Today I have another guest post up on The Best Blog Recipes! We were gone all day and I needed something fast to put on the table for supper and an added bonuses was that my daughter had leftovers to eat for lunch all week.

Imagine with me for a moment. You are gone all day running errands in a nearby city. Not only are you gone all day but you also run into car trouble and your trip is extended by several hours. You arrive home after 7 and no one has eaten since lunch. The kids are tired and hungry and you really don’t want to do anything. What options are there? Buying take out. Frozen food from the grocery store. Eating out. Looking in the pantry and finding something quick and easy. This was a scenario that recently played out in our home. I didn’t want to spend any more money than we already had that day and wanted to feed my family something quick and healthy.

I opened the pantry and saw noodles and knew I had milk in the refrigerator. Macaroni and cheese it would be. I seriously had this ready to eat in under 30 minutes. The secret is to make the most of your time in the kitchen. Noodles will take the longest so the first thing you are going to want to do is to start the water to boil. Once you’ve done that move on to quickly chopping some onions and garlic and getting them sautéing. By the time the noodles are cooked, your cheesy sauce will be ready and you can mix them together. Steam some broccoli while you are already at the stove or cut up some raw vegetables and you can have a rounded meal on the table in no time. Our supper was done in the same amount of time it would have taken to go to the store and cook frozen pizza or pick up take out from the restaurant down the road.

Head over to The Best Blog Recipes to see the recipe!

I’d love to know what your favorite meals are you can have on the table in under 30 minutes!

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My family stumbled across this simple recipe for Hamburger Noodle Casserole, using ingredients likely on hand, in a magazine years ago. It became a family favorite.

This recipe works well for freezing and as a meal to bring to another family. As a mom with little kids on a budget, I don’t have time, energy, or money to necessarily go and do a lot of things. I’m already feeding my family, though, and one way that I can minister to others is through providing supper for someone. Maybe a baby has just been born, there has been a death, or maybe it’s sickness. This would be a great meal to deliver and bless them with.

Bring it in a disposable pan and you won’t have to worry about getting your dish back. If it’s for a small family, divide it between two 8 or 9 inch square pans and bring one packaged for their freezer. Be sure to label it with contents and baking instructions. They will then be able to enjoy a meal on another stressful day. If you are making it for your family, I highly recommend you make extra for your freezer as well. Make the best use of your time in the kitchen and get two meals made at once.

My husband isn’t a lover of cream cheese or sour cream so what I do when making this recipe for our family is to cut the amount of cream cheese in half. He doesn’t even know either ingredient is in there. (Don’t tell him!)

FREEZING INSTRUCTIONS: Completely assemble the dish as the recipe states. Also, put the shredded cheese and green onions on the top before you cover with foil and freeze. Bake covered at 350 degrees for 60 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 15 minutes or until heated through.

You can also let the unbaked dish sit in the refrigerator a day or two before baking.

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