Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Quick Tasty Food: Pumped Up Mac & Cheese

I don't always cook normal food, sometimes I create a tasty dish while I'm cooking one main item. Weird, I know. And a lot of the time the dish looks downright disgusting! Yet I know it's going to be good, I just know it. A very small percentage of the time does the dish end up nasty and most of the time that's when I'm eating it as leftovers.

Tonight I made something that looked bad but tasted fantastic. The ingredients:
  • Kraft Garlic & Herb Alfredo Mac & Cheese
  • can of French Style Green Beans, drained
  • Sriracha Chili Sauce
  • bullion  powder (I used low-salt chicken flavor)
  • 1 egg
  • Blue Cheese Dressing (I used light but you can use regular blue cheese chunks as well)
  • Milk
  1. Use the Kraft recommended amount of water and put in a bit of the bullion powder.
  2. While the water is beginning to boil, I squirted in some Sriracha. You can be the judge of the amount you use based on how spicy you like your dishes. I like it nice and spicy so I did 2 big squirts.
  3. After the water has boiled, dump in the macaroni and green beans. Let boil again.
  4. After it has come to a boil, crack the egg and drop it straight in the water. No need to cook it ahead of time as the boiling water cooks it for you.
  5. After it has cooked for the normal amount of time, strain and put the mixture back in the pot but do not put it on the stove again.
  6. Put in the Kraft powder, the milk (follow the directions if you want, I just guestimated the amount), and a tablespoon of blue cheese dressing (or regular blue cheese crumble).
  7. Return to the stove and heat on low, if possible you can let it boil again for a little bit. Make sure to continue stirring so everything is mixed together.
  8. After a minute or two, you're done. Remove from heat and put in your dish of choice.
Remember, it's going to look nasty but will taste wonderful! You have a good amount of fiber from the green beans, a good amount of protein from the egg and milk. Not saying it's healthy for you, but for something that you literally just throw together it works fine. Plus, it definitely fills you up!

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