I have been so bad this last week and I have to apologize.....
We have a graduate at our house--- and if any of you have had or currently have a graduate, you know there are so many loose ends to tie up before the notorious walk across the stage to receive the empty folder which will one day soon hold that cherished diploma!!!!   Here it is things like-- cakes, getting grades on the final transcript and also working on an Eagle Scout project. But I wouldn't change it for a second!

Sometimes life is like this--- fast and furious! Other days it is nice and summer slow.....

What I'm loving is the ability to adapt to the pace... tonight I had some pulled chicken in the freezer. I noticed I had pot pie on my calendar for a meal. If it is on the calendar and I did my shopping, then I know I have all the ingredients! Here was the dilemma... I didn't want to heat up my oven.... so of course, I grabbed my Kitchen Fair Magic pan and decided to experiment and see how this pot pie would do by cooking on the stove top..... it was SIMPLE AMAZING!

As you can see, it started with a crust--- well, since I had never cooked a top crust in the magic pan before, I was goign to see what woudl happen.... I didnt like the way the top crust was cooking, so I simply pushed it into the filling and let it cook and puff inside the filling! It was the best pot pie ever and I saved time and money in the process! I did not heat up my house and make my ac work harder, I used about 1/4 of the energy and my time was simple, I set the timer and went outside and played with the kids.... when it rang, it was ready for me to check.... overall, it took 38 minutes to cook and be crispy and fluffy......

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I'd love to get to know you and share recipes along with money and time saving ideas!

And, if you'd like to have a magic pan of your own, you could earn it for free..... just let me know!

So I shared with you about planning.  Planning out the meals
you and your family eat. Have you gotten that done?  Take the half an hour and help your sanity and your checkbook. Did you know if you plan out your meals, you can save HUNDREDS of dollars a

year?

But let's be real.  Some days you don't have time or the energy to make dinner.  So in your planning, have a couple of 'go to' meals ready on your calendar. So one of my go to meals is macaroni and cheese with a side salad and green beans on the side. Easy peasy. And I'm not talking about the boxed Mac and cheese garbage.  I'm talking about fresh and creamy amazing yumminess. All done in 25 minutes and easy peasy.

Here's how it goes.

In your 12x12 Kitchen Fair roaster place:
1 box dry pasta noodles
3 c cheddar cheese shredded cheese
4oz cream cheese chunked up and spread out.
4 oz chunked up velveeta spread out
Salt and pepper to taste
3 cups milk

Turn heat to medium low and cover.   Stir every 10 mins. Should be totally cooked at 30 mins.

Serve with a side of green beans and a salad.

Here's how it looks in real life. Fast and easy and healthy for your family..... so what's your "go to" meal????