I like to have a few quick fix meals up my sleeve for busy nights or nights when I'm extra tired. But I don't like paying for the boxed meals and quite honestly, it would take two or three of them to feed my family supper. Even buying the Save A Lot brands, that' s not really cheap. So I looked on the boxes to find what spices were used in the different flavors and now I can make them myself.
Last night we made lasagna flavored homemade hamburger helper. Here's all you have to do to make it at home, from scratch ~ however, most ingredients are "eyeballed." I can't give you exact measurements of the spices but if you're used to cooking from scratch you shouldn't have any problems.
I make enough to equal at least two boxes worth. I started out by browning my meat in my skillet. I only used about 1/2 pound of meat though. I was able to stretch it by adding leftover rice from the night before - there was probably about 2 cups worth. Once that was cooked up I added about 2 3/4 cups of hot water and about 2 cups of egg noodles. Then come the spices and thickening agents. For lasagna hamburger helper, they are as follows:
* flour
* corn starch
* dried tomato (put through food processor)
* dried onion
* dried garlic
* cheese powder
Mix it all in, let it come to a boil and then simmer covered for about 15 minutes. Add in some shredded cheese, however much you like. That's all there is to it. We like to top it at the table with parmesan cheese.
If you don't know where to purchase cheese powder, I think you can order it from Honeyville Grains. If not, check out some of the other online bulk grocery stores. I know I've seen it on them before. I can get my cheese powder from the local Mennonite market.
My huge skillet was completely full but by the time they all ate and went back for seconds, it was completely empty. That's the appetites for growing kids and a grown man for you. But the end result was one well fed family and one backwoods momma who didn’t have to stand in the kitchen all evening. Well worth it in my book.
This post is linked to: Barn Hop #9
Last night we made lasagna flavored homemade hamburger helper. Here's all you have to do to make it at home, from scratch ~ however, most ingredients are "eyeballed." I can't give you exact measurements of the spices but if you're used to cooking from scratch you shouldn't have any problems.
I make enough to equal at least two boxes worth. I started out by browning my meat in my skillet. I only used about 1/2 pound of meat though. I was able to stretch it by adding leftover rice from the night before - there was probably about 2 cups worth. Once that was cooked up I added about 2 3/4 cups of hot water and about 2 cups of egg noodles. Then come the spices and thickening agents. For lasagna hamburger helper, they are as follows:
* flour
* corn starch
* dried tomato (put through food processor)
* dried onion
* dried garlic
* cheese powder
Mix it all in, let it come to a boil and then simmer covered for about 15 minutes. Add in some shredded cheese, however much you like. That's all there is to it. We like to top it at the table with parmesan cheese.
If you don't know where to purchase cheese powder, I think you can order it from Honeyville Grains. If not, check out some of the other online bulk grocery stores. I know I've seen it on them before. I can get my cheese powder from the local Mennonite market.
My huge skillet was completely full but by the time they all ate and went back for seconds, it was completely empty. That's the appetites for growing kids and a grown man for you. But the end result was one well fed family and one backwoods momma who didn’t have to stand in the kitchen all evening. Well worth it in my book.
This post is linked to: Barn Hop #9
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