(Feb 24, 2025 01:02 AM)Unknown Rusty Looser Wrote:  Do you like hamburger helper meals? Or tuna helper?

I recently bought 10 HH and 4 TH boxes on sale and haven’t had them in a couple years. I make most meals from scratch. I forgot how generic they are, most of the time I’ll add diced onions, garlic, fresh jalapeños, bell peppers or green chilies…but still idk. The cheesy version ones are my favorite of all.

The tuna ones are hard for me to eat because hot/warm tuna is odd and gross to me. Nevertheless I bought 4 of them 🤷🏼‍♂️

(Feb 24, 2025 01:17 AM)The Pact Wrote:  I've never tried them? How do they even work? Is there a mac and cheese one?

(Feb 24, 2025 01:44 AM)Unknown Rusty Looser Wrote:  There is like 5 different “Mac and cheese” versions. Basically the box comes with macaroni or rice, and a seasoning/sauce packet. You just add 1lb cooked ground hamburger (or tuna for that version) milk, water, and sometimes butter. It’s extremely unhealthy and has a lot of preservatives. It’s only good right after cooking, saving and reheating is kinda nasty.

(Feb 24, 2025 10:44 AM).Pazuzu Wrote:  I had never heard of 'helper' meals so I looked them up, the ingredients don't look too bad (most of the listed chemicals like Riboflavin, Niacin & Folic acid are just vitamins), but like a lot of processed food there's just so much salt, so many products are full of sodium and the average person eats way too much daily

I know us Brits get clowned on for not using seasoning but seriously, salt doesn't need to be in everything!

I'd stick to making stuff from scratch when you have the time, however, we don't always have that luxury and these seem like a good alternative. I would be interested to see the results of using these kits!

(Feb 24, 2025 11:42 AM)Unknown Rusty Looser Wrote:  Almost everything in an American grocery store has a crap ton of sodium. I don’t use much salt when I cook.