platingitup: Velveeta-Bacon-Fritos Bake My...

platingitup:

Velveeta-Bacon-Fritos Bake

My Grandma. An Homage.

My Grandma on my mom’s side was an amazing cook (my other Grandma was too for that matter). Every Sunday, growing up, we would go over to my Grandma and Grandpa’s house for Sunday dinner. The woman put a little bit of EVERYTHING on the table. It was a complete smorgasbord. Seriously, you could expect to have fried chicken, a pot roast, potatoes, several different veggie dishes, tamales…etc. all in one meal! She loved to feed people, she was all about comfort food, and if she found out something was your favorite then you could count on that thing being on the table. I had an affinity for Velveeta cheese. Oh, man, I loved that stuff. So, she would put a plate of sliced Velveeta on the table too…just for me.

As I wandered through the grocery aisles the other night, I saw it. Velveeta. Now, back in her day I don’t think Nascar was sponsoring the stuff. ;-) But, I stood there in the grocery store filled with fond memories of Sunday dinners, made with love by my Grandma, and being stuffed to the gills with all manner of family member favorites that graced her table. And the Velveeta? Well, it went into the cart. I also added bacon, and a bag of Fritos. I decided to fully embrace this walk down memory lane and create some good old comfort food. My cart definitely looked weird, Velveeta, tempeh, Morning Star stuff, Fritos, organic bananas… crazy person checking out!

Here’s the deal:

Cook pasta and drain.

Mix in cubed Velveeta, organic butter, and organic half-n-half (because God knows you should be using ORGANIC ingredients with that processed cheese!)

Put cheesy pasta in baking pan.

Top with chopped fried bacon.

Put a Cup, who am I kidding…probably 2 cups of crushed Fritos on top.

Put some shredded cheddar cheese on top of that and pop that in an oven at about 350 degrees.

Pull it out. Realize it needs MORE Velveeta. Grab a saucepan and melt MORE cubed Velveeta, organic butter, and organic half-n-half.

Poor that over the top and let that cheesy goodness ooze down into the pasta-cheesy-bacon-Frito situation you’ve got going on.

Bake it just a little bit more.

Proactively contact a cardiologist. Then plate that stuff up! :D

I love my Grandma. I miss her. And I had happy thoughts of her all evening long.

Thanks for making amazing food, Grandma. Thanks for the way you loved on us at the dinner table. I’m sure you’ve got all of heaven’s favorite dishes dialed in and you’re cookin’ up Sunday dinner tomorrow. <3

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