This Skillet Cheesy Beef and Veggie Macaroni is ready to eat in only 20 minutes! It’s a delicious meal that’s perfect for the entire family, including picky eaters!
My family LOVES this recipe and I have been making it for months so I am excited to be sharing the recipe with you all today! This recipe is the perfect family dinner! Everyone loves it and it makes for wonderful leftovers. It’s such a quick and easy meal to make. It seriously takes around 20 minutes from start to finish!
I would imagine that most of you already have all the ingredients you need. It’s basically ground beef, macaroni, spices, milk, beef broth, frozen mixed vegetables, and cheese.
My kids don’t always love to eat their vegetables but they do love everything about this recipe including the vegetables! And the best part for me is it’s really no work at all to include vegetables in this dish. You just mix in 2 cups of frozen mixed vegetables the same time you add the uncooked macaroni and in only about 8 minutes it’s all cooked and ready to eat once you mix in the cheese!
This Skillet Cheesy Beef and Veggie Macaroni is super delicious and full of flavor! I make it at least once a month but made it twice just in the last week because the kids wanted it again.
Enjoy!
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Skillet Cheesy Beef and Veggie Macaroni
Ingredients
Instructions
Slightly adapted from Country Side Cravings
When do you add the veggies in?
When you add the macaroni. I’ve updated the recipe. I am so sorry about that!
Made this for my husband supper last night. He loved it!!! Will definitely make again.
Yay! So happy to hear that! 🙂 We love this recipe too and make it often!
Just made this tonight for dinner. My husband loved it, as did I. I will make this again. Great taste and fast prep time!!
Yay! So happy to hear that! 🙂
Made this for today, and with being pregnant wanted something to cook simple and easy, I Love it made me enough to eat for today and tomorrow 😍😍
That’s so great! Thanks for this great review! 🙂
so good! thank you so much.
You’re welcome! 🙂
Can this be made with mozarella or another type of cheese?
Yep! You can mix it up however you’d like.
What’s the prep time for this?
It’s listed above the recipe ingredients. It’s about 5 minutes of prep. The recipe from start to finish should take about 20 minutes.
Can you freeze this recipe?
I haven’t tried it so I am not for sure. I personally would freeze it without the macaroni then add cooked macaroni to the unthawed mixture when ready to eat.
Is there anything else I can use besides the tomato sauce? Trying to avoid tomatoes
You can make it w/o it and I think it would turn out just fine. You may need to add just a little more liquid to make up for it. I also found tomato-less sauce substitutes on google you could check out.
Pretty tasty! Fast and easy! I used ground turkey. Thanks for the recipe,
You’re welcome!
can i make this without the milk
Yes, just use about 1 1/2 cups of beef broth instead. (FYI I haven’t tried it but that should work just fine.)
How many does this serve?
About 6-8
Do you use small elbows or large?
I use small.
WAY too much liquid, it’s like soup
So sorry that’s how it turned out for you. I haven’t had that problem and I’ve made it many times. If you make this recipe again try adding 1/4 cup less of both beef broth and milk.
I use spaghetti sauce instead of tomato sauce.
That’s great!
This looks so good! What a great weeknight meal!
Thank you! I agree. This is a great go-to weeknight recipe! 🙂
Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?
I am an experienced cook and thought this might work bettter in the oven. My skillet burned the bottom of this dish black. Not very edible after that mishap. Next time it will go into a casserole dish and in the oven.
So sorry about the mishap. I always make it as per my recipe instructions just in the skillet and it turns out great.