Fun with Velveeta
We had an engagement party on Sunday for my sweet friend Kendall and her fiance Robert. It was a very casual backyard cocktail party, and we had a blast. Since we had gotten back from Disney World the night before, I didn’t have a whole lot of time to get ready for the party, especially losing an hour thanks to day light savings. My friend Patricia and I were throwing the party together- she was bringing half of the food and I was making the other half which included a bread wreath and brie, veggies and ranch dressing dip, spanakopita, cheesecake strawberries, and a spicy sausage queso dip. My darling angel Walker was the best helper. He decorated the backyard with streamers and flags and pretty much every other party decoration he could find at the Dollar Tree. I was browning the meat for the queso dip on the stove and hollowing out the strawberries, and Walker wanted to help, so I asked him to cut up the big block of Velveeta into little squares to put in the crock pot. This is the easiest recipe ever- big block of Velveeta, 1 lb of ground beef browned on stove and then drained, 2 cans of Rotel tomatoes- put in the crock pot until melty cheesy goodness and serve with Frito’s. So, I finished browning and draining the meat and took it over to the crock pot where Walker had cut up about 3/4 of the of the Velveeta, and the rest he made into a cheese family watching TV. This was just too funny not to share!
Great party! 🙂 I need the recipe for those delicious cheesecake strawberries!
So great to see y’all!! Easiest recipe- hollow out the strawberries. The filling is 1 package of cream cheese, 4 tablespoons of powdered sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla mixed together with a hand mixer. I just scoop the mix into a plastic baggie and cut off a corner and then fill the strawberries. You can also add graham cracker crumbs dusted on top which is so yummy (I just forgot to buy graham crackers!!) Send me pics from the party- would love to see them!! xoxo Meg
Great menu – I know that bread wreath and Brie so well!!!! Good choices.
And love your photos of Walker and the Velveeta – doesn’t get more southern than that !!!!!
Also love the blog site – thanks Meg
Thanks so much Murray!! Hope y’all are all well and can’t wait to see everyone this summer!! xoxo Meg
Great party, Meg and Patricia! The backyard looked super, Walker. Those strawberries were the best….EVER!
Thanks so much for coming- it was great to see you!!
I have a recipe (somewhere) for fudge that uses Velveeta! Lol I haven’t made it in awhile but it was good. Love Southern cooking (Texas here)….just found your site….looking forward to seeing more.
Mmm- that sounds good!! So glad you found us- thanks!!