Kraft 5 Meals in one Bag...Day 1

Ok, so they say you can fit all the ingredients in one reusable Wal-mart Bag. Who knows, I took my whole family shopping with me, so I never will.

Back to the beginning. Last week I received my quarterly Kraft magazine in the mail. Flipping through the pages I found an article, with recipes for 5 low priced family dinners. Alright, I'll bite. Why not? My loving family are the worst people to cook for. Hubby doesn't like anything usual. DD#1 lives on air (well, snack food) and refuses to eat at meal time unless it really catches her eye. DD#2, eats most of what I put in front of her, at least for now, as she tries to mimic her older sister, that will change. Me, I have a culinary degree wasting away. My new specialties are grill cheese, pasta with butter and cheese, and peanut butter, jelly, and banana crackers. Sigh!

So today is day one of my newest experiment. Of course, I am going out of order, but this was the recipe that DD1 agreed to.

Velveeta Cheesy Chicken Rice. It has some pluses, they like chicken, rice, and cheese. Negative, its made with Velveeta, a processed cheese, and broccoli (hubby hates broccoli). Well, if they like it I will have to tweek the recipe just a bit. I already changed the white rice to brown rice. Maybe, carrots and green beans instead of broccoli (although I love broccoli, don't think it will fly), and Low-fat sharp cheddar cheese.

So I made the recipe and it tastes ok, I think the changes will help and probably make it a bit healthier.

Another big thing today, I have decided to go back to school. DD1 is in preschool now and DD2 will be in Preschool next fall. Soon, I will be at home alone and I think its time to finish up school and get a career in place for when they are both in school. That way I can contribute to the family income. Hubby is actually ok with me going back to school, even though it is going to cost us some money that we really don't have right now, but when I explained where this was going in the long term he was like, ok, how much. So, over the weekend I started researching, and today I applied to Missouri State. I hope that I get in, they have a great Teaching School, but first I have to wait for the transcripts to arrive their and to hear back. Hope it doesn't take to long...