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As Always, these recipes are wonderful! The ham one I dice SPAM and brown with peppers and onions. One of my families favorites is basically adding Prepared Boxed Mac & Cheese, and canned chicken chicken Breast to Green Bean Casserole. So simple! 5 inexpensive ingredients. 1. Mac & Cheese 2. Green Beans 3. Cream o Mushroom Soup 4. Cooked Chunked Chicken Breast 5. French Fried Onions Bake as you would Green Bean Casserole.
You are Amazing. I love how creative you are with these recipes. Where have you been all my adult life. I struggle trying to figure out what to make every night. And now with your Crock-Pot meals & these recipes I'm all set. Life just got a whole lot easier. Thank You!
I am so very happy to hear that, Mary! Thank you so very much for finding me and I sure do appreciate you being here as one of my loyal subscribers. Enjoy those crockpot meals and have a great rest of your weekend💜💜
Love it Julia! Moms and Dads today find it hard to make a healthy meal out of a box of Mac and cheese, and you came up with five!! You always amaze me and get me to also think outside the box! No pun intended! Lol😂
You can't take highly processed, high carb ingredients and turn them into "healthy". These are delicious complete meals, but not "healthy". I'm sure for many though, they could be healthier than other recipes they make, or fast food!
@Tracy Mainwaring Considering my budget and the time I have girl, they are healthier. I mean,in the summer when I have a full-fledged garden, I'm eating much healthier obviously, but in the winter this ,to me, is healthy, yes!!!!
Julia, thank you for these yummy ideas. I’m a SAHW with an empty nest and I really love these simple, inexpensive but delicious recipes to make for my husband who works so hard!
These meals look absolutely delicious and really so easy to prepare. My granddaughter is going to love them for sure. Thank you, Julia for making it so easy for us in the kitchen. My family has noticed the variety of meals I am preparing and I told them about you and how easy you make meals. 😊💕 Have a great weekend!💖🙏
Well thank you so very much for sharing my channel with your family members. And I hope you and your granddaughter enjoy these recipes too. Thanks so much for watching and I sure do appreciate your positive support💜💜
Great ideas! This makes me nostalgic for my mom’s tuna casserole: box of Kraft Mac N Cheese, can of cream of celery soup, milk, can of tuna, and a can of peas. Cook the noodles and stir in the powdered cheese, milk (probably about 1/4 to 1/2 cup), cream of celery soup, drained tuna, and drained peas. One of those ‘don’t knock it until you try it’ recipes. Easy way to feed a lot of kids on a small budget.
I make a tuna casserole this same way, but use a can of cheddar cheese soup instead of the celery soup. I might just need to try it with the celery soup!
I love your videos, Julia. They're chock-full of ideas how to buy and eat cheaply, which is incredibly important in today's economic climate! Thanks so much for posting them!
I really do appreciate that so much. That’s wonderful feedback! Thank you so much for being here today and I hope that you enjoy some of these recipes as well💛💛💛
Holy cow Julia I’m shook, I’ve never made anything other than Mac-n-cheese with boxed MAC, not ever but you’ve given me inspiration to make these delicious looking meals😋 they all look amazing👍👍👍 TYFS, I can’t wait to try them, you’re so talented♥️💫✨👼🏻✨💫♥️
Ha ha! You’re so funny. I’m so happy to hear that you think these recipes are something that you are able to use and I hope you enjoy them, Angela. Have a great rest of your weekend🙌🏼
I can't wait to try these.. Seriously you always come through Julia when I'm stumped on what to make for dinner you are my go to on you tube! I always revisit your episodes again and again!
I’m really happy to hear that you think you can use these recipes! Thank you so much for sharing your positive feedback and I sure do appreciate you🙌🏼🙌🏼
Oh my dear friend you have out done yourself once again. You are amazing, you never disappoint. All looks delicious. May God bless your family my dear friend 🙏 👵
In my childhood, we had a super tight food budget. My mama used to make a box of mac and cheese, stir in a can of tuna, and a can of peas. I loved it and would still eat it. Thank you for reminding me. These recipes are no doubt yummy too. I'll bet the pizza recipe is popular with the kiddos, especially.
You have a gift Julia. Showing the huge majority of every day people how easy it is to make a delicious meal. Snobby chefs on TV would say you can't make quality food from a can, jar or package and you have most definitely proved every one of them wrong. You are the 1st channel I go to when I want to try something new, because I know I will not be disappointed, ever. Every single recipe I made of yours was awesome and have zero doubt this video will disappoint.
Oh my goodness! Thank you so very much for your kind words and your positive support. I really do appreciate all of that! And I am really happy to have such a loyal subscriber like you. Thank you so very much for watching and I hope you have a wonderful week💜🙌🏼
I can confirm my hubby LOVED the broccoli chicken Mac n cheese casserole! I enjoyed it as well. It was gone, devoured. My husband said to have this on the menu EVERY WEEK! 👍🏼
Love your recipes! Just a little thing, but I wanted to mention it for any new cooks out there - you say put it in the oven and “cook to 350 degrees”. You aren’t really cooking it TO 350, but cooking IN a 350 degree oven. Generally the temp you will cook TO is 160 to 170 ish.
I just made this Mac and Cheese Ham with the Panko bread, butter and Parmesan topping. It smells so good cooking! We are all looking forward to it tonight!
That is awesome! I am so happy to hear that you tried this recipe. I sure hope everybody enjoyed it! Thank you so very much for your positive comment💜💜
Julia, I have started sharing you with my daughter. We are both single ladies in a single home house. And your meals are easy and you can tell they’re going to be flavorful because of the seasons that you use but you can always add a little extra if you’re that type of person that needs that extra seasoning put the most remarkable part of your videos is the low cost that these fabulous nails take to make them! Keep sharing love your channel❤️
Thank you so very much, Darla for sharing my channel with your daughter! I am so happy to hear that you both are able to use my recipes and that you enjoy them too. That makes me day😉💜 thank you so very much for your loyal friendship here and I sure do thank you for watching! Have a great week!
Oh my gosh Julia, if somebody had asked my family what type of food/recipes they like, all they would have to do is show this video of easy and delicious food. You hit the ball out of the park again and they are all home runs!! Thank you so much for your effort and time in developing these awesome dinner ideas.
That’s just awesome, Joanne! Thank you so very much for your positive feedback about this video and I really do hope you and your family enjoy these meals🙌🏼🙌🏼
When I don't feel like cooking, all I have to do is watch your videos and it gives me the incentive to get in that kitchen! And "macaroni and cheese"?? C'mon. Outta my way!! Thanks Julia!
My 3 year old nephew is obsessed with broccoli. I’m going to make the chicken broccoli casserole for him the next time I go visit. I think he would be over the moon, especially because it looks like a recipe I can have him help with. We have a date to make chocolate covered pretzels and strawberries so we can make dinner for the family too
What? That is just awesome that he is obsessed with broccoli. That is just the best! I sure do hope you both have fun with these recipes and have a great weekend🙌🏼
@@JuliaPacheco he chattered to me the other night over FaceTime for 15 minutes about his broccoli, how he loves it, how it makes him big and strong like Grandpa, how it was the best vegetable, how many different ways he likes to eat it, it was absolutely hilarious to see him so excited about his broccoli 🤣. He is just the best, I wish I didn’t live so far away from him. We have a few FaceTime calls every week but he breaks my heart when he asks auntie why you not here, where is Tennessee, when you coming home, I miss you and love you so so so SO much, where is cousin James, when is cousin James coming to see me, why do you live in Tennessee and I live here, why you not live here with my grampy or with me and my mom, can I come to Tennessee I be there in 5 minutes I promise. He’s very precocious and while he doesn’t understand the distance between Northern Michigan and Nashville he knows it’s super far and it’s a big deal when auntie and cousin James comes to visit. Bless my son (he’s 16) for being so patient and happy to hang out with his 3 year old cousin who idolizes his big cousin. With their age difference my son is more like his fun uncle than his cousin and treats him like his fun uncle. He takes him out on the ATV’s, he takes him to the playground, he builds sandcastles with him on the beach of Lake Michigan basically whatever my nephew wants my son obliges. It’s so cute when my nephew says when I get big I’m going to be just like cousin James.
When I was growing up, my dad's go-to quickie meal for us was mixing tuna fish, can of peas and Kraft. So I've always been a fan of stretching that box out. Thank you for some new ideas.
What great timing! I recently bought some Mac & cheese (which I very rarely buy) to save some $ but was not sure if we would even eat it. These are great ideas and will really help to save $. Thank you!
Thank you so very much for your positive comment and I’m happy to hear that you found some recipes to use that macaroni and cheese. Have a great weekend🙌🏼🙌🏼
I have been following you for awhile, but have never commented... until now. Oh my goodness, I saw the title of the video and knew that this was going to be a winner! I can't wait to try these recipes, because my husband is going to LOVE all of them! Thank you!
Well I sure do appreciate your loyal support here, Kathy. And I am happy to hear that you and your husband will both enjoy these recipes. Thank you so much for sharing your positive comment and hope you have a great weekend💜💜
Hi Julia ! I've been watching you for a couple of yrs. Along with the fun of watching you cook, those little decorations of encouragement have helped me more than you know ❤️🥰
Oh, I am so happy to hear that. That really does make my day to hear that about my inspirational messages. Thank you so very much for sharing that and I really do appreciate your loyal friendship over the years💜💜
Thank you. I've been doing things like this for years. Left overs are easily remade with a box of Mac n cheese! One of our favorites is left over BBQ pork or chicken... sometimes if I have lots of dibs and dabs of left overs I'll make a fresh box of mac n cheese, then set other stuff out for toppings.
Girl, these look amazing! Your videos are just fabulous. You’ve gotten me through some tough financial times, and I’m revisiting some of my fave videos of yours because some life changes left my budget super SUPER tight for the next few months. I appreciate you and your personality, along with your yummy recipes! 🤍✨
GIRL! ...... you have changed my life lol my family no longer has to eat the same 5 meals every single week over and over. First time in my life I have ever already had the ingredients for a meal - mind blown
Hi Julia. My gosh, I have never heard of any of these recipes. I am not a serious macaroni and cheese lover on its own, but with the things you've added to this staple makes them more of meal casseroles that turns this basic staple over the top. I am so writing these down and trying them. You continue to amaze me with your culinary twists on simple items. Have a great weekend, dear one.
Well thank you so very much, Cindy. And I hope you really do enjoy these recipes! You can also go to my description box and click on read more and scroll down, to find the links to my recipes if that helps. You can even print them out so you do not have to write them all down. Thank you so very much for watching and for your very kind comment💜🙌🏼
Thanks for the reminder of your website, but I go there all the time to get the recipes I want. Let me tell you, I so appreciate that site, especially with the photos of the recipes. You've thought of everything to make our life easier and I love and appreciate that. See you next week.
Another set of easy recipes and for me most of the ingredients I have on hand. I love how you transformed a boring box of mac and cheese into something spectacular. Thanks for all you do.
Your channel is so great! I've been preparing several of your recipes, enjoying them and then freezing the rest for later. It's so nice to have meals ready to go after a long day. I'm looking forward to trying these mac and cheese recipes. Also, you are such a lovely and sweet host 😍Keep up the great work and thank you!
I am so happy to hear that you’ve been able to do that, Greta! Good for you! That definitely helps to have meals ready to go to fit around your schedule in the evening. Thank you so very much for watching and I sure do appreciate your kind comment💜💜
These are really great ideas. I really love the way you present it! Never thought of messing with the classic Kraft Mac and Cheese but these look delicious!
You come up with such easy, delicious recipes. I would’ve never thought of these recipes. I want to stock up on Mac and cheese to try all of these. Love your videos. 😊
These recipes look amazing !! I love Mac n cheese so I no I’ll love these recipes ! I love the Ritz cracker topping idea ! I’ve never tried that before. Thank you Julia 💜
Been watching you for a while now and have made a few of your budget / slow cooker recipes and soups ... Where has this video been all my life. I'm doing better eating healthier things but there's times when you just need some nice box macaroni dinner and these all look stellar.
Thank you so very much! I hope you enjoy some of these recipes too. And yes, these are definitely not for every day use, healthier recipes are better, but they’re such great comfort food meals🙌🏼🙌🏼
Wow Julia..I don't know which to try first. They all look amazing and using a box of Mac and Cheese as the foundation simplifies the process of making a tasty meal.
I cook every day for my family and extended family, a lot of picky eaters. Some days I need recipes like this just due to exhaustion. Thank you for sharing.
We usually add bacon, onion and cauliflower to macaroni cheese then top it with grated cheese and panko and bake it. I'm going to try some of these ideas!
I like all of them I have one with can tuna 1 diced onion 1 gr pepper opt I can of diced tomatoes 1can of peas cheddar cheese ritz crackers butter cook as directed sauté onions and gr pepper opt then add onions and peppers drained tomatoes some cheddar cheese mix put in casserole top with cheese and crumbled crackers and dot with butter bake until cheese melts
Well thank you so very much! I consider all of you part of my RUclips family for sure. You all mean the world to me! Thanks so very much for your positive comment🙌🏼🙌🏼
I made your upgrade macaroni and cheese and it was delicious!!! My whole family enjoyed it. My mouth was watering when I saw you make this recipe. Thank you for sharing your recipes. I love your voice. Your recipes are very easy to follow and to make. I love all of your videos. Please keep your videos coming!!! 🥰😃❤❤❤
Well I am so very happy to hear about that! I’m glad that everybody enjoyed the macaroni and cheese ideas and I sure do appreciate your positive feedback. Thank you so much for watching and I appreciate your support🙌🏼🙌🏼
Thank you for being here! If you missed it here’s Sundays $5 dinner video: ruclips.net/video/0LEVn93ymFU/видео.html 😊
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As Always, these recipes are wonderful!
The ham one I dice SPAM and brown with peppers and onions. One of my families favorites is basically adding Prepared Boxed Mac & Cheese, and canned chicken chicken Breast to Green Bean Casserole.
So simple! 5 inexpensive ingredients.
1. Mac & Cheese
2. Green Beans
3. Cream o Mushroom Soup
4. Cooked Chunked Chicken Breast
5. French Fried Onions
Bake as you would Green Bean Casserole.
I can't find your easy shrimp boil. How can I find it plz
Your cooking is so fun to warch...great ideas thanks so much!
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Wow, Julia, I never would have thought one could get so much versatility out of a box of mac and cheese! Thanks for these great ideas! ❤
I sure hope you enjoy these recipes, Rose. Thank you so very much!💜
You are Amazing.
I love how creative you are with these recipes. Where have you been all my adult life. I struggle trying to figure out what to make every night. And now with your Crock-Pot meals & these recipes I'm all set.
Life just got a whole lot easier.
Thank You!
I am so very happy to hear that, Mary! Thank you so very much for finding me and I sure do appreciate you being here as one of my loyal subscribers. Enjoy those crockpot meals and have a great rest of your weekend💜💜
Love it Julia! Moms and Dads today find it hard to make a healthy meal out of a box of Mac and cheese, and you came up with five!! You always amaze me and get me to also think outside the box! No pun intended! Lol😂
A lot of creators have done this. Just search for it.
@April Townsend I don't have to search for it when I obviously follow a great creator!🙂 Thanks for the suggestion though!
You can't take highly processed, high carb ingredients and turn them into "healthy". These are delicious complete meals, but not "healthy". I'm sure for many though, they could be healthier than other recipes they make, or fast food!
@Tracy Mainwaring Considering my budget and the time I have girl, they are healthier. I mean,in the summer when I have a full-fledged garden, I'm eating much healthier obviously, but in the winter this ,to me, is healthy, yes!!!!
@Tracy Mainwaring BTW,not that it's any of yours,but I don't do fast food. EVER
Julia, thank you for these yummy ideas. I’m a SAHW with an empty nest and I really love these simple, inexpensive but delicious recipes to make for my husband who works so hard!
I sure hope you and your husband enjoyed these meals. Thank you so much for watching🙌🏼🙌🏼
These meals look absolutely delicious and really so easy to prepare. My granddaughter is going to love them for sure. Thank you, Julia for making it so easy for us in the kitchen. My family has noticed the variety of meals I am preparing and I told them about you and how easy you make meals. 😊💕 Have a great weekend!💖🙏
Well thank you so very much for sharing my channel with your family members. And I hope you and your granddaughter enjoy these recipes too. Thanks so much for watching and I sure do appreciate your positive support💜💜
Great ideas! This makes me nostalgic for my mom’s tuna casserole: box of Kraft Mac N Cheese, can of cream of celery soup, milk, can of tuna, and a can of peas. Cook the noodles and stir in the powdered cheese, milk (probably about 1/4 to 1/2 cup), cream of celery soup, drained tuna, and drained peas. One of those ‘don’t knock it until you try it’ recipes. Easy way to feed a lot of kids on a small budget.
That does sound really good, Kylie! I’m so happy to hear that it brought back memories and I hope you enjoy some of these recipes too💜💜
I make a tuna casserole this same way, but use a can of cheddar cheese soup instead of the celery soup. I might just need to try it with the celery soup!
My mom would make tuna casserole using cream of mushroom soup
@@cindygalbraith6180 I want to try it with the cheddar soup! Can’t go wrong with extra cheese!
@@lorijohnsto8308 I think I would like that just as well. Cream of mushroom is super versatile.
Her voice is so soothing and her recipes are simple and easy!
Thank you so much 😊
I love your videos, Julia. They're chock-full of ideas how to buy and eat cheaply, which is incredibly important in today's economic climate! Thanks so much for posting them!
I really do appreciate that so much. That’s wonderful feedback! Thank you so much for being here today and I hope that you enjoy some of these recipes as well💛💛💛
Holy cow Julia I’m shook, I’ve never made anything other than Mac-n-cheese with boxed MAC, not ever but you’ve given me inspiration to make these delicious looking meals😋 they all look amazing👍👍👍 TYFS, I can’t wait to try them, you’re so talented♥️💫✨👼🏻✨💫♥️
Ha ha! You’re so funny. I’m so happy to hear that you think these recipes are something that you are able to use and I hope you enjoy them, Angela. Have a great rest of your weekend🙌🏼
@@JuliaPacheco I’m definitely trying them and thank you so much Julia🙏♥️😇♥️🙏
I can't wait to try these.. Seriously you always come through Julia when I'm stumped on what to make for dinner you are my go to on you tube! I always revisit your episodes again and again!
I’m really happy to hear that you think you can use these recipes! Thank you so much for sharing your positive feedback and I sure do appreciate you🙌🏼🙌🏼
Oh my dear friend you have out done yourself once again. You are amazing, you never disappoint. All looks delicious. May God bless your family my dear friend 🙏 👵
Thank you so very much, Linda! I sure do appreciate you and your friendship here and I’m happy to hear that you enjoy these recipes🙌🏼
Hello sweet lady, who knew you could do so much with a simple box of mac & cheese. Thanks for sharing them with us. Stay well and safe.♥
You are so welcome sweet friend! And I sure hope you enjoy these recipes this week😀🙌🏼
Good to see you on a Friday!!🤗 Thanks for some Yummy ideas!😋🧀😋
Thanks so very much, Tammi! I can always count on you my friend💜💜
Even though my kids are grown I still buy mac& cheese, and I will try these yummy recipes. Thank you.
That’s awesome! I sure hope you enjoy💜🙌🏼
In my childhood, we had a super tight food budget. My mama used to make a box of mac and cheese, stir in a can of tuna, and a can of peas. I loved it and would still eat it.
Thank you for reminding me. These recipes are no doubt yummy too. I'll bet the pizza recipe is popular with the kiddos, especially.
I bet that was really good, Dawn! Thank you so very much for your positive comment and feedback🙌🏼🙌🏼
You have a gift Julia. Showing the huge majority of every day people how easy it is to make a delicious meal. Snobby chefs on TV would say you can't make quality food from a can, jar or package and you have most definitely proved every one of them wrong. You are the 1st channel I go to when I want to try something new, because I know I will not be disappointed, ever. Every single recipe I made of yours was awesome and have zero doubt this video will disappoint.
Oh my goodness! Thank you so very much for your kind words and your positive support. I really do appreciate all of that! And I am really happy to have such a loyal subscriber like you. Thank you so very much for watching and I hope you have a wonderful week💜🙌🏼
These recipes are good for busy families, single people ,and struggling families trying to stretch a dollar!!!❤❤❤❤
Thank you so very much, Emily! I appreciate the positive feedback💜💜
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I can confirm my hubby LOVED the broccoli chicken Mac n cheese casserole! I enjoyed it as well. It was gone, devoured. My husband said to have this on the menu EVERY WEEK! 👍🏼
Wow! That is amazing feedback. Especially when a husband enjoys the meal so much! Ha ha. Thanks so much for that🙌🏼🙌🏼
Awesome! 😍👍 You took the Mac and Cheese to a whole new delicious level. Thanks Julia!
Thank you so very much!🙌🏼🙌🏼
You're a culinary genius! Thanks for all you do!
Wow, thank you so very much! And I hope you really do enjoy these recipes🙌🏼🙌🏼
Love your recipes! Just a little thing, but I wanted to mention it for any new cooks out there - you say put it in the oven and “cook to 350 degrees”. You aren’t really cooking it TO 350, but cooking IN a 350 degree oven. Generally the temp you will cook TO is 160 to 170 ish.
She probably means to say "set your oven TO 350 degrees."
As someone who doesn’t cook well, I can start with these easy looking recipes, thanks for the ideas
I sure hope you find these recipes easy to make, Stacey💜
I just made this Mac and Cheese Ham with the Panko bread, butter and Parmesan topping. It smells so good cooking! We are all looking forward to it tonight!
That is awesome! I am so happy to hear that you tried this recipe. I sure hope everybody enjoyed it! Thank you so very much for your positive comment💜💜
Brought pack memories. Grew up in the 60s eating this!!
That’s great! Thank you so much and I’m glad to hear it brought back memories🙌🏼
She is better than any recipe book ! All recipes delicious !
Well thank you so very much, Theresa! I really do appreciate that💜
Who would have thought to make mac and cheese into great meals???!!!! Thanks, Julia!!!!! ❤
Thank you so very much, Nadine💜💜
Julia, I have started sharing you with my daughter. We are both single ladies in a single home house. And your meals are easy and you can tell they’re going to be flavorful because of the seasons that you use but you can always add a little extra if you’re that type of person that needs that extra seasoning put the most remarkable part of your videos is the low cost that these fabulous nails take to make them! Keep sharing love your channel❤️
Thank you so very much, Darla for sharing my channel with your daughter! I am so happy to hear that you both are able to use my recipes and that you enjoy them too. That makes me day😉💜 thank you so very much for your loyal friendship here and I sure do thank you for watching! Have a great week!
Great ideas! Thanks Julia. 🙂
These will help me when my granddaughters come over. They sound delicious and best of all for me, easy💜🙏🏻 Thank you, dear!
I sure hope they do! And have fun with your granddaughters!💜💜
Oh my gosh Julia, if somebody had asked my family what type of food/recipes they like, all they would have to do is show this video of easy and delicious food. You hit the ball out of the park again and they are all home runs!! Thank you so much for your effort and time in developing these awesome dinner ideas.
That’s just awesome, Joanne! Thank you so very much for your positive feedback about this video and I really do hope you and your family enjoy these meals🙌🏼🙌🏼
Awesome shortcut if you wanna call it that. Still very detailed and so very can't wait to make!! Thank you 💕
Hope you enjoy the recipes, Monica🙌🏼
Thank you for the bonus video this morning Julia 😄
You are so welcome! And thanks so very much for watching , Shaunah💜
So simple to start with Mac and Cheese. You have some of the easiest yet most filling recipes. Thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome! And thank you so very much, Tina💜
All the recipes look really delicious.
That’s awesome! Thank you so very much, Sharon💜
Oh my goodness, Julia, I just HAVE to try ALL of these. They look amazing!!!
That’s great to hear that! Hope you enjoy😀
When I don't feel like cooking, all I have to do is watch your videos and it gives me the incentive to get in that kitchen! And "macaroni and cheese"?? C'mon. Outta my way!! Thanks Julia!
Ha ha! Well thank you so very much, Sue! I’m happy to hear your positive feedback about this video and I hope you enjoy these recipes too💜🙌🏼🙌🏼
My 3 year old nephew is obsessed with broccoli. I’m going to make the chicken broccoli casserole for him the next time I go visit. I think he would be over the moon, especially because it looks like a recipe I can have him help with. We have a date to make chocolate covered pretzels and strawberries so we can make dinner for the family too
What? That is just awesome that he is obsessed with broccoli. That is just the best! I sure do hope you both have fun with these recipes and have a great weekend🙌🏼
@@JuliaPacheco he chattered to me the other night over FaceTime for 15 minutes about his broccoli, how he loves it, how it makes him big and strong like Grandpa, how it was the best vegetable, how many different ways he likes to eat it, it was absolutely hilarious to see him so excited about his broccoli 🤣. He is just the best, I wish I didn’t live so far away from him. We have a few FaceTime calls every week but he breaks my heart when he asks auntie why you not here, where is Tennessee, when you coming home, I miss you and love you so so so SO much, where is cousin James, when is cousin James coming to see me, why do you live in Tennessee and I live here, why you not live here with my grampy or with me and my mom, can I come to Tennessee I be there in 5 minutes I promise.
He’s very precocious and while he doesn’t understand the distance between Northern Michigan and Nashville he knows it’s super far and it’s a big deal when auntie and cousin James comes to visit. Bless my son (he’s 16) for being so patient and happy to hang out with his 3 year old cousin who idolizes his big cousin. With their age difference my son is more like his fun uncle than his cousin and treats him like his fun uncle. He takes him out on the ATV’s, he takes him to the playground, he builds sandcastles with him on the beach of Lake Michigan basically whatever my nephew wants my son obliges. It’s so cute when my nephew says when I get big I’m going to be just like cousin James.
When I was growing up, my dad's go-to quickie meal for us was mixing tuna fish, can of peas and Kraft. So I've always been a fan of stretching that box out. Thank you for some new ideas.
Thank you so very much for that positive feedback and I appreciate you sharing that family favorite recipe🙌🏼
All the recipes looked so good and easy, can’t wait to try them! Thanks for sharing more budget friendly meals!
I am so happy to hear that! I hope you enjoy these recipes and thanks for watching🙌🏼
What great timing! I recently bought some Mac & cheese (which I very rarely buy) to save some $ but was not sure if we would even eat it. These are great ideas and will really help to save $. Thank you!
Thank you so very much for your positive comment and I’m happy to hear that you found some recipes to use that macaroni and cheese. Have a great weekend🙌🏼🙌🏼
I made the southwest casserole tonight and my family loved it!
That’s awesome to hear! So happy that everybody enjoyed it🙌🏼
I have been following you for awhile, but have never commented... until now. Oh my goodness, I saw the title of the video and knew that this was going to be a winner! I can't wait to try these recipes, because my husband is going to LOVE all of them! Thank you!
Well I sure do appreciate your loyal support here, Kathy. And I am happy to hear that you and your husband will both enjoy these recipes. Thank you so much for sharing your positive comment and hope you have a great weekend💜💜
Those were great ideas, Julia! Thank you for some delicious new ideas. Have a glorious weekend! xoxo
Thanks so very much, Aimee💜
I know that I have told you this before but I will say it again: I love your videos and recipes. You’re the best.
Well thank you so very much! I sure do appreciate that🙌🏼
@@JuliaPacheco You are very welcome.
Hi Julia ! I've been watching you for a couple of yrs. Along with the fun of watching you cook, those little decorations of encouragement have helped me more than you know ❤️🥰
Oh, I am so happy to hear that. That really does make my day to hear that about my inspirational messages. Thank you so very much for sharing that and I really do appreciate your loyal friendship over the years💜💜
@@JuliaPacheco absolutely. Thanks for being a blessing 💖✨️
Thank you. I've been doing things like this for years. Left overs are easily remade with a box of Mac n cheese! One of our favorites is left over BBQ pork or chicken... sometimes if I have lots of dibs and dabs of left overs I'll make a fresh box of mac n cheese, then set other stuff out for toppings.
Wow! Thanks so much for sharing that tip. I appreciate that🙌🏼
Everything I've made from your videos is so good... I can't wait to try some of these
Thanks so very much, Tiffany!💜🙌🏼🙌🏼
Girl, these look amazing! Your videos are just fabulous. You’ve gotten me through some tough financial times, and I’m revisiting some of my fave videos of yours because some life changes left my budget super SUPER tight for the next few months. I appreciate you and your personality, along with your yummy recipes! 🤍✨
Oh, Jenna! I’m really happy to hear that my videos help in someway. Thank you so much for sharing that with me and I sure hope you have a good week💜🙌🏼
All of these recipes look so good!!
Thank you so very much🙌🏼
Yeah, Julia on a Friday!! Nice! Great meal ideas!!
Yes! And thank you so very much for watching🙌🏼🙌🏼
Great options for a pantry staple...especially with such ongoing high grocery prices! ❤️😊🍽️ Thanks, Julia!
Thanks so very much, Heather. I hope you and your family enjoy these recipes🙌🏼
GIRL! ...... you have changed my life lol my family no longer has to eat the same 5 meals every single week over and over. First time in my life I have ever already had the ingredients for a meal - mind blown
I am so very happy to hear that! Thank you so very much and I’m so happy to hear that your family enjoys my recipes too🙌🏼
Oh my gosh! Who knew those boxed M&C would make a good meal! Definitely trying all of them and so budget friendly! Thank you Julia!
Thank you so much, Nancy and I really hope you enjoy these recipes🙌🏼🙌🏼
Thank you! This gave me a couple new casserole ideas that I think my kids would really enjoy 😋
I sure hope they do! When you find new recipes that your kids love it is a huge home run🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Yayyyyy a Friday video!!! Love your recipes 🩷🩷
Thanks so very much! I’m so glad you’re here watching. Have a great weekend🙌🏼
Hi Julia. My gosh, I have never heard of any of these recipes. I am not a serious macaroni and cheese lover on its own, but with the things you've added to this staple makes them more of meal casseroles that turns this basic staple over the top. I am so writing these down and trying them. You continue to amaze me with your culinary twists on simple items. Have a great weekend, dear one.
Well thank you so very much, Cindy. And I hope you really do enjoy these recipes! You can also go to my description box and click on read more and scroll down, to find the links to my recipes if that helps. You can even print them out so you do not have to write them all down. Thank you so very much for watching and for your very kind comment💜🙌🏼
Thanks for the reminder of your website, but I go there all the time to get the recipes I want. Let me tell you, I so appreciate that site, especially with the photos of the recipes. You've thought of everything to make our life easier and I love and appreciate that. See you next week.
Thank you, Julia ! I’m under so much stress right now. Your videos help a lot !
I am so very sorry to hear that. I sure do hope these meals help in someway😀
It all looks delicious.
Thank you so very much🙌🏼
During these crazy times we all need ideas on cheap flavorful meals.
Thank you so very much. That’s very true! I appreciate you watching🙌🏼
Another set of easy recipes and for me most of the ingredients I have on hand. I love how you transformed a boring box of mac and cheese into something spectacular. Thanks for all you do.
Wow, Linda, thank you so very much! I sure do appreciate your positive feedback and I love having you here as one of my subscribers💜🙌🏼
I love your straight forward, well organized presentation.
Well thank you so very much, Sharon! I sure do appreciate that💛💛
Your channel is so great! I've been preparing several of your recipes, enjoying them and then freezing the rest for later. It's so nice to have meals ready to go after a long day. I'm looking forward to trying these mac and cheese recipes. Also, you are such a lovely and sweet host 😍Keep up the great work and thank you!
I am so happy to hear that you’ve been able to do that, Greta! Good for you! That definitely helps to have meals ready to go to fit around your schedule in the evening. Thank you so very much for watching and I sure do appreciate your kind comment💜💜
WOW!!! You are SO CREATIVE! Thank You!💞
And thank you so very much for that positive comment. I really appreciate that!🙌🏼🙌🏼
OMGOODNESS! Heavenly! Saving this video to try some of these recipes for when the family is hungry for mac-n-cheese! YUM!
I sure hope you and your family enjoy these recipes, Winnie! Thanks so much for your positive comment and have a great week🙌🏼🙌🏼
I love these Julia! I had quite a few boxes of macaroni and cheese, so now I can finally do something with them! Thank you so much!🥰🥰♥️♥️
I sure hope you enjoy these recipes with that macaroni and cheese that you have on hand. Thank you so much for watching!🙌🏼
Just watched this video and will definitely be adding these to my menu! 😊
Hope you enjoy!
Quick, most ingredients in your pantry, and not a lot dishes! Great job. ❤
Thanks so much! 😊 . I hope you enjoy!
My daughter is a pastatarian so this is right up her alley. I love the vids that use short-cut ingredients!
That’s perfect! Thank you so very much and I hope you and your daughter enjoy these recipes💜💜
You remind me of Julia Child.. You have that energy like her. The way Julia speaks..love that video..
Wow! That is an amazing compliment for sure. Thank you so much and I hope you have a great weekend🙌🏼🙌🏼
I have so many boxes of mac and cheese! These are perfect! Thank you for sharing!!!
That’s perfect! I hope you enjoy some of these recipes💜🙌🏼
Julia, you are truly the best!!! Thank you so much for all these wonderful recipes!
And thank you so very much for watching! I really do appreciate that🙌🏼
Oh my heavens Julia, how ingenious are these ideas?! Thank you so much!
And thank you so very much, Vicky! I sure hope you enjoy these recipes💜💜
I love these kind of recipes! Thank you so much, I love watching your videos and have tried many of your delicious recipes 😋 💕
I’m so happy to hear that, Chrissy🙌🏼🙌🏼
You’ve done it again! Everything looks so good!
Thank you so very much!🙌🏼
These are really great ideas. I really love the way you present it! Never thought of messing with the classic Kraft Mac and Cheese but these look delicious!
Thanks so very much! Hope you enjoy them🙌🏼
I've got all the ingredients on hand to make recipe #1. Thanks Julia!! Hope you and your family have a nice weekend:))
That’s awesome! I sure hope it turns out well and thanks so much for watching🙌🏼
You come up with such easy, delicious recipes. I would’ve never thought of these recipes. I want to stock up on Mac and cheese to try all of these. Love your videos. 😊
Thank you so very much, Cassie! I sure hope you enjoy these recipes💜🙌🏼
I would love to have every one of those delicious looking meals. I think my grand kids would love them too.
I bet they would! I hope you and your family enjoy these recipes and thanks so much for your positive comment🙌🏼
These recipes look amazing !!
I love Mac n cheese so I no I’ll love these recipes ! I love the Ritz cracker topping idea ! I’ve never tried that before. Thank you Julia 💜
It’s definitely pretty yummy, Patrice! Give it a try and thank you so much for your positive comment💜
You made the box stuff look amazing🎉
That’s awesome to hear! Thanks so very much, Melissa💜🙌🏼
Been watching you for a while now and have made a few of your budget / slow cooker recipes and soups ...
Where has this video been all my life. I'm doing better eating healthier things but there's times when you just need some nice box macaroni dinner and these all look stellar.
Thank you so very much! I hope you enjoy some of these recipes too. And yes, these are definitely not for every day use, healthier recipes are better, but they’re such great comfort food meals🙌🏼🙌🏼
My kids love pasta , so this video is great for us! Thank you for all you do Julia! Your videos really help my family out 😊
I’m so happy to hear that. And I hope you and your kids love these recipes. Thank you so much for watching!🙌🏼
Wow Julia..I don't know which to try first. They all look amazing and using a box of Mac and Cheese as the foundation simplifies the process of making a tasty meal.
That’s great! And it absolutely does create a great base. Thank you so much for watching🙌🏼
Another great video that has left my mouth-watering! Thank you Julia! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!💜
This is perfect! Thank you Julia! ❤️👍
You have the BEST easy dinner ideas, Julia.
Thank you so very much, Shelley💜
You are the best, I think my favourite one is the first one. You have original ideas. I like that it’s simple with simple ingredients. Thank you 😊
I sure do appreciate that. Thank you so very much! I hope you have a great week and you enjoy these recipes🙌🏼
I cook every day for my family and extended family, a lot of picky eaters. Some days I need recipes like this just due to exhaustion. Thank you for sharing.
I understand exactly how you feel, Misty. I sure hope these recipes can help and thank you so much for watching💜💜
We usually add bacon, onion and cauliflower to macaroni cheese then top it with grated cheese and panko and bake it. I'm going to try some of these ideas!
Oh my goodness, Angela! That just sounds amazing! Thanks so very much for sharing that with me and I hope you have a great weekend💜🙌🏼
I like all of them I have one with can tuna 1 diced onion 1 gr pepper opt I can of diced tomatoes 1can of peas cheddar cheese ritz crackers butter cook as directed sauté onions and gr pepper opt then add onions and peppers drained tomatoes some cheddar cheese mix put in casserole top with cheese and crumbled crackers and dot with butter bake until cheese melts
That sounds amazing! Thank you so much for sharing that here and I sure appreciate you and your support, Deborah💜
I feel like all of us viewers and commenters (and Julia) are like a family! We all gather here whenever she uploads and then we get hungry 😂
I feel the same way!
Well thank you so very much! I consider all of you part of my RUclips family for sure. You all mean the world to me! Thanks so very much for your positive comment🙌🏼🙌🏼
Comfort food for sure! I can't wait to try all five of them. Thank you again for such great recipes and we just love your channel!
Thank you so very much and I sure hope you enjoy these recipes. Thanks so very much for your positive comment too🙌🏼
I actually love Kraft Mac and cheese so I can’t wait to try these out!
That’s awesome! Sure hope you enjoy these recipes🙌🏼
Thank you Julia these are warm and cozy fast and easy they're great 😊
That’s great, Carol! I really hope you enjoy them💜💜
All of these mac and cheese dishes look so delicious! Thank you Julia for the new ideas to cook mac and cheese! I love cheese too!
That’s awesome, Melanie! And thank you so much for your positive comment💜💜
I have so many boxes of macaroni and cheese thanks for the ideas.☃️👍☃️👏☃️💯☃️🍝🧄🥗🧀🧅🍅🍖🫑☃️☘️☃️✌️☃️🥰☃️
That’s awesome, Barbara! Thanks so very much and hope you enjoy them💜💜
I made your upgrade macaroni and cheese and it was delicious!!! My whole family enjoyed it. My mouth was watering when I saw you make this recipe. Thank you for sharing your recipes. I love your voice. Your recipes are very easy to follow and to make. I love all of your videos. Please keep your videos coming!!! 🥰😃❤❤❤
Well I am so very happy to hear about that! I’m glad that everybody enjoyed the macaroni and cheese ideas and I sure do appreciate your positive feedback. Thank you so much for watching and I appreciate your support🙌🏼🙌🏼
Wonderful Julia! Have a great day! Thanks Julia Jennifer 🦋😃
Thanks so very much, Jennifer! I sure love hearing from you my friend💜💜