Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti

I love this recipe. Love, love, love. Sadly, my nephew isn't feelin' the love, so we don't have it nearly as often as I would like. I think that most people who like Rotel Dip would like this recipe. Maybe even certain people who are trying to get rid of a bunch of turkey leftovers. Just a thought.

Ingredients:
8 oz. spaghetti
1 lb. velveeta (cubed)
1 can rotel (use mild if you're not wanting much of a kick to it)
2 cooked chicken breasts (cubed or shredded)

Instructions:
Cook spaghetti according to package instructions. Meanwhile, in saucepan coated with cooking spray, combine Velveeta and Rotel; cook and stir until cheese is melted. Add chicken; heat through.

Drain spaghetti; mix all together.

Speedy Tuna "Casserole"

A really easy way to make a "Tuna Helper" type of dish. 

Ingredients:
1 box Kraft macaroni & cheese (including the margarine & milk that the box instructions call for)
1 cup frozen mixed vegetables (peas, carrots, corn)
1 6-oz can tuna in water, drained, flaked
8 Ritz crackers, crushed

Instructions:
Prepare the macaroni and cheese as directed on package, adding vegetables to the boiling water for the last two minutes of cooking the noodles. 

Add tuna; mix lightly.

Top with cracker crumbs just before serving.

Yield:  4 servings.  We double this recipe, which gives us enough for leftovers for some of us for the next day's lunch.

Crockpot Beef and Noodles

This is our favorite "beef stroganoff" recipe. For years I called it Beef Stroganoff, until I realized one day that you probably can't call something "beef stroganoff" if it doesn't have sour cream in it. So these days it's known as Beef and Noodles. :) Make sure you don't put the noodles in to the crockpot to cook all day, or you'll join my sister-in-law in a cooking mistake that she has never lived down!

Ingredients:
2 lbs beef stew meat (you could get away with 1-1/2 lbs to save $$ and/or calories)
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
2 envelopes dry onion soup mix
1/2 tsp. pepper
16 oz egg noodles

Instructions:
Cut beef stew meat into smaller pieces, if you'd like. (It will be very soft and easy to cut when cooked, so this is really not a necessity.) Combine beef, soup, soup mix, and pepper in crockpot. Stir well. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours. Cook noodles. Add noodles to crockpot, mix well, and serve. (Or serve beef mixture on top of noodles.)

Yield: Quite a bit! The original recipe calls for half of this, which could easily feed four. We double it so that we have leftovers to pack for lunches the next day.