Two For The Prize Of One!
WHAT A DEAL!
We have two posts to do today – we’re helping Bacon at PigLove out with the Shopping Around The World monthly post he does – by hosting for him so we’ll have THAT post as well as the usual Friendly Fill-Ins post which is co-hosted by McGuffy’s Reader and 15andMeowing!
First up – Friendly Fill-Ins! You can click McGuffy’s Reader link above if you’d like to join up – just go there and use the linky tool to include your blog post in the fun OR just visit everyone else’s posts! This week we let our Mom fill in……….aren’t we nice to SHARE???? Take it away Mom! Her answers are in RED!
Shopping Around The World!
This month’s assignment was to do a main course dish which contained no MEAT, FISH or CHICKEN……………..so I’m gonna tell you about Mom’s fave – slow cooker Mac and Cheese!
Ingredients
- 1 package (16 ounces) elbow macaroni (16 oz. box $1.39)
- 1/2 cup butter, melted (16 oz. $5.49)
- 4 cups (16 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese, divided (16 oz. $2.99)
- 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk (12 oz. $1.49)
- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cheddar cheese soup, undiluted (1 can $1.89)
- 1 cup 2% milk (128 oz. $2.69)
- 2 large eggs, beaten (1 doz. $1.15)
- 1/8 teaspoon paprika (on hand already!)
Directions
- Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain. Place in a 5-qt. slow cooker; add butter. In a large bowl, mix 3 cups cheese, evaporated milk, condensed soup, 2% milk and eggs. Pour over macaroni mixture; stir to combine. Cook, covered, on low 3-1/2 to 4 hours or until a thermometer reads at least 160°.
- Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Cook, covered, on low 15-20 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with paprika. Yield: 10 servings.
Mom whacks this whole recipe in half sometimes but then again you know what? This is one DY-NO-MITE leftover dish too………..so making a whole pile of it at once is dandy – you can have it AGAIN a few nights later!!!! WOO HOO!!!!
I love your recipe… and I will try it your way asap… I hope we can find cheese soup or is there anything what we can use in case our stores haven’t this soup? I also will stay away from elbow noodles, all things elbow have a little bad karme here LOL. muu muu’s are great… they are the best thing for a hot summer day… you are well dressed but you feel free anyway :o)
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Oh that’s right – hellbow macaroni is NOT a good thing at your house but it doesn’t matter WHAT kind of noodles you use……as for a cheese soup substitute I read that you can make an easy substitute using this recipe:
Condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup Substitute
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
salt, to taste
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat; add flour and whisk until smooth and bubbly. Remove from heat; gradually add milk, whisking to keep smooth. Return to heat and bring to a gentle boil, whisking constantly until thickened. Add cheese and stir until melted. Add salt.
Hugs, Angel Sam
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oh thanks!!! we are just back from the store, they had no cheddar soup (what else). we bought bechamel sauce, but your recipe is much better :o)
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I bet béchamel would be just as yum! It’s just such a delish meal and anything in the crockpot is EASY PEASY!
Love, Angel Sam
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Another yummy meatless dish. We’ve never made homemade macaroni and cheese. Yours sounds yummy and easy.
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It is – THANK HEAVENS FOR CROCKPOTS – you can make it and walk away then come back and dinner’s ready!
Love, Angel Sam
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We like to use our crockpot too.
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A wonderful invention! 😉
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I also would have said that Muu Muus was more than one cow, or a very vocal one, ha ha! 😀
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HAHAHAHAHA……my Mom said everybody wore muu muus in the 60s/70s. Of course she was living in Florida back then where COMFORT was #1!!
Love, Angel Sam
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That is one seriously yummy recipe! You learn something every day — condensed cheddar soup — fancy trying that 😀
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Yes – my Mom and Dad don’t particularly enjoy having that cheddar soup in a bowl but as an ingredient it’s great!
Love, Angel Sam
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So here I come to share:
http://inhannover.wordpress.com/2017/02/24/shopping-around-the-world-vegetarian-main-dish/
As promised, cauliflower and spinach with cheese-sauce …
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That is an AMAZING recipe and so simple too – my Mom and Dad love fresh cauliflower!
Love, Angel Sam
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The only tricky thing is the roux – when you pour the water in (slowly, always stirring) you have to make sure you do not get lumps.
But if you manage that, all is well. Use salt cautiously, but be aware that tomatos and the other veggies need SOME salt and the cheese does not provide THAT much.
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Yes – roux is tricky but does the trick!! It’s a delicious recipe!
Hugs, Pam (and cats!)
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Yummmmy! Samantha and I agree we need to try that recipe immediately! Hugs! 💙 💙
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We’ve just been hopping around seeing all the GREAT recipes – but I think mac-n-cheese is BEYOND delish!!!!!! Good luck!
Love, Angel Sam and Teddy
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Happy Friday to all the Kimmells! That mac & cheese sounds YUMMY! I love cheese….
Love, Sundae
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The best part is you can do it in the crockpot and do your usual running around kind of day and come home to this delicious stuff!!!!!
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Mmm, Mac n’ Cheese! I made some not long ago. I wasn’t overly impressed with it. I believe I need to use a different cheese. I may try again another time. Your recipe looks simple and good. I may try it sometime. 🙂 Good fill-in responses. Rudeness is another of my pet peeves. Have a good day!
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Well the right cheese is truly important – Mom made mac-n-cheese once with swiss and it was awful. HAHAHA……she uses sharp cheddar whenever she can but that’s sort of an “acquired” taste! Give it a try again some time……………
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Angel Sammy, what you trying to do to me with your Mom’s Mac and Cheese recipe? Next to homemade noodles at Thanksgiving Mac and Cheese is the best comfort food! I was freaked out over 65! I know they say time flies but dang it screams by! Happy Friday back at you, Dynamic Duo!
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I have a post up for the Fill-ins at my own blog… don’t faint!
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Mom, Teddy and I are VERY VERY PROUD OF YOU for doing a fill-in today! On top of that it was a GREAT fill-in and let Mom talk about that “beachy feeling” she gets!
Love, Angel Sam
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HAHAHA……I think homemade noodles are BETTER but then I always enjoyed licking the bowl after Mom had some of her mac-n-cheese!
Love and Hugs, Angel Sam
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That sounds yummy! Mom’s been using her crockpot a lot lately (hmmm….that must be why Raz made crockpot breakfast at Scouts!)
Great Fill-Ins…Mom remembers Muu Muus!! Our Mom had the same answer for the last one too!!!
The Florida Furkids
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The crockpot breakfasts are perfect – we can make stuff the night before and it’s ready the next morning for Scouts!
Love, Angel Sammy
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Oh goodness, the mom here has been wanting some mac and cheese and wow, that recipe sounds like just the best. She can’t wait. Teddy, you are so darn cute. Tell the Mom, that our Mom is way ahead of her. She is going to be 78 in April. But 70 is a big one. Just enjoy making it this far. Have a good one.
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Thanks for the reminder for my Mom that getting this far IS an accomplishment – as for you – WOO HOO too! My Mom also says that as long as she’s a “younger sister” she feels young……her sister is going to be 80 next June!
Love, Angel Sammy
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Thank you to your Mom for those great answers. Funny Muu Muu joke- we enjoyed your set of jokes at the TCC yesterday Angel Sammy. If I wore a muu muu, I would look like a moo moo. 🙂 Don’t worry about turning 70, you are young at heart. XO
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PS: I am going to try that recipe, it looks nice and moist.
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It does stay moist and it IS that easy too!
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My Mom says those dresses were incredibly comfy…..perfect for when she lived in Florida…….!!!! It’s true – my Mom is the youngest 70 EVER!
Love, Angel Sam and Ted
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Good morning, Sammy,
Would you, please, assure your Mom that there’s no reason to freak out at turning 70! I know since I’ll be turning 70, too. In April. I’ll keep her company and – virtually – hold her hands when she crosses that threshold. 😉
Have a wonderful weekend, all of you,
Pit
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Thanks Mr. Pit…….I will reassure my Mom……….she just finds it unbelievable she isn’t still 30……..HAHAHAHA
Happy Weekend!
Love, Angel Sam and Teddy
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Love your answers today! Love the MuuMuu joke, too!! Teddy, you are a gorgeous ginger boy-cat and i’m sure you will grow up into a fine ginger man-cat like Angel Sammy!!!!
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Thanks! I hope I grow up to be as good a guy as my Guardian Angel Big Brother is…..and was………and forever will be!
Love, Teddy
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Mummy said that looks so yummy that she might have to try that,xx Speedy
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It’s really just SUPER YUMMY and so easy in the crockpot too!!
Love, Angel Sam
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh macNcheese is such a comfort food too.
I’ve never been able to make it as good as my mother in law did but this recipe sounds fool(me) proof.
Thanks for hosting this event we have a Veg. Bean soup recipe posted too
Hugs Cecilia
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Love your veg bean soup recipe – my Mom says she’d have to sleep in a different bedroom though if Dad had more than one bowl of it! Tee HEEEEE!
Love, Angel Sam
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I’m offended. Everyone calls me a crockpot.
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Ummm…….er……Kismet my friend, I’m sure they call you that (or something CLOSE to that anyway) with love in their hearts…….cough cough……..
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Mom can eat 87 bowls of that stuff
Lily & Edward
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It’s yummy stuff indeed…..my Mom always let me lick the bowl after she ate some…….
Love, Angel Sam
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Tell Mom that if she LOVES something, it is ALWAYS in style!!! And….Muu Muus are in style BIG TIME in Hawaii!! xoxo
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True – maybe my Mom should move there………HAHAHAHAHA
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Have a great Friday.
Sue B
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YOU TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Mac sounds yummy! Hope you all have a god weekend.
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Sorry, should be good but God is even better.:)
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That’s right – and we thank you for that! 🙂
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Oh, YUMS! Your recipe sounds absolutely to die for! Great fill-ins today!
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Thank you and thank you (for the double blog posts!)…… ❤
Love, Angel Sam
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The little bipeds just love mac n cheese – great recipe for Mom to try!! Thanks for sharing with us! And a great pair that Dynamic Duo make!!!
Woos – Lightning and Misty
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Mac-n-cheese in a crockpot – MMMMMMM GOOD. Hope you like it!!!!!
Love, Angel Sam
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Oh Yummy! Mommy says she is going to makes her homemade mac and cheese tomorrow now that yous inspired her!
Kisses
Nellie
PS mes loves all the Twos! Your Friday fill-ins is marvelous too!
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Oh goodie! Mac-n-cheese is the ultimate comfort food my Mom says!
Sending you love and kisses, Angel Sam
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My mum loves Mac ‘n’ cheese too. She has never seen cheese soup here but makes her own cheese sauce which is very similar to the recipe you gave Phenny. She uses cornflour rather than all purpose flour though.
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That’s a great substitute and many people like using the cornflour v. regular flour – mac-n-cheese is the PURRRFECT comfort food! Sending your Mum (and you) hugs from all of us!
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The mom and dad-guy love mac and cheese. The mom says she’s gonna try this slow cooker recipe.
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Good luck…….easy peasy my Mom says!!
Love, Angel Sam
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Mommy’s with you awnty Pam, she’d luv a muumuu or two. We’ve never heard of slow cooker mac and cheese, but then again, we thought oven baked was da only kind there was till we saw boxes with powdered cheese. What will they think of next? MOL But we’ll stick with mommy’s 4 cheese baked mac and cheese, least ifin we can ever afford it again. MOL Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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My Mom says she’s never met a “mac-n-cheese” dish she didn’t LOVE…..out of a box or a crockpot it’s always been one of her FAVES. We know this was supposed to be a MEATLESS post but if you add bacon to the mac-n-cheese it’s even BETTER!
Love, Angel Uncle Sammy
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Yep, dat mac and cheese is fur sure some good stuffs. Addin’ bacon bits is a Southern tradition, and it does make fur a yummy dish. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Hugs to you girls too! Yes – that bacon adds a certain something doesn’t it?!
Love, Angel Sam and Ted
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We don’t care for anything rude either, even rude shoppers!
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There sure are a lot of people who seem to think “rude” is “normal” !!
Love, Angel Sammy
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Great fill ins…and petcretary does remember those Mumus!!
OMC! First the donuts now the mac and cheese…comfort noms or what?! Drooling is happening here…but alas no pasta is eaten here any more…the peeps don’t eat grain…just like the furs the peeps don’t either. MOL! (They eat Paleo).
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Grain is not good for ANY of us but once in a while – as a special treat – you just have to go “outside the box” and have a REAL TREAT!! Mac-n-cheese is one of those!
Love, Angel Sam
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Having a little pack of Kleenex is a must! I also can’t stand rude people. Luckily, I find that more people are nice than rude.
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Strangely the older folks around here are NEVER impolite – they are VERY polite…but the young folks sadly – not so much. Too big of a hurry we think……………
Hugs, Pam
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Dad says that meal sounds good enough to cook. Hope we get some. You two fellows are looking full of love which is purrfect!
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The mac-n-cheese in a crockpot is better than good – it’s MAGNIFIQUE!
Love, Angel Sam and Ted
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I think if you want to wear a muu-muu, you should. I am all about comfort, as I get older. As long as I am neat, clean, and not obscene, I should be okay! You, too! You are as young as you feel, and critters keep you young! HUGS!
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Hi Ann…..you’re right – I’m rethinking the muu-muu thing and it just might be on my list of acceptable summer wear if and when we get some NICE weather here!!!!!
Love, Pam
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