POV: It’s a busy weeknight, everyone’s starving and you need a quick mostly pantry meal. How about a quick, easy, kid-pleasing under-30 skillet dinner? Here’s our family’s old standard recipe, adapted for the stovetop: Skillet Goulash.
Skillet Goulash
If you’re a follower, ya all know by now that I was down in Atlanta at the end of May, early June for my daughter’s wedding. I miss those guys so much, Jess & Brandon and their combination of seven (not a typo – seven) children. And I vowed to get Jess going with the Instant Pot I got her one Christmas, just to try to make life a bit easier. Well, it doesn’t get much easier than this Easy Cheesy Chili Mac, which can be made in the Instant Pot or in the standard old fashioned way, stove and oven.
Easy Cheesy Chili Mac – Instant Pot or Not
Raise your hand if Macaroni & Cheese is one of your ultimate comfort foods! I mean a real, deal Macaroni & Cheese, made with a blend of cheeses you love. And what if you can get it on the table in minutes, with no heavy pots of boiling water to heat up your kitchen, constant checking for the perfect al dente on the noodles and the steam bath you get when draining that pasta? Step up to Instant Pot Macaroni & Cheese. It’s a game-changer.
Instant Pot Macaroni & Cheese
So over the long weekend, temps way up in the 90’s (oh why is the weather so craaaazy this year?) I somehow got the idea that I wanted some of that Old Fashioned Tuna Macaroni Salad. You know the one I mean, all cool, creamy deliciousness with a few crunchy veggies and that tuna that somehow melds in and makes everything so rich.
Now and then, I revisit Macaroni & Cheese. I’ve been cooking since my teens (and before), so that’s a lot of recipes. See, I’m always seduced by gorgeous photos (and sometimes celebrity chefs), and always tempted to try some new twist, but I think it’s a grass is always greener kind of thing. With this recipe, I’ve come full circle, back to basics with my classic recipe: the Ultimate Macaroni & Cheese with Herbed Bread Crumbs.
Ultimate Macaroni & Cheese