Kraft Deluxe Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner

It's time to clone America's best-selling brand of instant macaroni & cheese. This recipe is for the "Deluxe" variety of this popular product - that is, the one that comes with an envelope of thick cheese sauce, rather than the dry, powdered cheese.

I think the "Deluxe" version, with it's two-cheese blend, is the better tasting of the two, although it's gonna hit you a bit harder in the wallet at the supermarket. But now, with this Top Secret Recipe, you can make creamy macaroni & cheese that taste like Kraft's original at a fraction of the price of the real deal. You gotta love that!

Recipe Ingredient
8 cups water

2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni

1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1/2 cup Cheez Whiz

2 tablespoons whole milk

1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Bring 8 cups (2 quarts) of water to a boil over high heat in a large saucepan. Add elbow macaroni to water and cook for 10 to 12 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.

2. As macaroni boils, prepare sauce by combining cheddar cheese, Cheez Whiz, and milk in a small saucepan over medium low heat. Stir cheese mixture often as it heats, so that it does not burn. Add salt. When all of the cheddar cheese has melted and the sauce is smooth, cover pan and set aside until macaroni is ready.

3. When macaroni is ready, strain water, but do not rinse the macaroni.

4. Using the same pan you prepared the macaroni in, combine the macaroni with the cheese sauce, and mix well. Makes about 4 cups.

Koo Koo Roo Santa Fe Pasta

With Southwestern-style dressing, corn, peppers and fresh cilantro, this is an addicting clone from a quickly growing fast food concept. Koo Koo Roo's "California Style" flame broiled and rotisserie chicken meals come with a wide selection of very tasty side dishes, including Tangy Tomato Salad, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, and Confetti Rice. This cold Santa Fe Pasta salad is one of the favorites on the long list of 24 sides.

And here's the TSR clone recipe to help you make a version of your own that tastes as good as the real thing.

1 16-ounce package Rotini pasta

4-5 quarts water

Dressing

1 1/4 cups V-8 juice

1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder

3/4 teaspoon paprika

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 cup cooked yellow corn kernels

1/3 cup chopped cilantro

1/4 cup chopped green onion

2 tablespoons diced red bell pepper

2 tablespoons diced green bell pepper
1 chicken breast fillet, cooked and diced

1. Prepare the pasta by bringing 4-5 quarts of water to a rolling boil in a large saucepan. Add pasta to the pan, and when water begins to boil again, cook for 8-11 minutes. Pasta should be al dente, or mostly tender but with a slight toughness in the middle.

2. Whisk all of the dressing ingredients together in a small bowl. Cover and chill the dressing until you're ready to use it.

3. When pasta is done, pour it into a large bowl. Add the dressing, then toss.

4. Add the remaining ingredients to the pasta, and toss until combined. Cover and chill for several hours before serving.

Serves 8.

Boston Chicken Spicy Rice

Categories: Rice
Yield: 6 servings

Recipe's ingredients:
1/4 c Raw Rice-shaped pasta
3/4 c Minute rice
1 tb Pimiento; chop fine
1/2 ts Dry minced celery leaf
1 ts Dry minced parsley
1/4 ts Dry mustard
14 oz Can chicken broth
1/4 c Olive oil
1/2 ts Salt

In a 2-qt saucepan combine all ingredients. Stir often and bring to a bol. Cover and remove from heat. Let stand 15 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork occasionally. Salt and pepper to taste if desired. Keep warm in top of double boiler, over simmering water, to serve within an hour. Refrigerate leftovers covered. Rewarm Gently for 3 to 4 days. Do not freeze.

Boston Chicken Macaroni & Cheese

Boston Chicken Macaroni & Cheese


Categories: Pitzer, Pasta, Cheese
Yield: 6 Servings


Recipe's Ingredients
3 c Dry spiral shaped pasta Cook al dente, drain
2/3 c Milk (2% or regular)
1 lb Velveeta cheese, light or cubed small
1/4 ts Dry mustard powder
1/2 ts Ground turmeric
Salt and pepper to taste

Place into top of double boiler over gently simmering water milk, cheese, mustard powder turmeric, salt and pepper in that order. Stir with whisk occasionally until melted and smooth. Stir pasta into hot cheese mixture and keep hot until serving time over hot water, up to an hour. (If it begins to thicken up too much, dilute with a little milk). Neverput into oven or over direct heat as it will scorch and change the texture to a sticky mess. 6-8 side servings or 4 main-dish servings.