Cheese. *sigh* I love it, and I'm not a cheese snob by any means. Whether it's a handmade and delicately aged gruyère or a wedge of velveeta, I'm not one to pass it up, including but not limited to the processed cheese-like sauce that accompany boxed pasta meals. Your body is a temple, health is wealth, yadda yadda yadda; If you're looking to spend less than four bucks per serving and don't mind fake cheese N carbs then let's get down to it.

I added minced garlic, red onion, cilantro, and one small sweet pepper(all diced) to a hot pan coated lightly with coconut oil and let them all mingle for a few minutes at med. heat. Opened a can of store brand fire roasted stewed tomatoes (this also works great with Rotel) and mixed it in. Follow the instructions on your store brand shells & cheese, and add them all together. It's that easy! For additional seasoning I added chili powder, black pepper, and paprika. A light sprinkling will do. I make different variations of this, sometimes I add leftover chicken, ground turkey or beef, and once I used ground bison. This time around I used...canned chicken. It's a thing I didn't even know was a thing until my friend Rev Bart told me about it. He's known for his versatility and resilience so when he told me about the value of canned chicken breast I took him for his word, and I'm glad I did. $2.50 for a 2.5oz can, $1.69 for the shells & cheese, $0.89 for the canned stewed tomatoes, and the produce I already had in the fridge bringing the total for three servings to $1.69 each.