| Here's a interesting one: What fun things can you do with Kraft Dinner?
Posted: 3/6/2006 10:34:46 AM | Hey guys, I'm just out here to see if anyone has any interesting and inventive kraft dinner recipes. Personally I like to add some steak sauce to the mix. it adds a really nice spice to it. I also like to fry up some chicken, and boil some peas with it.
Just thought I'd see what's out there.
NOTE: This does not mean that the only thing I can cook is kraft dinner, I actually think I'm quite a good cook, I just thought it would be fun to see if there's a gourmet type meal out there that you can cook up using KD. | |
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| Not my idea of fun, lol
Posted: 3/6/2006 12:41:02 PM | | Cook KD like you normally would, when serving mix Salsa with it. Very yummy. | |
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| Not my idea of fun, lol
Posted: 3/6/2006 12:51:21 PM | I Love kraft mac&cheese!! these are some of the things i add to mine.....tuna/chopped up green or red peppers/taco seasoning/ham/hotdogs/salsa/instead of milk..use cream/of course always use ''real'' butter/tobasco sauce/keilbasa/bacon/cooked hamburg/it's alllll gooood!!!!!!! | |
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| Use Real Cheese, Dammit
Posted: 3/6/2006 1:12:35 PM |
Pitch the sauce packet, and give the elbows to your kids to make necklaces out of. Recycle the box, and then make your own with the following this recipe:
5 cups cooked pasta (shells, elbow or spiral)
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 pepper, or to taste
2 cups milk
3/4 cup shredded sharp Cheddar or Jack cheese
paprika and nutmeg optional
In saucepan melt butter over medium-low heat. Stir flour into the butter until smooth and bubbly. Stir in salt. Gradually add milk stirring constantly. Continue to cook, stirring until thickened.
Add cheese and continue to cook and stir until melted. In an 8x10-inch baking dish, alternate layers of macaroni and cheese sauce. Sprinkle with paprika and nutmeg if desired. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 20 minutes, or until hot and gooey
You could do a breadcrumb thing if you wish. Nice touch.
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| Shake it up!
Posted: 3/6/2006 1:42:31 PM | Garlic, garlic, garlic!!!
I always have roasted garlic paste in my fridge, and I add that... and bacon...
So good! | |
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| I like the necklace idea
Posted: 3/6/2006 3:55:41 PM | This may be the only way I can ever use this stuff, make a great necklace. You can color it and glitter it if you like!
posts like this and the throw up post and the pregnant post have been started for people to participate in threads in this forum. Most of these people have no real cooking or recipes to share , but they want to be able to participate in cooking threads. I wish we shared more cooking recipes and boxes aren't cooking.
We desparately need new food topics. Ones that haven't been done before, no one searches anymore, they would rather start a thread. | |
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| I like the necklace idea
Posted: 3/6/2006 5:59:10 PM | kraft dinner, FUN?
um, i will only here admit to liking trader joe's white cheddar n mac.
but, it's still a frikken box.
i add salsa to it, sometimes ground turkey, but that was a looong time ago.
i think it's just as quick to actually cook with real food, and i feel better about what im ingesting.
even IF i haven't been cooking lately...
but people will post and many eat from boxes n cans.
they too have a place to expand their creativity and learn new ways to make food.
it just MAY start some cooking, az, ya never know...
OP states he can indeed cook, too, i didn't check any of his other posts.
*edit* ok, i peeked, he is young and seems new, (BUT ISN'T) so let him KD for all he is worth,
he just MAY cook for a young one he meets here, at least he is trying, and he seems open to learning about new ways around his kitchenette?
personally i can't see much "fun" from a box of KD with faux cheese, but to each their own...
dallas, good post. | |
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| I like the necklace idea
Posted: 3/6/2006 6:01:39 PM | we all have a past and forgive family here, lmao.
Oh, and I was thinking you could make sculptures of people like the fusili jerry that kramer made. | |
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| Use Real Cheese, Dammit
Posted: 3/7/2006 3:12:46 PM | | I do mine baked in the oven with Velveeta, milk, flour, and cooked elbows. Especially yummy with chopped onions tossed in ... although meatlovers prefer leftover cooked chopped ham. | |
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| Use Real Cheese, Dammit
Posted: 3/7/2006 3:44:36 PM |
Velveeta
So, you don't use the box stuff at all? Why not real cheese? Sounds like you are using a variation of Steve's but without real cheese. | |
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| Use Real Cheese, Dammit
Posted: 3/7/2006 3:49:28 PM | faux cheese rears it's fake head yet again.
az, some folks just like the convenience of fake i guess.
anyone tried to make mac n cheese with an unusual REAL cheese?
oh the possibilities...
my beloved manchego is too strong i fear.
but i'm gonna try something unusual after thinkin about it.
no faux cheese for softEDGE... | |
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| Use Real Cheese, Dammit
Posted: 3/7/2006 4:03:04 PM | i have never used a KD meal ever.... i have tried it... but it doesnt seem cooked to me...
how i make it for my son... i use philly cream cheese for him....
but... i have used...Camembert which came out ok... and same with Brie... just take the skin off it... add a little sea salt flakes and cracked pepper and some dry chilli flakes... yummo...
i have never baked mac and cheese.... i just mix it thru with the hot pasta until the cheese is melted.... | |
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| Use Real Cheese, Dammit
Posted: 3/7/2006 4:14:20 PM | | buy a few boxes and drop in the bin for the Food Bank then go home and make mac 'n cheese from scratch | |
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| Use Real Cheese, Dammit
Posted: 3/7/2006 5:32:09 PM | 
now THAT's the best idea for boxes of fake cheese n macanoni!
and just leave it to our lovely classic to come up with it!
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| Use Real Cheese, Dammit
Posted: 3/7/2006 6:09:22 PM | | Oh, to heck with it. I am going to make some. I'll be back in around the same time as those making the box mix. | |
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| Use Real Cheese, Dammit
Posted: 3/7/2006 6:38:51 PM | I make mac n' cheese from scratch occasionally, and I also eat KD. I love them both. Maybe it's because I associate it with my childhood - making a box and watching late saturday morning cartoons, eating it right out of the pot - I just like it now and then.
Everybody has their guilty pleasures....have to say I don't understand the subtle snobbery at work by those who look down their nose at people who eat KD - but it's true that making any food from scratch does provide a unique satisfaction that you can't get by cracking open a box.
And for the record, I am a KD purist - it's yummy all by itself. No spices, no salsa, no meat, no veggies, and most of all NO KETCHUP !! | |
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| Use Real Cheese, Dammit
Posted: 3/7/2006 6:50:17 PM | have to say I don't understand the subtle snobbery at work by those who look down their nose at people who eat KD because it's CHEMICALLY FAKE CHEESE is why i "look down my nose" at it, not the person eating it per se, but most surely at the faux cheese itself...
made from scratch is simple, takes hardly any more time, and is soo much better freshly baked, all hot n cheesy fresh from the oven with a nice crispy top.
sorry penguin, not meaning to stomp all over your thread, there are some regular snobs like myself that are just against the fake or velveeta. they can speak for themselves.
and pasta is so quick and so there are infinite possibilities for thinking/whipping up quick n easy ways to prepare a variety of sauces or toppings, i just cannot be convinced that a box is in any way better than a steaming plate of pasta with fresh herbs, garlic, butter, and olive oil, with grated fresh REAL cheese and fresh ground black pepper. | |
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| Use Real Cheese, Dammit
Posted: 3/7/2006 6:55:06 PM | i dont have anything against anyone that eats KD's.... i personally dont like it... as when i have tired it.. it didnt seem to be cooked all the way thru... but maybe that is the way it was cooked i dont know.... my brother in-law loves it... but i dont hold that against him...
EDIT: however... i am a continental packet whore....lol... but i only use them for the savoury rices or my potato bake and beef strog of devilled snags when i dont have the time to cook and simmer them for 2-3 hours...lol... instead they are ready in 10mins -30mins | |
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| Bachelor’s casserole
Posted: 3/7/2006 7:18:58 PM | mac-n-cheese - per directions on box, little extra milk
hambuger - browned and drained
package of chili powder
mix well
easy peasy!
or
mac-n-cheese
tuna
peas
mmm mmm good! | |
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