Recipe

Cheesy Chicken Rotini with VELVEEA® & RO*TEL®

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March 13, 2012 By Jennifer 3 Comments

Between the end of this pregnancy, sick kids, and hubby working late our dinners have been all over the place. I often feel I get discouraged when we’re down a family member on making a bigger meal. In my mind I struggle finding it worth making a good meal if not everyone is going to eat it.

In reality making a good meal doesn’t always have to translate into a big deal (or a big mess). Sometimes it is just a matter of find a good one pan meal.

When going through the Weeknight WOW meals on the VELVEETA® & RO*TEL® website I came across the Cheesy Chicken Rotini recipe and knew instantly it was something my family would like and I’d like making! Not to mention you do know that by visiting their site you can enter to win $1,000 given away each week, and one grand prize winner of $15,000!

So back to my Cheesy Chicken Rotini recipe. It stated 40 minutes but it definitely didn’t take that. Maybe it took 25 minutes and I added a step.

First get water on the stove and bring to boil for your rotini. Just so you know this is the step I added as the site has you do it in one pan but I can’t boil chicken so I added the noodles at the end. Cook rotini as directed on box.

In a separate pan cut chicken into one inch pieces and cook for several minutes in a pan sprayed with PAM. When fully cooked add 1/2 cup water from your pasta noodles and your bag of frozen vegetables to pan. Stir. Cover.

Now cube your VELVEETA® into small pieces and add to pan. Stir occasionally while keeping pan covered.

Now add your Rotini and RO*TEL® and stir. We used the whole box of Rotini and ended up doubling the amount of VELVEETA® cheese.

This looks delish, doesn’t it?

It was so easy to make and literally saved me on a night that I didn’t want to cook, my kitchen was actually clean, and my kids were really hungry. I love meals that also get a both chicken and vegetables in them so this meal was a double win in my book!

INGREDIENTS(Per site)
1-1/2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 cups water
3 cups rotini pasta, uncooked
1 pkg. (16 oz.) frozen broccoli, cauliflower and carrot blend
1 can (10 oz.) RO*TEL^® Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies, undrained
1/2 lb. (8 oz.) VELVEETA^®, cut into 1/2-inch cubes

MY CHANGES
I used full box of Rotini noodle
1/2 C. water
16 oz VELVEETA^®.

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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of VELVEETA/RO*TEL. The opinions and text are all mine.

Filed Under: Blog Frog, Dinner, Recipe Tagged With: Ro*Tel, Velveeta

Easy BBQ Hot Wings Recipe

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February 28, 2012 By Jennifer 8 Comments

Wings. Johnny LOVES wings.

He’s been begging me to make him wings since Super Bowl. I had promised him I would and then the whole Puppy came into play and we got side tracked. By the time I remembered I bought all the stuff the chicken was a week past its date.

I finally got around to buying new chicken and we gave it a go. Add about 1-2 inches of canola oil to your skillet and begin to heat. I didn’t want to cook all my chicken separately so I used my large 12 inch skillet. If you don’t have a nice big one you should invest in one. I LOVE mine and use it regularly. Mine is a Pampered Chef 12″ Skillet and has been worth every penny!

Take your wing drumettes and rinse under water in strainer.

When the oil is hot add your drumettes. My biggest pet peeve cooking with oil is the splattering mess it leaves. I invested in this Splatter Screen a few years ago and it was a good investment!

Let your wing cook for about 20-25 minutes in the oil. My splatter screen will save my stove during this time…

While those are cooking take 2 sticks of butter and melt over medium heat.

I actually planned on following a recipe when I started these and suddenly realized I had none of the other ingredients. Gulp. So I went into my pantry and pulled out what I thought would work. This is the small 5oz RedHot.

Dumped the bottle of RedHot and half the bottle of BBQ sauce and stirred until well blended.

The wings will be a nice golden brown color once done.

lay them out of a layer of paper towels to drain the grease.

Then pour the mixture into a mixing bowl. Add the wings and mix well.

You’re left with finger licking good wings. Literally.

Things wings are a little on the hot side. Not Oh Em Gee hot but hot enough to give you a heads up in case hot isn’t your style. Johnny said they were some of the best wings he’s ever had. He loves wings so that made my day.

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Filed Under: Appetizer, Recipe Tagged With: Barbecue, BBQ, Hot, Wings

Fiesta Pasta Baked Potatoes with VELVEETA® and Ro*Tel® #Recipe

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February 14, 2012 By Jennifer Leave a Comment

This pregnancy has been a starch overload. French fries, mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, you name it. Problem is they were getting boring and predictable. I need something to spice things up a bit.

When it came time to prepare my next recipe I knew that I wanted to do something that could go with my potatoes but also something that my boys would eat. Since I’m the only one in the house that likes tomatoes I needed something that could be several things in one.

Looks great right? It was delish!!!

I ate it just as pictured and it covered every pregnancy craving I was having at once. Hubby had the same thing minus the Ro*Tel® tomatoes. The kids had the VELVEETA® pasta combo on the top.

We all loved it and while it looked like I had spent the night being a short order cook I really wasn’t. VELVEETA® and Ro*Tel® made it really easy to take our meals to different levels without actually making different meals!

Fiesta Pasta Baked Potatoes
2 Baked Potatoes
1 box Rotelle pasta
16 oz. VELVEETA® cheese
1 Bag Frozen Broccoli Florets
1/4 Cup Ro*Tel®

Boil water and cook pasta as stated on box. Boil water and cook florets at same time. Strain pasta was cooked and add cubes of VELVEETA® into pan. Melt. Add pasta in and stir. Then add florets and stir.

Stab holes in potatoes with fork and cook in microwave. My microwave actually has a baked potato setting if yours doesn’t just place in for 3 minutes and turn over then 3 more minutes.

Split open potatoes and scoop pasta into opening. Spoon Ro*Tel® over the top. Eat!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of VELVEETA/RO*TEL. The opinions and text are all mine.

Filed Under: Dinner, Recipe, Side Dish Tagged With: Baked Potato, Fiesta, pasta, Ro*Tel, Velveeta

Glazed Apple Pie Danish #Recipe #CreativeCrescents

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January 23, 2012 By Jennifer 7 Comments

I like short cuts. Especially short cuts that are good. I recently discovered the seamless crescent rolls and it has literally been life changing. If you’ve noticed I’ve been knocking out some great recipes lately thanks to crescent rolls and I can’t wait to see how many more I come up with!

Ingredients

1 Pkg. Seamless Crescent Roll
3 Granny Smith Apples
3 Tablespoons Sugar
2 Tablespoons Cinnamon
1/3 Cup Powdered Sugar
3 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
1 1/2 Tablespoon Whipping Cream
1/2 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
Pinch of Nutmeg

Directions

Peel, Core, and Slice apples and mix with lemon juice, sugar, and cinnamon. Place in 9×9 pan and bake for 15 minutes at 350.

While apples are baking take your seamless crescent rolls and smooth out with a rolling pan (if you can’t find seamless that’s okay you’ll just need to take more time with a roller). Do this on top of parchment paper you can later move to the baking sheet.

Next, spoon your apples down the center.

Take a knife and cut lines in a downward manner. You’re going to want to take them one by one crossing over making a braid like pattern.

When you come to the bottom just overlap and press together. Bake for 20-22 minutes at 350 or until golden brown on top. Remember your apples are already soft.

Remove and in small bowl combine powdered sugar, whipping cream, vanilla, and pinch of nutmeg and whisk until smooth.