About Romano’s Macaroni Grill Boxed Meals

Romano’s Macaroni Grill is a leading casual Italian restaurant with more than 220 locations worldwide. Working in open kitchens, Macaroni Grill chefs prepare Italian classics like Chicken Scaloppine and signature items such as Penne Rustica, as well as grilled specialties, fresh seafood, crisp salads, brick oven pizzas and numerous pasta dishes.

Now you can create your own favorite Italian dishes at home with the comforting flavor and style of Romano’s Macaroni Grill Restaurant favorites. Four classic varieties are available in grocers nationwide. Each meal is ready in 20 minutes and allows you to cater to your families tastes by adding your own meat or enjoy your favorite pasta dish meatless.

Available in four varieties:

• Creamy Basil
• Alfredo with Linguine
• Garlic & Herb
• Marsala with Linguine

3 Kids and Us Tested and Approved

Dinnertime in our house is often a last minute scrambling to fix up something that is quick, easy, tastes good, and semi-healthy. Add in three young children in the house and a tight budget, we just don’t have the luxury of dining out very often. Then we heard the news that Romano’s Macaroni Grill was taking their restaurant favorites to the grocery store to offer families like my own an affordable way to enjoy restaurant quality meals.

We often turn to boxed dinner kits because they provide most of the ingredients and are ready in less than 30 minutes. This is exactly what the Creamy Basil variety did!  What I liked most about this particular dinner kit is all of the ingredients provided to create a unique and home-cooked flavor. Inside we found seasoning, grated cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, linguine pasta and a creamy sauce pouch all individually packaged. This is exactly what I’ve been suggesting to companies for years. I love the ability to use the ingredients that will fit our families personal taste preferences without having to dig them out of one combined flavor packet.

Mom Improvements

Priced around $6.00 a box I was hoping they would offer more food for the money. I realized very quickly that one box would not feed a hungry family of five and ended up sending my husband to the grocery store to grab an extra box. I’d like to see these dinner kits provide more pasta to accommodate a larger family with a value size somewhere between the cost of one box and two. The packaging does say that it makes five 1-cup servings, but we find those portions to be on the small side.

Reader Discount

Visit Romano’s Macaroni Grill Restaurant Favorites online to download a $1.00 coupon on future purchases.

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Three (3) lucky readers will win a Romano’s Gift Basket that includes a sample of the Creamy Basil Parmesan Chicken Pasta variety, three coupons for you to try the other varieties the next time you visit your local grocer, a colander, serving spoon and a cheese grater.

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