End of August

The last couple of days I have tried three recipes from Kraft. Two dinners and one dessert. Sorry, I don't have pictures. I didn't plan on converting this blog.

The first dinner was Velveeta cheesy chicken and rice. Quite good. I would put the broccoli in a little sooner, mine was still a little crunchy (some people may like that texture though) and I felt it was a little too much velveeta. Just a little strong. It cooked up quick though. And was stove-top so the kitchen didn't get too hot.

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken, cut into bite sized pieces
1 (14 oz) can chicken broth
2 C instant white rice, uncooked
1/2 lb (8oz) velveeta, cut into cubes
1 (10 oz) package frozen chopped broccoli, thawed

Cook chicken on MH 5 min. or until done
stir in broth, bring to boil
Add rice, velveeta, broccoli; cover. Remove from heat and let sit 10 min. Stir until velveeta is completely melted and mixture is well blended.



Tonight we tried Velveeta tex-mex beef and potatoes. I think I liked this one a little more than the above. It has directions for using the oven or the stove-top. I used the stove.

1 lb ground beef
1 red pepper chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 pkg (1 1/4 oz) taco bell seasoning (I used my own concoction)
1/2 C water
4 C frozen, cubed Southern-style hash browns
1 pkg (10oz) frozen corn (I used a can.)
1/2 lb (8oz) velveeta, cubed


Heat oven to 350. Brown meat w/peppers and onions. Drain grease. Stir in taco seasoning and water. Add potatoes, corn, velveeta; mix well. Spoon into 9X13 dish. Bake for 20 min., stir. Bake uncovered 15 min. until heated through.

On the stove:After adding taco seasoning, cover. Cook 5-7 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Stir in velveeta, cook uncovered stirring occasionally.


And Dessert. These haven't been sampled yet on account of needing to cool overnight. Probably will try them for breakfast.

Chocolate-Peanut butter Cookie bars

1 pkg chocolate cake mix
1 pkg instant chocolate pudding
1/2 C butter (1 stick) melted
1/2 C cold milk
6 squares S/S Baker's chocolate, chopped, divided (I just used S/S chocolate chips:1C)
1C dry roasted peanuts, divided
1C creamy peanut butter


Heat oven to 350. Line 9X13 pan w/foil and spray. Mix first 4 ingredients until well blended, quite thick. Press half mixture into pan.
Bake 10 min.
Sprinkle half of EACH of the chocolate and nuts over and top w/ peanut butter
Cover w/ remaining cake mixture. Then the remainder of chocolate and nuts
Press gently w/ spatula (mine was quite the mess) Bake 15 min. and cool for 1 hour. Refrigerate for 4 hours before cutting into bars.

Bummer that we are stuck waiting.