Naptime Blog

Growing up, my mom used to love to make tuna casserole. She made a big pot of macaroni and cheese, added a can of tuna and some peas and mixed it all up. I was not a fan. My sister loved it. To each their own, right?

I do, however, love macaroni and cheese. I also love making my own casserole concoctions with it. The boys will gobble mac and cheese up, so I want to add as many healthy ingredients to it as I can. Recently, I tried the Great Value Macaroni & Cheese and loved the taste. I love that I can save money, too!

Here is a simple recipe:

1 box Great Value (or any brand) Macaroni & Cheese
1 cup frozen green peas
Browned hamburger meat, turkey or chopped up ham (use as much or as little as you like)

Prepare the macaroni and cheese per box instructions. Warm the frozen peas then dump them into the prepared macaroni and cheese. Now mix in the meat. You can also top this with cracker crumbs and cheddar cheese then brown under the broiler if you’d like. There are many variations. I sometimes throw in sun dried tomato or corn.

Do you have a favorite “throw together” casserole?

Shannon
Potamus Prefers
http://www.potamusprefers.com/