One comes from a box. The other comes from heaven. If you're in a very big hurry and need fuel instead of food, then go for the box. Lots of people do. In 1937, the Kraft Food Co. released its macaroni and cheese package to a world that, judging by the figures, couldn't wait to get its hands on it.
Current sales stand at hundreds of millions of boxes per year.
That many boxes and that many people couldn't be wrong. Mac in a box is fast. Now, if you happen to believe that fuel should be reserved for vehicles with four wheels instead of living things with two legs, macaroni and cheese from scratch is what you should be thinking. Especially during the cold nights of winter, comfort foods are most apropos. And the most apropos of comfort foods just might be macaroni and cheese from scratch.