Pizza Macaroni Bake

Evening guys, it's Tuesday which means it's time for another feel good recipe to fill your tummy's with. This week is all about comfort food. What is comfy food exactly? Well it's the food that makes you want to jump in your pj's, grab your fave comfy blanket, and watch a lifetime movie. Okie okie, maybe not the last part...well for me it is haha. You get the idea. It also could be foods you loved from your childhood or foods that are just so yummy you feel good eating them around people who warm your heart. So, Ma went down that path this week with this recipe. It involves macaroni, pizza, and cheese. YES. I just said Ma and cheese. As our faithful readers know Ma isn't the biggest cheerleader for the cheddar variety but she took one for the team this week. Well "took one for the team" seems a little harsh since mac and cheese isn't really a chore to eat. I don't care what the crazy non-cheese loving lady says lol. So wanna know what makes it comfy follow me:


Pizza Macaroni Bake

Ingredients
*1 package (7-1/4 ounces) macaroni and cheese dinner mix
*6 cups water
*1 pound ground beef
*1 medium onion, chopped
*1 small green pepper, chopped
*1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
*1 jar (14 ounces) pizza sauce
*1 package (3-1/2 ounces) sliced pepperoni
*1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese





Directions

*Set the cheese packet from dinner mix aside. In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add macaroni; cook for 8-10 minutes or until tender.
*Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook the beef, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Drain macaroni; stir in the contents of cheese packet.
*Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Top with the beef mixture, pizza sauce, pepperoni and mozzarella cheese.
*Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until heated through. Yield: 6-8 servings.










Yeah this was a definite winner! I actually went back for seconds. To me it reminds me of comfort foods I grew up with which is nice.



Tid Bits:
*We used the creamy box mac and cheese. The powdered isn't our fave.
*We of course used turkey but you could switch it up and do half turkey and half beef or all beef



Ma's Spot: When I picked this recipe EVERYONE was surprised because I HATE no, I loathe mac and cheese but it is our intent to explore new things so I figured I would give mac and cheese prepared this way a try. So bloggers if you like mac and cheese and pizza you will love this recipe. I have to be honest I only had 4 bites of the mac and cheese compared to the whole top of the casserole. It was good and I enjoyed my limit of mac and cheese. So even after trying it this way I still do not like mac and cheese.






*SNACK CORNER:*

It's time for snack corner! Where we take new snacks in the grocery store and break it down for you. We tell you which are hot and which are not. Let's get to this week's picks:







Dinah: So this week's snack corner comes to us from Land O' Lake. Yep, we went the butter and biscuit route because let's be honest who doesn't love cinnamon, sugar, butter, and biscuits? I know we're fans and after having the Land O' Lake's cinnamon sugar butter I'm sure you guys will be fan too! It was smooth, creamy, and reminded me of cinnamon rolls. Not bad, not bad at all. :].


Ma: I wanna start my review off with a little story. When I was little and was sick or after one of my many ear surgeries my ma would always make me tea with honey and lemon and butter and toast with cinnamon and sugar on it. I don't know if it was all in my head but it always made me feel better. As an adult I still do it and the feeling I get reminds me of my mom. This butter gave me that feeling so please pick this one up. Whenever it's on toast, bagel, or biscuits you will enjoy it. The package also says you can put it on hot cereal, haven't tried it yet but I will soon.



As promised we redeemed ourselves from disaster food 2011 (AKA: last week). We''ll see you here next Tuesday, Have a great week guys!




Spoons & Spatula's
~Dinah & Ma