Meal Solution #10 – Chili Chicken Mac & Cheese

Image Credit: KraftBrands.com

It’s time for another Walmart Meal Solution!  Each month Walmart highlights two quick and easy weeknight meals.  This week it is Easy Chili Chicken Mac and Cheese and the ingredients Walmart is highlighting:

• Kraft Mac & Cheese (7.25oz) (regular or whole grain)
• GV chunk breast of chicken (12.5oz)
• 5th Seas Chili Powder (2.87oz)
• GV Chunky Medium Salsa (24oz)
• Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie (17.5oz) $1.72

You can choose how to put the ingredients together but here are a couple of my favorite mac and cheese dinners:

:: Chili Chicken Mac & Cheese

Chicken (1 large breast cooked and shredded or canned)
1 (14.5 oz) can of petite diced tomatoes
1 Tbsp Chili Powder
1 tsp cumin
1 package of mac & cheese
1/3 cup shredded organic cheese

Prepare the mac & cheese as directed on the box. In another skillet heat chicken, can of tomatoes, chili powder, and cumin until all the liquid is cooked out and the ingredients have been heated together thoroughly. Pour the chicken mixture into the mac and cheese and stir. Serve with shredded cheese on top (and a little sour cream if you like).

Another one of our families favorites (and actually we had it last night) is Tuna Mac and Cheese Casserole. It is a little more mild (so it is fabulous for pregnant ladies like me! – LOL).

Image Credit: Supper Savings

:: Tuna Mac and Cheese Casserole

1 package of mac & cheese
1 can chunk light tuna
1 cup shredded cheese
1 cup of frozen peas

Prepare mac and cheese as directed on the box. Stir in a can of tuna and the frozen peas. Spread mixture into a casserole dish and top with shredded cheese. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

This is a delicious, and quick meal. And, our other favorite thing about it is that it is quick clean up too!
I serve mine with some home-canned pears or other fresh/seasonal fruit to round out the meal.

What are your favorite ways to make mac and cheese a quick and easy dinner?  What are your favorite add-ins?

This post is part of a series on Making Meals Easier for Mom (Meal Solutions).  I hope you love it as much as I do!  Follow me and my fellow Walmart Moms, Jenn at Frugal Upstate, Heather at The Domestic Diva, and Lori at My Wooden Spoon, to get a fresh take on a new meal plan each week.  Walmart has provided me with compensation and a gift card in return for this post. Participation in this program is voluntary.  All opinions are my own.