Memorial Day means cookout season is officially underway and I couldn’t be more excited. There’s something special about stuffing your face with delicious food outside on paper plates while swatting bugs away. You probably already have your meat marinating, but you can’t forget your sides.

And when it comes to side dishes, nothing beats macaroni and cheese for me (no shade to potato salad and deviled eggs). So you can imagine how excited I was to see people talking about Rihanna’s recipe for one of my favorites. The singer first shared her with in 2014.

And ever since, fans and foodies everywhere have tried to recreate it. Some love it, like which said, “this pasta recipe is sure to make you want to take a bow.” While others are skeptical, like this whose face says it all: And since I consider myself something of a macaroni connoisseur (aka snob), I had to weigh in.

So let me start by saying, my family is from Alabama, so I’m partial to a good old fashioned macaroni and cheese casserole – the kind with mounds of hand-grated cheese and lots of butter, milk and eggs to make it extra creamy. Rihanna is from Barbados, and her recipe borrows flavors from . So if you’re looking for soul food, this ain’t it.

I’m not saying I’m going to write it off all together, I just don’t know if I’m ready to serve this at my cookout. Lord knows I love me some RiRi, but here are five things I have to question about her macaroni and cheese recipe. There Are No Vegetable.