make though...I do shop there occasionally.  That's where we buy Pillsbury Crescents for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  It's where we buy Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls (the kind with the orange frosting and the kind with the white frosting so everyone is happy) for our holiday breakfasts.  It's where I almost got a roll of Sugar Cookie dough for less than 50¢ because it was on sale and I had a coupon.  My mom talked me out of it, and within hours (actually as I was getting ready to bake something) I wished that she hadn't.

Here's another confession, since I'm fessing up.  I like Kraft Macaroni and Cheese--you know, the kind that comes in the little blue box--better than the homemade stuff.  There's just something about neon orange powdered cheese clumping together on elbow macaroni as you're stirring it into juicy sauce that can't be replaced by the real stuff.

So while I may burn most refrigerated cookie dough, and my Bisquick pancakes are disgusting, there are some pre-packaged, almost-all-the-way-prepared-for-you foods that definitely hold a place in my heart--and the refrigerated dough section of my fridge.