October 2nd Newsletter

Mix ?n Match Macaroni & Cheese
Makes 4 generous servings

This recipe can be altered to suit your taste. My family loves the different flavor combinations and requests a Macaroni & Cheese dinner at least once a week.

Prepare 1 ? cups uncooked macaroni (any shape or style you like) according to package directions.

While macaroni is cooking, mix:

1 10.5-oz can of Cream of whatever soup you like (Celery, Mushroom, Broccoli or Chicken)
1 cup milk
2 cups shredded cheese (use Cheddar, Colby, Jack, Mexican blend ... whatever your family likes)
1 cup frozen vegetables
1/4 tsp ground black pepper

At this point you can also mix in whatever meat you want. I use either tuna, chicken, ham or leftover roast beef

Add the cooked and drained macaroni.

Sprinkle 1 cup of crushed croutons, French fried onions, potato chips or Ritz crackers over the top of macaroni and cheese mixture.

Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.

This Macaroni & Cheese dish allows you to be creative. I have even added a small jar of diced pimientos, diced red or green bell peppers, diced green onions, diced celery, diced water chestnuts. Use your imagination and ask your family for suggestions of things to add. This also entices your picky eaters to eat foods they normally wouldn?t touch, like mixed vegetables.
Sheila Wojtowicz

http://www.nancyskitchen.com