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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Main Dishes => Topic started by: johnro on September 02, 2010, 08:48:52 pm
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Name of Recipe: Macaroni Beef
Number of People: 6 large serves
Ingredients:
1 onion, quartered
2 cloves garlic
1 carrot roughly chopped
30g oil
1/2 cup grated zucchini
1/2 cup frozen peas
600g mince
420g can tomato soup
2 tabsp tomato paste
1 tabsp TMX concentrate
2cup dry macaroni
TOPPING -
Bechamel Sauce - add 3/4 cup grated cheese - EDC p58
Preparation:
Chop onions, garlic and carrots 3 sec speed 5.
Add oil saute 4 mins - 100° - speed 1.
Add mince cook 10mins varoma temp - :-: - ^^
Add remaining ingredients cook 15 mins 100° :-: - ^^. Place meat mixture into lasagne dish or similar.
Cook macaroni - following EDC p16, (although I don't feel that you need to boil the water for 14mins as in step 1, I waited until the water was boiling rapidly ) - 2 cups dry macaroni took 10 mins 100° :-: - ^^
Mix well drained cooked macaroni through meat mixture in dish.
Pour cheese topping over meat you may wish to sprinkle with extra cheese, but this is not necessary.
Bake 25-30 mins mod oven or until top is golden.
Photos:
Must remember the pic before the meal begins not when the dish is going in the dishwasher :D :D
Tips/Hints:
A favourite recipe of our household adapted from 'Symply Too Good to Be True - Book 2 it converted easily to the TMX.
Again all the wonderful 'pros' on the forum will be able to provide tasty tweaks.
Enjoy
Robyn - aka johnro
members' comments
Kimberley - We have made this twice now but have just eaten it as pasta, rather than putting on the the bechamel sauce and baking- I am usually in a hurry. Today was in more of a hurry than usual, so added the raw pasta in at the 'add remaining ingredients' stage with some boiling water and cooked for about 14 minutes. It wasn't quite as good as adding in cooked pasta at the end but still really yummy and all cooked in 25 minutes in the one pot, so I think I will be doing it like that from now on.
Terri - Thank you for an awesome recipe, both my little ones ate it which is nothing short of a miracle!! I did replace the can of soup with tomato juice, garlic powder, onion powder, basil and oregano as per quirkycooking can the canned soup post !! A big thanks again!!
Kym - Another goodie for the kids. Thank you. I had this with a couple of extras. I added some pureed butternut pumpkin to the meat and pureed cauliflower to the cheese sauce. I have to sneak in vegies wherever possible that my nearly 3 year old can't detect!
Chelsea - We loved this tasty family meal! Thanks so much for posting it for us Robyn. I tweaked it a bit to cut out the can of soup and to include cooking the macaroni in with the mince etc. It worked a treat and cut 15 minutes out of the total cooking time.
Tweaks:
I substituted 1/2 a red capsicum for the zucchini and chopped it in with the onion, carrot etc.
I used 400g mince instead of 600g (I found 400g oodles).
Instead of the tomato soup I used a 400g can of diced tomatoes (pureed), 1 tbsp rapadura, salt, pepper & 50g homemade tomato sauce.
I added 500g of water and 300g macaroni in when I added the soup substitute, peas, stock etc.
It filled my large lasagne dish and also a smaller baking dish. Enough for two meals for our family of four.
JD - it sure makes heaps. Only had to alter the times slightly Robyn and used Chelsea's method of adding the macaroni to save time. My machine was having trouble coping on soft speed so I had to use 2.5 - luckily the reverse action works well and didn't mash the macaroni ! Tasted great Robyn. Great for a crowd, we will get 8 serves out of it here, others maybe 6.
KarenH - Made this with Chelsea's tweaks - although I cooked the pasta separately on the stove top which was a good thing since I read the quantities wrong and used 500g pasta - made a huge quantity. It was delicious and will definitely be made again! Thanks for this wonderful dish!
Caroline J - This is a regular in our house now. I do a lot of tweaking depending what I have in the fridge. It's a great meal for using up leftover veg. I end up doing 50/50 meat and veg but you cannot tell.
CP - Only used 360g of minced meat but added extra mashed pumpkin and zucchini and all the tweaks mentioned. Cooked the pasta separate. Another family favourite 5/5 - thanks johnro (and CTG for tweaks) for a lovely recipe.
Yvette - Made this without the sauce - kids liked it, quite tasty but I am not sure if I like mince cooked in the TM.
maddy - Nice and easy Robyn. Thank-you. I used a full capsicum, whole zucchini, 600g beef mince, cracked pepper and added 2 tsp. pizza herbs to your sauce recipe. I then cooked a full pack (500g) of macaroni on the stove. I then placed it in a large roasting tray and used 1/2 cup tasty cheese & 1/2 cup mozzarella in the bechamel sauce. I did sprinkle some extra cheese on top......cos you can never have enough cheese. Was yummy!
astarra - This made enough for our dinner and then 5 smaller portions to freeze for DH's lunches at work. So quick and easy ... and I loved the fact that I could prepare it in the morning then put it in the oven on automatic - tea cooked while I got in and folded the days washing!! All round clear plates and big grins here. I didn't have any tins of soup so used a tin of chopped tomatoes with basil and garlic, which I then filled the tin 1/2 way with water and added that too. Because I was using this, I left the garlic out. I sprinkled paprika and pizza topper over the extra grated cheese i put on top of the finished bake!(before cooking).
auds - Considering I fluffed it up so much, it turned out surprisingly good. I loved the cheesy sauce and I also let it sit for about 15 mins before I cut it up. Will definitely make again.
Hally - The meat was beautiful. Used 800g lamb mince, added umami paste. Put macaroni into TM server poured boiling water over, left for 15 mins, cooked ready to go in oven.
thermo 18 - I have made this quite a few times now and is a winner, made yesterday just have to put in the oven today. Great for when you have a few people coming over.
Tam - I think it's going to be a winner, followed Chelsea's tweaks and cooked the pasta in with the beef to eliminate having to boil the pasta separately. Also had some lovely rainbow chard so chopped that up and placed it on top of the beef, then the cheese sauce - YUMMO!!!
Amy - it was a huge hit! I didn't realise how much it made. I knew I should have read all the comments first! We have another whole dish for the freezer, plus leftovers for mum and SD to have for lunch tomorrow. I added a good sprinkling of dried rosemary and thyme to my mince sauce and used tinned tomatoes rather than tomato soup.
Kimmyh - We all loved it. My cheese sauce was a bit runny (my fault) but everything was really delicious. Added pizza topper as suggested. Yummy and easy.
Jamberie - Thanks for a great recipe. I had some baby spinach that needed using so I added it about two minutes before the mince finished. Also used a can of chopped tomatoes, mixed herbs and dried oregano instead of the can of soup. DD2 and DH both gave it the thumbs up, it's sure to be a regular.
CC - Complete success we loved it. I only used half the mixture of beef sauce and cheese sauce with one cup of cooked macaroni for the three of us. The remaining sauces have gone into the freezer for another time.
Bedlam - I used quorn instead of beef. We all loved it.
Wonder - I made a version of this with a combination of bolognese and tomato sauces we had in the freezer when we had unexpected guests on Friday night. It was loved by all. I always use the awesome cheese sauce recipes.
foodgroupie - huge hit, wife and 16 month old loved it. Heaps of left overs for the freezer. Thanks so much for this recipe!
INAID - I have made this too and loved it.
Jessica1 - This was my first main meal in the TMX and we all loved it...even a NON vegetable eating child.
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Good conversion Robyn. Always good to have options. I agree about the water boiling and often use the kettle to boil the water :-))
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Good one Robyn, whilst reading it I was thinking I've done something like this before and when you said where you got it from I was right as I have that series of books too.
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Hi, thanks for this recipe, my husband loves anything that has a can of tomato soup in it. We have made this twice now, but have just eaten it as pasta, rather than putting on the the bechamel sauce and baking- I am usually in a hurry. Today was in more of a hurry than usual, so added the raw pasta in at the 'add remainind ingredients' stage with some boiling water and cooked for about 14 minutes. It wasn't quite as good as adding in cooked pasta at the end, but still really yummy and all cooked in 25 minutes in the one pot, so I think I will be doing it like that from now on.
Thanks again!
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Just wanted to add I am not sure how much pasta I put in but probably not 2 cups, that might be too much for the thermomix's capacity when cooking the meat as well.
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Glad that you enjoyed this dish, Kimberley it is a favourite with all who have tried it 'pre thermie' days.
Cheers
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;D ;D Thank you for an awesome recipe, both my little ones ate it which is nothing short of a miracle!! I did replace the can of soup with tomato juice, garlic powder, onion powder, basil and oregano as per quirkycooking can the canned soup post !! A big thanks again!!
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Another goodie for the kids. Thank you.
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Pleased that you enjoyed it tessa and kym - the original was always a great one to feed kids or crowds (which was often both rolled into one when my 3 were littlies - so were all family and friends!!!!!)
Cheers
Robyn - aka johnro
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I've put this on next weeks menu plan.
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Sounds great! I want to put this on my menu plan too - but with all the recipes I am getting from this forum that I want to try, I think my menu plan is into next year already :P
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I am going to make this tonight - it sounds yum. I don't have any tomato juice (to replace the can of soup), but am hoping a can of diced tomatoes pureed with perhaps a bit extra water might be ok. ??? :)
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:D :D Know what you mean KJH. I have just put the ingredients needed for this recipe onto this week's shopping list so this one didn't take too long to work its way to the top of the list. It did push others further down that list unfortunately. Aren't our choices for meals amazing 8)
I was going to use MJ's tomato passata I have in the freezer Chelsea.
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We loved this tasty family meal! Thanks so much for posting it for us Robyn. :)
I tweaked it a bit to cut out the can of soup and to include cooking the macaroni in with the mince etc. It worked a treat and cut 15 minutes out of the total cooking time.
Tweaks:
I substituted 1/2 a red capsicum for the zucchini and chopped it in with the onion, carrot etc.
I used 400g mince instead of 600g (I found 400g oodles).
Instead of the tomato soup I used a 400g can of diced tomatoes (pureed), 1 tbsp rapadura, salt, pepper & 50g homemade tomato sauce.
I added 500g of water and 300g macaroni in when I added the soup substitute, peas, stock etc.
It filled my large lasagne dish and also a smaller baking dish. Enough for two meals for our family of four. :)
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No problem Chelsea, I knew that you wonderful 'pros' would provide us all with a variety of tweaks. :) :)
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I had this tonight with a couple of extras. I added some pureed butternut pumpkin to the meat and pureed cauliflower to the cheese saunce. I have to sneak in vegies wherever possible that my nearly 3 year old can't detect!
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Good thinking Kym, have to be one step ahead of those little tackers ;)
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Just made this for later, sure makes heaps. Only had to alter the times slightly Robyn and used Chelsea's method of adding the macaroni to save time. My machine was having trouble coping on soft speed so I had to use 2.5 - luckily the reverse action works well and didn't mash the macaroni ! Posting photos to show how much it made but before the actual cooking so will review the taste later. One for tea, one for the freezer and the little one for Mum.
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No problem Chelsea, I knew that you wonderful 'pros' would provide us all with a variety of tweaks. :) :)
Definitely not a pro and it is easy to tweak away when you have a great recipe to start with. :)
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Tasted great Robyn, I'm going to make this for DD & her family when I am down there next week. Great for a crowd, we will get 8 serves out of it here, others maybe 6.
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Good one JD & Kym. Often have to sneak veg into MrsT's dishes too ;)
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Made this tonight, with Chelsea's tweaks - although I cooked the pasta separately on the stovetop - which was a good thing, since I read the quantities wrong and used 500g pasta - made a huge quantity :o
It was delicious and will definitely be made again! Since others have attached photos of their finished dishes, I thought I would try and attach a photo of an appreciative devourer of the meal - nothing better than a kid who happily eats up all their dinner, and declares "Mum is a good cooker" ;D ;D
Thanks for this wonderful dish!
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Looks like one happy little chappy with what Mum served up for him :D
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Lovely photo, looks like he is loving it - so what sort of mess did he make in the end?
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He is so cute
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What a cute photo. :)
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Ooooh.
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a happy gorgeous boy loving his food - what a good endorsement for a recipe :D
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Thanks everyone - I think he is cute too, but then I am biased ;)
I was a little worried after I had posted the photo that I should not have put a photo of DS on the forum, since it was not technically a photo of food ..... so apologies if I shouldn't have.
Zan, there wasn't much mess from DS1, but DS2 (15 months old) also tucked into the same dish with gusto, and he made soooooo much mess that I didnt take a photo of that :P
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I've just made this for my DD's tea tonight, I'm sure they will all like it. When I was working and she was at high school, I would come home every night to a meal she had cooked so it is nice to repay the favour now. Just glad she has a TMX down here at her place too.
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On my menu plan for this week :)
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Glad to hear I can adapt it to cook a "one pot" meal!
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I forgot to report back! This is a regular in our house now :) I do a lot of tweaking depending what I have in the fridge. It's a great meal for using up leftover veg. I end up doing 50/50 meat and veg, but you cannot tell ;D.
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Since others have attached photos of their finished dishes, I thought I would try and attach a photo of an appreciative devourer of the meal
Made this for tea tonight and seeing as it made such a lot, DS18 was allowed a plateful on the side while I prepared the lasagne dish - he had a very similar look but photo only allowed to be taken if its for Facebook...aagh!
Only used 360g of minced meat, but added extra mashed pumpkin and zucchini and all the tweaks mentioned, and cooked the pasta separate. Another family favourite 5/5 - thanks johnro (and CTG for tweaks) for a lovely recipe ;D
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Pleased to share it CP63, it is great when all enjoy a dish and families with littlies (or 18yr olds) can serve up something they will eat without the whinging :)
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Made this the other night without the sauce kids liked it, quite tasty but I am not sure if I like mince cooked in the TM.
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Nice and easy Robyn :D Thank-you.
I used a full capsicum, whole zucchini, 600g beef mince, cracked pepper and added 2 tsp. pizza herbs to your sauce recipe.
I then cooked a full pack (500g) of macaroni on the stove (hubby has a lions appetite ;))
I then placed it in a large roasting tray, and used 1/2 cup tasty cheese & 1/2 cup mozzarella in the bechamel sauce.
I did sprinkle some extra cheese on top......cos you can never have enough cheese ;D
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I served it with a cucumber salad........was yummy!
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Hubby will eat the leftovers tomorrow when he gets off the tractor ;)
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Oh my that does look good! ;D
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Great pic maddy - I have always found it great for leftovers, given that it makes so much they are almost a guarantee in our ever shrinking household. The recipe is great to freeze - do this before baking. I use the foil baking trays with lids available from W'worths. :) :)
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another thank you from here, I have 3 very happy daughters, (5yrs, 2yrs & 10mths) & a very full happy DH - so of course I'm happy too.... ;D. This made enough for our dinner and then 5 smaller portions to freeze for DH's lunches at work. He's been at me for a while to make him some lasagnes for his work lunches, but now decided this fits the bill instead! So quick and easy ... and I loved the fact that I could prepare it in the morning then put it in the oven on automatic - tea cooked while I got in and folded the days washing!! All round clear plates and big grins here.
oh I didn't have any tins of soup so used a tin of chopped tomatoes with basil and garlic, which i then filled the tin 1/2 way with water and added that too. Because I was using this, I left the garlic out. I sprinkled paprika and pizza topper over the extra grated cheese i put on top of the finished bake!(before cooking).
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I have mince thawed for tomorrow nights dinner so will give this a whirl. It will also give me a chance to try the cheese sauce which i havent made yet ;D
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Astarra I am pleased that your family's responses matched most who have tried this - has always been enjoyed at our place. Hope that you are not disappointed Auds! :)
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ok I totally naffed this up. First thing I did wrong was have a couple of wines with the boss before I started :P
oops should have done this BEFORE the wine - oh well
I didnt have peas so I chopped up some cabbage finely. Also I blitzed the zucchini after I sauteed the onion garlic etc. I forgot to put the mince in and cook that first - I put the lot in and cooked it all for 25 mins :D
When I went to do the pasta I forgot to boil the water first and just stuck the pasta in the cold water - I cooked it for 10 mins and it wasnt quite done - so another 6 mins and it was just a fraction under. I thought if it was going to be cooked in the oven for another 25 mins or so the pasta would be fine.
The bechemel was fine - I managed not to bugger that up although I thought it was a little bland and added a bit of extra salt and some grated parmesan as well as the other cheese (which I blitzed up before I added all the other bechemal ingredients)
Considering I fluffed it up so much it turned out surprisingly good. I loved the cheesey sauce and I also let it sit for about 15 mins before I cut it up.
Will definately make again :)
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Your post made me smile Auds, wine coupled with a number of cooking processes do not necessarily compliment each other. This is even tastier as left overs :) :)
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I cant believe I missed this ??? :o >:(
This is fantastic for ds to have in the freezer when we have curry.
Going to use tinned tomatoes as I dont have a can of soup.
H ;D ;D ;D
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you may find the soup gives it a more thicker binding with the sauces, where the tomatoes are looser
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Could make it tomorrow as tonights dinner is done.
Thanks CP.
H :)
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Made this, its in the oven.
The meat was beautiful
Used lamb mince & 800g
Added umami paste
Put macaroni into TM server poured boiling water over, left for 15 mins, cooked ready to go in oven.
Thank you Johnro, ds is going to loooove this.
H :)
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I never did make this. Thanks for bumping it.
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Had this again for dinner last night - it has become a firm favourite here with all of us. This time TM was in use so I did the mince and pasta in the slow cooker (together) then put into the serving dish, did the cheese sauce in TM and cooked it in the oven later on - was still delicious! :D
Made enough for the 6 of us and 5 lunches for DH. :)
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I have made this quite a few times now and is a winner, made yesterday just have to put in the oven today. Great for when you have a few people coming over :)
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Have just finished preparing this one.......I think it's going to be a winner, followed Chelsea's tweaks and cooked the pasta in with the beef to eliminate having to boil the pasta separately. Also had some lovely rainbow chard so chopped that up and placed it on top of the beef, then the cheese sauce - YUMMO!!! :)
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I made this tonight, it was a huge hit! ;D
I didn't realise how much it made. I knew I should have read all the comments first! We have another whole dish for the freezer, plus leftovers for mum and SD to have for lunch tomorrow :)
I added a good sprinkling of dried rosemary and thyme to my mince sauce, and used tinned tomatoes rather than tomato soup.
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have printed now..
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Thank you so much for this dish. We all loved it. My cheese sauce was a bit runny (my fault) but everything was really delicious. Added pizza topper as suggested. Yummy and easy.
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We tried this tonight too.
Thanks for a great recipe. I had some baby spinach that needed using so I added it about two minutes before the mince finished. Also used a can of chopped tomatoes, mixed herbs and dried oregano instead of the can of soup.
DD2 and DH both gave it the thumbs up, it's sure to be a regular :)
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This is surely a favourite with many who have been on the end of the serving spoon at our place over many years - pleased that you enjoyed it :)
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Seem tao have missed this one ??
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Better make it then Kim! ;D
Its a great recipe ;)
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I thought I would report back and say I made this ( first time) to have at DD on Friday for supper.Complete success we loved it ;) I only used half the mixture of beef sauce and cheese sauce with one cup of cooked macaroni for the three of us.The remaining sauces have gone into the freezer for another time ;D
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I missed this one and having read the reviews have now put it on tonight's menu. Sounds like a good, versatile recipe.
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Making this again for tonight's dinner. :)
A great stand by recipe, I am actually going to make 2, one for tonight and 1 for the freezer. I know it will go down well with each and every family member. :D
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making this for kids dinner
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I made this today for out dinner. I used quorn instead of beef. We all loved it.
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Had to google quorn Denise, wasn't sure if your iPad was doing it's own thing and you meant chicken! Never heard of it, you learn something every day.
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I made a version of this with a combination of bolegnese and tomato sauces we had in the freezer when we had unexpected quests on Friday night. It was loved by all. I always use the awesome cheese sauce recipes.
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Never heard of quorn either. Must have a look and see if I can find it at the supermarket so I can inspect it close up
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Quorn is avail at coles in many varieties, chicken fillets,mince and others. They have a range frozen and also just refrigerated. I used the one in the fridge. Its made from funghi i think. My youngest DD has been vegetarian for a couple of years. Rather than make 2 dinners i made it to suit. We all enjoyed it and its less calories so that has to be good.
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I've heard of Quorn but I've never seen it or tasted it. I might keep an eye out for it next time I'm at the supermarket.
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Made this for dinner last night, huge hit, wife and 16 month old loved it. Heaps of left overs for the freezer :) Thanks so much for this recipe !
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having for dinner tonight...
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We are as well Astarra, with chips and salad.
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I have made this too and loved it.
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Dinner here tonight too.
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This was my first main meal in the TMX and we all loved it...even a NON vegetable eating child ;)
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Wonderful news.