I’ve been asking for your votes over and over again, bribing in most cases but did you know that YOU could submit your own entry to win some fabulous prizes??

Tell Velveeta in 150 words or less on how you deliver delicious meals to your family on a budget, and you could win a Stainless Steel Cookware Set from Cuisinart and an awesome runner-up prize.    Surely you all have some tips that are budget friendly and yet still allow you to create a fantastic home cooked meal!

It’s super easy to enter…just fill out your email, name and address and submit your story/tips.

I actually had a great recipe that I was going to post but after getting my pictures onto the computer, I realized that I forgot to take the final picture!! Gah! What was I thinking.  So now I’m gonna talk about my process for the recipe I created and the cost of it for the Velveeta Challenge.

As I mentioned before, when I think of casserole recipes, I think of fast, family friendly, and low-cost so I kept all those things in mind when creating my recipe.  The hardest challenge for me was coming up with something that was original but I finally just told myself to do it and don’t think about other recipes.  You’d be surprised at how you can use Velveeta..in fact, did you know that you can even use it to make fudge?  Yep!  You can!!

Anyways, after several days, I created my Shrimp Stroganoff Casserole.  With only 6 ingredients, it really is super easy and fast to boot!  As many of you know, I’m not a fancy schmancy cook so I didn’t go all crazy and add extra spices or such to pile on the ingredients.  I kept is simple, I kept it real.

For a family of four, this would actually be less than $10 bucks but since the casserole will serve 8, it’s under $20–$17.24 to be exact!

I had planned on buying the ingredients separate but I don’t go to town very often and bought all my groceries at once so you’ll see this recipe’s ingredients highlighted on the receipt.

There are 6 ingredients as you can see.  Prices are as followed:

$1.92 for Broccoli

$1.12 for Sour Cream

$1.14 for Egg Noodles

$4.84 for Velveeta Cheese

$1.08 for Cream of Shrimp

$7.14 for Shrimp

$17.24 Total Cost of 6 ingredients that serves 8.

I did have some trouble finding the Cream of Shrimp so if you can’t find it, you can always substitute with Cream of Mushroom or even Cream of Chicken.  The broccoli was fresh and the shrimp was not on sale so it’s a good deal!

You have to wait to see the recipe in full but I hope that you will enjoy it as much as we did!  And if you do think it’s a winner, I hope that on October 30th, you will all vote for my recipe!

Consider subscribing because I’ll have some AWESOME giveaways for you thanks to some wonderful sponsors!

Until then……………………..

P.S. Check out my exciting news over at my personal blog!

I am so excited to announce that I was one of 5 bloggers chosen to participate in the Velveeta Casserole Challenge by KRAFT!!! (Link won’t be live until Oct. 13th or so)  In the meantime, you guys can go read all about Velveeta and the recipes.

So what’s the Velveeta Casserole Challenge all about?

Each blogger was asked to create a casserole recipe, using Kraft Velveeta Cheese that can serve 8 with ingredients that can be bought for $20 or less.

Only 5 bloggers were included in Kraft’s Velveeta Cheese Casserole contest.  Me and the other contestants will develop an original casserole recipe using Velveeta Cheese. Each blogger will post their recipe along with photos of the ingredients, the process, and the final dish and include a scanned copy of the receipt to prove the ingredients did in fact cost $20 or less. Later on, we can then ask for votes where the winner with the most votes will win a set of Chef’s Collection Stainless Steel Cookware by Cuisinart as well as a $500 grocery store gift card.  OH YEAH BABY!

HOW DID I COME UP WITH MY RECIPE?

When I hear Kraft, I think of easy, fast, low-cost, and family friendly recipes.  Because I know that a HUGE chunk of my readers are hard working moms and dads with very little time to cook, I created a very simple recipe that can be cooked in under 30 minutes!  Having only 6 ingredients, you might be led to believe that it’s too simple but I guarantee you it’s filled with flavor!   More on the actual recipe later;)  WHAT?!  I don’t want to spill it all in only one post!..LOL

How YOU can join in some fun!

I’ve created a youtube group where you can cut the cheese with me using KRAFT! You can learn more by visiting that link!  There’s a prize involved;)  Oh, and if you don’t do videos, try the flickr group

Okay guys, that’s all for now!  I hope to have my internet up and running within the next couple of days so please hang in there.  I promise I’ll be back online soon!