Step-by-step photos and instructions are below!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For those of you NOT in the US, there’s a boxed\/convenience food here called “hamburger helper”. Hamburger refers to ground beef, or mince (as it is called in other parts of the world).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The basic premise is, you brown the beef, and add the packet of stuff and some water\/milk and then you have dinner. It’s a pasta dish made all in one pot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seems easy enough<\/em>. The husband loves this stuff and grew up eating it (his favorite is the Cheeseburger Macaroni). If you know me at all, you’ll know I prefer to cook from scratch where possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Using good quality real food ingredients, you can take a convenience food and kick it up to fabulous! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sure, there are no vegetables in it, so I had to get over that (and you could easily add them – or prepare them as sides, see below), but it is really tasty. AND you get WAY more food that will feed an entire family of 4 than you do with just the box. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I make up little baggies of the spices and seasonings, with the pasta and instructions on the front so the husband can make this when he “needs” a comforting pasta dish. We never fail to bring this with us camping – there’s nothing like a day of being out in the woods, coming back to camp to eat, and having this ready in about 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n What you'll find in this post:<\/p>\n![\"cheeseburger](\"https:\/\/www.kyleecooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Homemade-Hamburger-Helper-Cheeseburger-Pasta-21.jpg\")
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