Monday, April 5, 2010

Southwest Pasta Bake

I knew that I wouldn't feel like cooking when we got back in town last night, so I bought a box dinner from Wal-Mart.  It was Southwestern Chicken Pasta Bake and was actually really good.  While I was eating it, I thought that it might be easy to make into a vegatarian dish.  So I got up from the table and started!  I had leftover salsa and velveeta that I melted together with some milk.  I'm not sure how much of each - probably about 1c salsa and 1c cubed Velveeta.  I just added enough milk to make it saucy.  I added 1 can rinsed and drained black beans, 1c corn, and a little less than 1/2 lb cooked whole wheat macaroni.  I mixed it all together, topped it with cheese, and put it in the refrigerator for lunch today.  I baked it for about 30 minutes on 400 (although I think my oven's 400 is really about 350).  It probably could use some cumin or chili powder or something to give it more flavor, but it was pretty good for just throwing it together!

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