by now we hope you've heard of that kraft mac and cheese recall crafts saying pieces of metal may be in some boxes causing them to recall millions of them we have specific information on that recall about those boxes on our website right now you can find us at the now tampa bay dot com but what are parents supposed to do in the meantime as an alternative well producer liz has found five picks for alternatives to mac and cheese and these recipes are pretty healthy let's start with chicken and broccoli alfredo stuffed shells combine mozzarella and parmesan cheese so your kids will barely notice the broccoli and chicken how about peas ham and creamy noodles in less than 20 minutes and instead of pasta try quinoa with spinach artichokes chicken and cream cheese you get the trifecta of pepper jack cheddar mozzarella in this chicken tortilla stack and one last super easy one for you crock pot mac and cheese toss in some ground beef or ground turkey and leave it all to the cook just one day and then you'll have what you need we have all these recipes posted on the nowtampabay.com for you to share