Homemade Rice-A-Roni

Here is the BBQ chicken with home made Rice-a-Roni and the Walnut, Cranberry and Feta Cheese salad.  It was a very complete dinner.

Here is a picture of just the home made Rice-a-Roni.

And here is a close up of just the home made Rice a Roni with the BBQ chicken that Mike made.

Mike really loves eating Rice-a-Roni, however the stuff that comes in a box is very bad for you.  It has too much sodium and so many preservatives.

I found this recipe for Home Made Rice-a-Roni.  It was pretty easy and seems like it would be much healthier than the stuff from a box.  Also, after making a dish with orzo, I realized that I really don't like it.  This dish uses orzo, but combined with rice, so it's not "overpowering".  The dish was pretty good, but not amazing.  Part of the problem may have been that I didn't use sharp Cheddar cheese.  I used Cheddar and Colby Jack cheese.