This was extremely bland as written. Edible, but very bland. To make it suitable for myself and my mother, after tasting it as written, we added more onion (1 cup total chopped white onion instead of 1/4 cup) as well as 2 (small) cloves of garlic sauteed with the onion. I added dried cilantro (maybe a tsp), a good amount of freshly ground black pepper and sea salt to taste. The second time I made it (to use up leftover chicken and rice) I kept the same adjustments and I was using white rice that'd been cooked with chicken broth instead of water. That improved the dish as well. I also had no Velveeta to hand but I did have a leftover quantity of Cheese Whiz so I used 4-5 oz of that. We liked it.