In our penny-wise minds, there are few dishes that scream frugal more than macaroni and cheese. Don’t you agree? Some nights there just isn’t enough energy or even time to give to a full-on, oven-baked, gourmet dinner. And some nights you just bust out a box of the mac.
It’s ok. I promise, I do it too.
And if you aren’t one of us closet macaroni makers, then you are way ahead of the game and I need you to teach me your ways!
I’m a big fan of taking simple recipes and throwing in a little of this or a little of that to make them a little bit different. You can call me inventive if you’d like. One of my recent inventive meals was a little twist on Ragu’s Family Favorite Chili Mac. It honestly is already so yummy like it is, but a big favorite with my girls is corn sometimes in our chili so I thought why not add a little sweetness?
This entire recipe has only 5 ingredients and can be whipped up before you can say Bob’s your uncle.
It’s really easy to use Ragu Old World Style Traditional Sauce to create the base for the mac. You simply season it to create whatever flavor you going for and in this case, it’s chili mac!
Each jar of Ragú® Old World Style® Traditional Sauce is made with 11 juicy tomatoes making it its richest, thickest recipe. Ragú® has the Authentic Italian taste American family’s love and a variety of great tasting, quick and easy to make family favorite recipes.
And of course if you aren’t a huge fan of corn in your chili then you can leave that out. But I really like the sweetness that it adds to the kick of the chili powder!
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- 1 lb lean ground turkey or beef
- 1 jar (1 lb 8 oz) Ragu Old World Style Pasta Sauce
- 1 and 1/2 tbsp chili powder
- 8 oz elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
- 1 can (15 oz) whole kernel corn, drained
- Cook ground meat in a large skillet over medium-high heat until browned.
- Stir in pasta sauce and chili powder. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer about 10 minutes.
- Stir in macaroni and can of corn and heat through.
- Serve with shredded cheese and sour cream, if desired!
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