Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2013

I did not have the ground beef, but I did have canned chili with beans, which I used instead of making the ground beef mixture. The beans served to make the meal more substantial and added some extra protein. I also added some leftover black olives from an Italian dinner a few days ago. I garnished a serving with a dollop of sour cream on top, a few slices of jalepeno, and additional sliced black olives. It was a good "pulled outta thin air" dinner.

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STLGina

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2013

loved it! did not add the cheese but put on top when we had it or warmed up some, thanks for the recipe!

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PATTIMAC2000

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Living In: Vista, California, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2013

I thought it was okay, a little drier than I expected. But we ate it last night and tonight will reheat the leftovers with another can of tomatoes to see what happens.

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JENNR8ER

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Thornton, Colorado, USA

Living In: Firestone, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2011

Wonderful!!!!

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chrissyjane

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2010

Followed the recipe but ended up adding tortilla chips on top and in total about 3 cups of cheese (2 cups on the very top). Also put some sour cream on it as well. Made it more like a taco mac versus a chili mac this way.

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megamahjay

Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2010

looking sore something easy to make that the kids love and this is a winner!!!!!!!

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marlove

Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2010

This was the best chili mac recipe I have ever made. Although I had to "rearrange" a few things because I just didnt have them in my cupboard! The only thing I lacked was a can of the Mexican stewed tomatoes and I had a can of regular, and I also added a can of chili beans, yummy!! Didn't have quite enough cups of cheese so I had slices of real Kraft cheese. Very creamy, not dry, very yummy with homemade bread a salad!

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Mommy4Boys

Reviewed: Nov. 3, 2010

Needed to use up some leftover spaghetti so followed recipe except left out the bell pepper and used chopped canned tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano, and poured over the spaghetti. Husband loved it and thought it was as good as served by one of our local chain restaurants. Will definitely add this to his "favorites" list. Thanks for the post!

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Az Hummer

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Tucson, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2010

This recipe was actually good there are some suggestions that I would probably change about it such as instead of 1LB of Ground Beef I used 2LBS to give it more substance and I also added 2 packages of Taco Seasoning to bring out more flavor since more meat was added. I think its also best to mention the fact that the macaroni should be cooked while the ground beef is browning. Because this was not mentioned in the beginning it extended my prep time by 10 minutes.

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