{"id":1089,"date":"2017-01-23T14:34:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T19:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.local\/recipe\/homemade-hamburger-helper\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T22:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T02:46:20","slug":"homemade-hamburger-helper","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/homemade-hamburger-helper\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Hamburger Helper"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\ud83c\udf5d The dinner I grew up on, in one pot<\/h3>\n<p>We weren&#8217;t rich, and that box of Hamburger Helper showed up on the table often. I ate a lot of it as a kid. My <strong>homemade Hamburger Helper<\/strong> is a tribute to those dinners: ground beef, pasta cooking right in the sauce, sharp cheddar melting in at the very end. All of it is there, minus the seasoning packet and its unpronounceable ingredient list. What comes out of the pot is a lot closer to a quick Bolognese than to rehydrated powder. That was the whole point.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83e\udd55 Real vegetables in there, and not just for looks<\/h3>\n<p>Carrots in mini cubes, zucchini in mini cubes, onion, garlic. I&#8217;ve always liked my Hamburger Helper with texture and vegetables in it, and that&#8217;s what makes this <strong>ground beef pasta<\/strong> genuinely good. Almost nobody else puts them in, go look around. The rest is <strong>medium-lean ground beef<\/strong> (less fat, less flavor, it&#8217;s that simple), a quality <strong>sharp cheddar<\/strong>, and real tomato sauce built up with a good beef broth. Want to push it one notch further on the cheese? <strong>Perron cheese<\/strong>. You taste the difference right away.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83d\udca1 Weeknight dinner, next-day lunch<\/h3>\n<p>This <strong>one pot pasta<\/strong> is the savior of rushed evenings with hungry kids. Forty minutes, one pot to wash, and the leftovers reheat beautifully for lunch the next day (a splash of milk or cream to bring the creaminess back and it&#8217;s like day one). Serve it with my <a href=\"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/easy-no-knead-focaccia-bread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no knead focaccia bread<\/a> and my <a href=\"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/white-balsamic-arugula-salad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">white balsamic arugula salad<\/a> to cut through the richness. You&#8217;re in business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf5d The dinner I grew up on, in one pot We weren&#8217;t rich, and that box of Hamburger Helper showed up on the table often. I ate a lot of it as a kid. 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