--- title: The Internet Hates Mac and Cheese Recipe with Avocado description: The Internet is in an uproar after a healthy recipe substituted millennial favorite ingredient avocado for cheese in mac and cheese. canonical: https://time.com/4911387/avocado-mac-and-cheese-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-22T21:05:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:42.451Z og:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over Avocado Mac and Cheese Recipe og:description: This is why we can't have nice things og:url: https://time.com/4911387/avocado-mac-and-cheese-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21f0f93ebca788f5/6988dabb656a3f2908bd1633/macaroni-and-cheese-avocado-recipe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Macaroni and Cheese og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Losing It Over Avocado Mac and Cheese Recipe twitter:description: This is why we can't have nice things twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21f0f93ebca788f5/6988dabb656a3f2908bd1633/macaroni-and-cheese-avocado-recipe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Losing It Over a Mac and Cheese Recipe That Replaces Cheese With Avocado > Sponsored content. 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The Internet was in an uproar this weekend after healthy food Twitter account @TheFitFood posted a video of a 2015 PopSugar recipe for low calorie avocado macaroni and cheese recipe substituted [millennials’ favorite ingredient, avocado](http://time.com/4779855/avocado-toast-home-calculator/) (along with a tiny bit of goat cheese) in lieu of cheese in the comfort food staple. Needless to say, the Internet was outraged and immediately took to the web to voice their opinions on the matter. > [](https://twitter.com/pixie%5Fcasey/status/899282224910086148) Some people were turned off by the hue of the new recipe. > [](https://twitter.com/Cindysdaughter/status/899095095944892416) It inspired a slew of displeased GIFs. > [](https://twitter.com/erabrand/status/899294531841134594) > [](https://twitter.com/MorganJerkins/status/899108597656899584) > [](https://twitter.com/seanew15/status/899102422118871040) > [](https://twitter.com/ONLYDINERO/status/899096743001849858) One person even turned to Randy Jackson to voice their thoughts about it. > [](https://twitter.com/mattschargel/status/899106409878630400) When it comes to mac and cheese, it might be best to learn from [the guacamole and peas debacle](http://time.com/3944055/president-obama-guacamole/) — there’s no need to improve something that’s already perfect. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4911387/avocado-mac-and-cheese-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4911387/avocado-mac-and-cheese-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Losing It Over a Mac and Cheese Recipe That Replaces Cheese With Avocado","datePublished":"2017-08-22T21:05:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:42.451Z","description":"This is why we can't have nice things","url":"https://time.com/4911387/avocado-mac-and-cheese-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Bizarre","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21f0f93ebca788f5/6988dabb656a3f2908bd1633/macaroni-and-cheese-avocado-recipe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21f0f93ebca788f5/6988dabb656a3f2908bd1633/macaroni-and-cheese-avocado-recipe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Macaroni and Cheese","caption":"Macaroni and Cheese","creditText":"NRedmond—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4911387/avocado-mac-and-cheese-reactions/","name":"The Internet Is Losing It Over a Mac and Cheese Recipe That Replaces Cheese With Avocado"}}]}] ```