Before I get into the recipe sharing, I want to encourage you to enter my first ever giveaway! I would love to pass on this Luby's cookbook (valued at $24.95) to one of you. Personally, I love cookbooks, especially those with recipes for simple side dishes and desserts. If you have never eaten at a Luby's, just trust me when I say that you would LOVE it!
For a chance to win the cookbook, you can enter in the ways listed below. Think of these entries like raffle tickets. Make sure you leave me a separate comment for each entry. I am going to use random.org to select the winner and there has to be separate comments for each one. I will pick the winner and announce it NEXT Saturday, March 19th.
1 entry- Any comment will do! (For those who don't want to sign up for an account, you can submit a comment by clicking "anonymous" in the drop down menu. Just be sure to write your name in the comment box)
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***If you already follow me via GFC, Twitter and/or Facebook, you can still leave separate comments telling me so for a chance to win the cookbook.***
Last week I posted a recipe for Southwest Chicken Breast. There were quite a few ingredients in the dish, but it was so very good and worth all the chopping! This week I thought I would include a simple side dish. I love receiving recipes for just basic stuff sometimes. Someone in my family almost always orders the macaroni & cheese (me! me! me!) when we go to Luby's. Here it is!
LUBY'S MACARONI & CHEESE
INGREDIENTS
2 cups (8 ounces) dry elbow macaroni
4 tablespoons nonfat dry milk
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
1 1/4 cups boiling water
3 cups (12 ounces) shredded AMERICAN cheese (found at the deli counter)
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
TO PREPARE...
1. Preheat oven to 350. Cook macaroni 1 to 2 minutes longer than package directions so pasta is soft but not mushy. Drain.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine dry milk, flour and until smooth and creamy, about 2-3 minutes.
3. Fold in macaroni, 1 more cup of cheese and salt.
4. Transfer to a lightly greased 11 x 7-inch casserole dish and cover with foil. Bake 25-30 minutes or until sauce in center of casserole is thick and creamy.
5. Remove foil and sprinkle remaining 1 cup of shredded cheese evenly over top. Return to oven until cheese melts.
Mmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
32 comments:
Shane's fav is the Spanish slaw!
Marianne
Do you know the character LuAnn on King of the Hill last name is Platter?
I would like to be winning please.
A separate comment for each entry... yikes! I'll be here all day :P
And is this a second copy you are giving away? Or your only? I'd hate to leave you high and dry and without your Luby's :)
I follow you like a shadow.
Ugh. Three entries = three captchas. Where is that game when I have the goods?
I Facebook like you a lot.
A comment from the peanut gallery...
Third entry!
I just took the word verification off. I didn't know it was on! :(
Someone pass me a Pepsi!
I stalk you on Google Reader.
I also Twitter stalk you.
I Am hungry now darnit. And too lazy to get up and cook or go to Luby's.
Kelley, I'm not a big recipe fan (and will respectfully decline to enter the contest since the book will be treasured by someone into cooking) but your descriptions of Luby's and its food are frustrating to those of us in the Northeast with no Luby's...Please talk about KFC or another national chain in a future post!
Luby's?! JUst another place that Minneapolis has yet to see! Do you have any idea how excited I was, after YEARS of those lousy "Sonic" commercials, when one showed up here? HA! And actually, it was just okay...
But I'm thinking, judging from this recipe (I popped a button at the waist just reading it) that Luby's is something special.
As for the cookbook, enter me, baby. I have a tidy row of cookbooks (my favorites being from Betty Crocker and Taste of Home) that I use regularly. Home cooking is what separates us from the animals, my friend. That and indoor plumbing. And accessories. OK -- there's a lot separating us from the animals...
Pearl
YAY!! That sounds delicious. And I already follow you GFC but now twitter too!!
Yum ... seeing as my kids almost subsist on mac-n-cheese, this would be a fun way to shake things up a bit! Thanks for sharing!
And thanks for visiting Snapshots! :)
I do not cook, but I'd love to get this book and resale it on eBay and then go to Five Guys, so count me IN!
I *love* Luby's!! Is there a recipe for an actual Luann Platter??
-Laine
Wah!!! Now I'm craving Luby's!!!
I have too many cookbooks, but I'm dropping by to say that I think I'll resale it on eBay and then...Drats, Cheeseboy already thought of that. I'm actually here to say I already like and love you on facebook, twitter, google and any other venue you inhabit. Be well, Kelley.
xoRobyn
i may be the only face on the planet that is just hearing of Luby's, which makes me not even qualified to enter this but i love mac and cheese and i'm sure it's better than the easy mac we've been making every week:)
i follow on twitter:) tweet tweet! gotta love your tweets! xo
i follow your blog;)
I already stalk, I mean follow, you everywhere...
I've never heard of Luby's. What kind of food do they serve?
I need to remember to come back here for the recipe. My husband loves mac and cheese, and I will have to make it for him once things slow down a bit around here. Sounds yummy! :)
Yummo! I love cookbooks! You are so cute! Love your blog. Thanks for stopping by mine.
Blessings**
i've been seeing you write about this book lately and it looks awesome! my hubby cooks most days, but we are in such a rut!!
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I am SO not a giveaway gal...but I really, really want this! The Cherubs are Mac 'n Cheese connoisseurs, and I'm all about expanding my options. :)
If I told you I once peeled the skin off the thanksgiving turkey before I cooked it, would I get an extra entry??? Following you OF COURSE!
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