Am I the only one who loves Hamburger Helper?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

Yes, my liberal elitist tastes are revealed!

[xmas74]

1. I kinda like the stroganoff one.

I add extra sour cream and mushrooms if I have them around. And I throw some veggies in any flavor that I make for an easy meal that my daughter will eat.

[flvegan]

2. Back when I ate meat, I loved the stuff! Hell, yes.

[JVS]

3. I have a coupon for the 3rd week of the month 5 boxes for $5

It makes me gassy, but I don't care

[Inspired]

4. Rice Oriental is awesome

or is it Oriental Rice? Anyway cook according to directions and add a can of sliced water chestnuts and a few dashes of soy sauce.

YUM!

[grannylib]

7. I add some peas to this one as well, and some additional seasoning

makes a good dish when I am in too much of a hurry to make real Asian food.
I also really like the cheesy hashbrown one.

[DawgHouse]

9. I can't find that one here

so my brother brings it when he comes to visit me. I have the best brother ;)

[Elidor]

5. The thing I don't like is:

50 cents of pasta, and some cheap seasoning that any half-assed cook could come up with on their own sells for over $2.

I also don't like getting burger-belly if I eat too much of it. Much better to use ground Boca. And Boca doesn't turn your sweat rancid like beef often does.

[qnr]

13. I always felt that way about the shake'n'bake stuff - though the bags

were convienient....

[Shine]

6. Yes. You. Are.

hahah.
Actually, my mom used to make that stuff all the time.

It definitely serves its purpose for cheap, quick and easy foodage.

Do you remember Kraft Macaroni and Cheese? Sadly, I knew how to make that by heart before I was 10.

:)
Shine

[radwriter0555]

10. I don't think it's actually 'food' per se.. since it's all chemicals and

powders and flavorings and partially hydrogenated this and dehydrated that... nothing but chemicals, preservatives and... caloric fatty crap.

Ever seen what partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil does in your body?
Nothing.

It coagulates in solid white lumps and stays in your body. Making you fat.

Think twinkies.

[WCGreen]

14. Thank you for that Visual....

[radwriter0555]

16. I have a thing about fake food... supermarket crap is just nasty...

I prefer to actually eat things I can identify.

I tend to stick with whole foods... but I'm not a vegan. Typically, if there is a supermarket coupon for it, it's made of chemicals, powders, dried this, artificially flavored thats, etc. I won't eat it.

I stick with grains, pastas, fruits, veggies, simple yogurts, butter, real dairy and fresh meat.

I have seen what globules of partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil look like and it's not pretty.

The rest of that crap causes cancer.

[qnr]

15. While I understand your point completely, isn't /all/ food made up of

aggregates of chemicals?

[Shine]

17. Yes, you are exactly right.

I'm more into food I can pronounce and identify.

Happy healthy eating to you!
:hi:
Shine

[radwriter0555]

18. I will confess, the odd can of easy cheese or a package of velveeta slips

into the fridge once or twice a year. I'm FAR from perfect!

[Shine]

25. Hey, who's "perfect"?? Certainly not me!

Waaaaay too boring...not to mention impossible.
:)

[Evergreen Emerald]

8. I had a boyfriend once who used to brag about his cooking...

When he finally cooked for me, it was a hamburger helper base in which he added some veggies!

So, you are not alone in your like of hamburger helper--and further cooking it makes you an excellent chef!

[Bullwinkle925]

11. AARRGGGHHHH. Say it aint so!

:spank:


Does the Jeebster also partake?

[HeeBGBz]

Yeah, but I don't use hamburger

I take stew meat or random beef and cut into small chunks and substitute for burger. Flavor is better. I tend to stick to the stroganoff one.

[qnr]

12. I hate it... sitting there laughing at me on the supermarket shelf -

making my life miserable.... mocking me incessantly - simply because I couldn't afford the hamburger with which to provide it with a suitable mate.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. It's good with chopped up hotdogs too.

:thumbsup:

[bridgit]

20. i like the one for stroganoff, but with the potatoes & not noodles...

:shrug:

[bigwillq]

21. It's tasty.

My b/f makes it once in awhile.

:hi:

[tanyev]

22. I use ground turkey. I think it tastes better than beef.

[kick-ass-bob]

23. we used to eat it all the time. Then we saw the sodium content..

and we realized how much sodium was in those things and quit.
It was SHOCKING!

[Z_I_Peevey]

31. Mmmmmmmm

Sodium.

[ucmike]

24. "i don't know why they call this stuff hamburger helper...

it does just fine by itself"

am i the only "family vacation" fan here?

[dogfacedboy]

29. Nope. I like "homemade ketchup" ,too.

[Blue_Tires]

32. "REAL tomato ketchup, Eddie??"

--"nothin' but the best!"

[El Fuego]

26. It offends my pretentious foodie sensibilities

But I'm sure it's probably really good.

[Magrittes Pipe]

27. dolo amber can make a 4-course meal out of Cheeseburger Macaroni.

Dessert is kinda iffy.

[dogfacedboy]

28. Cheesy Hashbrowns is da bomb! n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

30. I've scheduled an intervention.

You are suffering from the hypnotic effect of the dancing white glove's chant:

"Hamburger helper helps your hamburger
Make a great meal."

There. I hope someone else is stuck with this earworm now too.:P