Your add-ins sound delicious! We randomly made Kraft Mac and Cheese tonight, so I felt compelled to post. I added Andouille Sausage tonight, which was wonderful. I also like to add ketchup to mine sometimes, when I'm feeling sassy. ^_^ I remember my step brother always adding dried basil to his, though I could never stomach it.

Color me enlightened! Thanks!

Maybe cut/compliment the saltiness by glazing them? Here's a recipe I found, it seems mega-easy. http://www.food.com/recipe/glazed-cashews-127978

I also stumbled upon this recipe, by Ina garten (it's different!
)http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/in...

Or: Chop coarsely and put on some vanilla ice cream. Ooooh.

This thread makes reason # 34,599 why I want to live in New York.

I made this tonight for my parents, my mom said it was "crazy good", lol. And apparently may dad ate 3/4 of it. I am going to make it for my boyfriend and myself in a few minutes. It was very very easy to make, besides the fact that I had to run "all the way" (2 miles) to the store for "natural" (without sugar, just your basic peanuts and salt) peanut butter after getting the sweetened kind. But, no big! All the ingredients were readily found at the local Safeway. I used Thai Kitchen red curry paste. Here is a link from the same site for the marinade that I used for the chicken that went with it. http://www.shesimmers.com/2009/04/shr...

Oh, and it certainly came out thick. I can't speak about it tasting like Rod Dee Thai's, but it has gotten rave reviews over in my neck of the woods!

Good luck on finding the perfect peanut sauce. I am the same way, except my quest is for the all-time perfect homemade sweet and sour sauce. :D