Friday, September 30, 2011

Macaroni and Cheese (Sorta Taste Like Kraft)

1 pound cooked pasta of choice (or 13.5oz whole grain version)
1 stick butter
2 cups milk
8 oz bag shredded sharp Cheddar (we use the one from Walmart but not the finely shredded - the thicker one)
4oz cream cheese
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp salt (or to taste)
1/4 tsp pepper to taste - optional
(optional - one chopped onion - I use sometimes - but not for kraft version :-)

Melt butter, saute onion in it, if using. Add milk. Then add cream cheese and wait until mostly melted, stirring frequently. Add shredded cheese and pasta.  Finally stir in  Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Serve, Eat and enjoy!

(I double this for my family of 9 and we have some left over.)

Loosely adapted from: Love In The Kitchen by Wendy Jeub

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Easy Black Bean Soup

--3 cans of black beans
--1 can of Italian stewed tomatoes

--2 cups of broth

--2 T taco sauce
--1 1/2 cups finely chopped vegetables (any variety, carrots, corn, peas, celery, whatever you have on hand)

Dump cans of beans and tomatoes into crock pot - liquid and all. Add rest of ingredients. Cook on High for 6 hours or 8 to 10 hours on low in crock pot or until vegetables are cooked when cooking on the stove (about 1 to 2 hours)





Saturday, September 3, 2011

Recipe Sites - Ingredients On Hand

Recipe sites that allow you to enter in a list of ingredients you have on hand in order to get a list of corresponding recipes.....
http://orgjunkie.com/2008/04/menu-plan-monday-april-14th.html

Kraftcanada

Tasteofhome

supercook

Allrecipes

Lovefoodhatewaste

food.com

Foodieview

grouprecipes.com