2011 November — A Southern Fairytale

Spicy Cheeseburger Pizza

8:40 AM ByRachelFiled UnderMain Dishes, Sponsored

For the next 5 months – Okay, well really it’s this month and the next 4 – I’m going to be sharing one recipe per month featuring these rockstar, southern pantry staples.

VELVEETA® and Ro*Tel®

For this first family recipe, I was given the opportunity to try the Spicy Cheeseburger Pizza.

I’ll be honest with y’all, (after all, we have nothing if we don’t have honesty)I’m not a big cheeseburger person and I’m not typically a fan of “fancy pizzas” so this recipe sounded a bit strange to me, but I’m game for a challenge so I went to the store and bought a pizza crust and shredded lettuce (the only two things not already in my house)

Here’s the deal, VELVEETA® and Ro*Tel® in the form of their Famous Queso have been a part of my life since before I could actually see over the counter without the assistance of a step stool. I can remember making that famous queso when we moved to Nevada and I swear that we changed lives with it.

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Anyways — on to the recipe.

I was given the Spicy Cheeseburger Pizza recipe to try.

This incorporates VELVEETA®, Ro*Tel®, ketchup (I know. Seriously, stick with me), shredded lettuce, hamburger and pizza crust. Easy Peasy, no?

So, I gathered my ingredients (except we substituted ground Turkey for Ground Hamburger) and got started.

I browned my ground turkey and then cubed my VELVEETA®

I added the VELVEETA® to my browned turkey and allowed it to melt while I combined the ketchup with the Ro*Tel®

I topped my pizza crust with the ketchup and Ro*Tel® and then topped that with the VELVEETA® and turkey mixture.
I popped this into my 400 F oven and baked it for 10 minutes.
After I took it out of the oven, I topped it with shredded lettuce, cut it into slices and served it.

This recipe reminded me of college, football, being a teenager and lazy fall days.

Spicy Cheeseburger Pizza

Yield: 1 pizza

Serving Size: 1 slice

Calories per serving: 250

Fat per serving: 6 g

Spicy Cheeseburger Pizza

If you're a fan of cheeseburgers and pizza, this a fun and mouth watering recipe.

Ingredients

Adapted from This Recipe
1/2 lb ground turkey, browned
1/2 lb (8 oz) VELVEETA®
1 ready-to-use baked pizza crust (12 inch)
1 can (10 oz) RO*TEL® Diced Tomatoes and Green Chilies, drained
1/4 C Hunt's ketchup
1 C shredded lettuce

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 F
Brown meat in a medium skillet; drain (if you use turkey, there's no draining) Return meat to skillet and stir in VELVEETA® - stir gently until melted
Place pizza crust on a pizza stone, baking sheet or parchment paper. Mix RO*TEL® and Hunt's ketchup; spread evenly onto crust. Top with meat mixture.
Bake about 10 minutes
Top with shredded lettuce

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VELVEETA® and RO*TEL® are hosting an amazing sweepstakes to encourage simple, easy weeknight family meals and entertainment ideas. Winners will be picked each week, and the more points you collect the more chances you have of winning! Grand prize winner will receive $15,000!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of VELVEETA/RO*TEL. The opinions and text are all mine.

One.

7:34 AM ByRachelFiled Underholidays

It only takes one.
One moment.
One word.
One gesture.
One action.
One second…

to change the world.

While we in the US talk this week about our abundance of riches and all that we have to be thankful for: family, food, friends, and vacation – there are many who have less than we can possibly even imagine.

There are those who live in conditions that are unfathomable to our senses and even beyond the scope of our vivid, often over-saturated imaginations.

I am a very proud and avid supporter of the amazing ONE.org . This is a powerful, wonderful, beautiful group of people, making a difference in the lives of the world’s poorest, improving futures in Africa, changing lives and proving that ONE really can change the world.

I wish I were better at giving thanks and giving back on a year round basis.
I wish it didn’t take a holiday to remind me of just how blessed I truly am.

One of my goals is to make my children more aware.

I think Thanksgiving is a perfect time to not only give thanks and give back, but to open my kids’ eyes to the world beyond our driveway.

An email that I received recently, reminded me of this.

In an effort to raise awareness ONE has two new PSA’s about the famine in the Horn of Africa and they’re sharing an adapted traditional Somali Sambusa recipe. The dessert dish uses ingredients indigenous to Somalia – but are readily available in any local grocery store.

I urge y’all to check out One.org - to add your voice, to donate, to read, to learn, to educate and to continue to prove that it only takes One.

Share the recipe: https://s3.amazonaws.com/one.org/images/Sambusa_Download.pdf – Share their passion, Share the love this season.

How will you give back, and how will you teach your children to give back?

FTC: This post is not sponsored in any way shape or form.

Mouthwatering Monday: Thanksgiving Edition

10:36 AM ByRachelFiled UnderMouthwatering Monday

Good Morning, y’all!

If you’re looking for inspiration and more delicious Thanksgiving recipes, I have a whole round-up over here.

Including a Cranberry Relish from Christy, of Southern Plate and a to die for Sweet Potato Casserole from the queen of cuisine, Jessi, from the delicious To Kiss The Cook and to finish it off – an Apple Galette that had me dying to dive through the computer screen and transport myself to Maria’s kitchen.

I can’t wait to see what deliciousness y’all have in store for me today! So, on with linky!!

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