WFD Friday

Hante Haziran 01, 2022

We are still in use it up mode here and cleaning out the refrigerator, freezer and pantry. My income is always lower in the summer time due to school being out and therefore I have to watch the pennies even closer than I do at other times of the year, so using up what we have on hand is one way to do that.

First on the menu is Macaroni and Cheese in the crock pot.

I have several boxes of elbow macaroni on hand, but I also have two boxes of Great Value macaroni and cheese in the family size boxes. I bought these on clearance at one time for 25¢, but my family did not care for the cheese sauce in the pouch. So I set the cheese sauce pouch aside and I’m going to see if my daughter would like to sprinkle it on her popcorn sometime soon. So, rather than use up my good elbow macaroni, I decided to use the elbow macaroni in this box.

I’m also using one can of evaporated milk from my pantry, which needs using up along with some generic Velveeta cheese, which I had on hand.

Crockpot Macaroni & Cheese

1 box (8 ounce) elbow macaroni, cooked

2 tablespoons oil

1/4 cup of butter, melted

12 ounce can of evaporated milk

3 cups processed cheese (I had generic Velveeta on hand)

1 & 1/2 cups of milk

Stir that all together and cook on low for 3 to 4 hours.

Next on the menu are Green Beans with Onions. I picked these fresh from the garden this morning and went ahead and broke them up and started them cooking early to avoid heating up the kitchen later.

One thing I want to mention is if you have a green bean that wasn’t picked in time and has a tough outer shell, you can still use the beans inside the shell and cook those with your beans. We call them shelly beans. I can remember one time when I was growing up picking a whole batch of green beans from my grandfather’s garden. The beans did not get picked in time and ended up being tough, so we broke open the shells and used the beans only. You can see from my batch that I had a couple like that.