Hi friends! I am so excited to share a fun, new recipe with you today: Loaded Baked Potato Casserole with Kraft Fresh Take! Kraft Fresh Take is a meal kit that provides you with a fresh take on any meal. The cheese and breadcrumb mix gives you flavorful, crisp and cheesy dishes with easy preparation! So when I was tasked to come up with a tasty side with Kraft Fresh Take – I immediately thought of a yummy loaded baked potato! But baked potatoes (depending on how you cook them) can take some time to prep, and I’m usually a quick 30-minute meal kind of gal. So I came up with this idea to mix loaded baked potato ingredients with some mashed potatoes, top with Kraft Fresh Take, and make it a casserole side dish!
Once I had this idea in mind, I headed down to my local Walmart to pick up the groceries, including Kraft Fresh Take. You can find Kraft Fresh Take varieties in the refrigerated cheese section of your local Walmart.
Once I had groceries in hand, I headed home to whip up the Loaded Baked Potato Casserole as a side to our rotisserie chicken for dinner! Here’s the recipe I came up with.
Loaded Baked Potato Casserole
Ingredients
- 2 cups mashed potatoes fresh or instant
- 2 cups steamed broccoli
- 2 oz real bacon bits
- 1 tbsp cream cheese
- 6 oz package Kraft Fresh Take Cheddar Jack & Bacon Mix
- Sour cream opt
- Chives opt
Instructions
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Mix 1 tbsp cream cheese into mashed potatoes.
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Stir in steamed broccoli and bacon bits.
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Spread mashed potato mixture into a casserole dish.
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Open Kraft Fresh Take package to mix cheese and breadcrumbs.
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Cover mashed potatoes with Kraft Fresh Take mix.
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Bake for 20 minutes at 375 degrees.
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Remove from oven, dish out portions and serve with sour cream and chives (optional).
The end result was amazing. I’m serious. Because I don’t have a lot of time during the week outside of work and other activities, I don’t spend a lot of time in the kitchen. So when I make something that my husband really likes, he says so. Over and over. And this weekend he raved about this dish, and specifically about the Kraft Fresh Take topping. So I’ve started thinking of how I can incorporate more Kraft Fresh Take into our meals! It’s really a quick and easy (and inexpensive!) way to kick your meals up a notch.
Minus the broccoli, I’m in this looks delish!!
xo
Ange
LOL! I’m usually not a huge fan of broccoli – but in this it’s good! My boys love it!
YUM!!! Looks fabulous.
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Thanks Shannon! You’ll have to let me know if you try it!
This looks so delicious. I’m going to have to try it at some point.
Let me know what you think Christine!
This looks really good! 😀
I adore that you put broccoli in this – YUM!! I love that it came together so quickly and the crunchy, cheesy topping looks amazing 🙂
It was so good Becca! My boys love broccoli, I don’t. But I have to admit it was really good in this!
This looks absolutely delicious and easy to make for a weekend dinner. Going to the store tomorrow and I’m getting the ingredients to make this. The hubs will love. Thanks for sharing!
Oh fun Kera! You’ll have to let me know how you like it!
Yum! This looks incredible!
Thanks Jane!
Holy yumminess overload! Thanks for the inspiration and the extra pounds – hee hee! Take care, Laura
Hehe, whoops! Thanks Laura!
That looks so delicious, like something we all would love. I pinned it … I’ll be adding it to the next meal list!
Kimberly,
This looks absolutely delicious!!! Perfect for Mother’s Day!
Have a great day rock star!
karianne
Thank you Karianne! xo
Oh my goodness this looks good! I am so glad that you posted this… I was having a hard time trying what to decide what to cook for dinner tonight! Problem solved! Hope you have a great week!
Take care,
Trish
Kimberly…that looks amazing! I’ve got to try making it!
I’m going to have to try this. I love finding short cuts!!!
Oh you’ll have to tell me if you do Esther!
Looks yummy and very comforting!
This sounds incredible. I gotta try it ASAP.
What size casserole dish did you use?
Hi Heather! It’s a vintage Pyrex dish that I believe holds about 1 1/2 quarts. I just eyeballed what size I needed after I mixed the potatoes, broccoli and bacon together. Hope that helps!
Seeing the prices of those bags of shredded cheese makes me want to cry!!! Where I live in Canada, at my local grocery store those bags of pre-shredded cheese sell for over $9 per bag!!!
This recipe sounds really good though, and I will definitely be trying it!!!
Hi Kimberly I wanted do to know what you mean by breadcrumbs. I don’t see any ingredients for breadcrumbs
Hi Tia, the Kraft Cheese Fresh Take package is a mixture of breadcrumbs and cheese in one package. I didn’t make any, I used the Fresh Take as our topping. Hope that helps!