EASY EXTREME BUDGET MEALS // $4 FAMILY DINNERS
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- I upgraded Hamburger Helper to make easy and cheap meals for my family!
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My younger days I would buy Hamburger Helper and put it back in the pantry but I would find I had no milk sometimes and no money for milk so I would use a trick my mom did and use a little hot water and dry coffee creamer. It worked and we ate it.
Oh that's a great idea! I have heard of using some powdered milk, but I would not have thought of coffee creamer!
I don't use creamer in my coffee, but pick up creamer on clearance (& coupon) for just that. Creamy like real cream, but shelf stable)
I really enjoyed this. Just today I made Spanish rice-a-roni but I always make a pot of plain rice along side, then stretch it out with the plain rice, and add veggies and usually a meat. Today in addition to the canned tomatoes per the box instructions, I added fresh spinach, onion, green bell pepper, diced cooked chicken, and some cooked black beans and pinto beans. Added my own extra seasonings of cumin, chili powder and garlic powder, salt/pepper. It makes a big pan and extends the box by three times, I think. I find these processed packaged boxes are too much spice and salt so that by stretching it with plain rice and veggies/meat, it tastes better.
We make spanish rice a roni and add coin cut smoked sausage/kielbasa along with a can of tomatoes, a can of corn and a can of black beans and top with cheese. Two packs would feed my family of 6 with left overs for lunches. Its really delicious and so easy that you can take it on the road like camping. I am going to try your variation!
I made a stroganoff hamburger helper with just water after watching one of your other videos and my husband said it was better than when I make homemade stroganoff. not sure if the hamburger helper was really good or if my regular stroganoff is bad LOL
Haha! I’ve been in that boat, too.
I think it’s the seasoning and salt.
My daughter loves the HH beef stroganoff but we have to watch because of her stomach issues. If I go to make it and am out of her lactaid free milk I either don't make it or use regular milk and she suffers. That's how much she loves the stroganoff. But I am going to try using just the water next time
My bf LOVED the hamburger helper stroganoff!??! Too!
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Funny that I see this video today, last night I was walking through the store and saw Hamburger Helper and wanted some but thought no I need to eat a better quality meal than that. I did not think to add veggies to it and do a greek yogurt instead of milk, I think I will give this a try the next time I am not feeling like making dinner. You always have some really good ideas.
Try microwaving your corn in the shuck, just cut the ends off. Works great and tastes great this way. I do 8 minutes per ear plus one extra min for each additional ear.
My favorite way!
I love these ideas. My fridge is broken and I can't get a new one so I only have cans of evaporated milk but I do put yogurt in the freezer.
I ADORE your T- shirt in this video! "She believed she could, but she was TOO TIRED, so she didn't"! I would love to know where you got it!!
And the video and meal suggestions were wonderful too! Thank you so much!
It’s from a company called Thread Tank. They sent it to me a while back. 😊
I love the extreme budget meals you do!! Thank you! ❤️💯😊
If you add grated squash, eggplant, etc... to dishes before you add the grated vegetables take a kitchen towel and put the vegetables on the towel then squeeze the excess moisture out like you do with frozen spinach. Keeps dishes from becoming watery.
I'm definitely going to try these recipes. This mom is tired of cooking this summer. Lol
Love the way you doctored up the hamburger helper. When I was pregnant cheeseburger hamburger helper over homemade mashed potatoes. That is yummy.
Some great inspiration! I've been binge watching all your videos.
Both you and Miranda are so awesome at these kind of challenges/videos. It's so helpful for all of us on a budget (or trying to save some extra money by cutting the grocery budget).
Thanks, Stacie! I appreciate that.
For anyone watching this with a Reasor’s close by, they have 12 oz of fresh blackberries for much cheaper than Walmart right now! About half the price!
Yeah I’ve noticed Walmart is more expect with fresh foods. We have Meijer and the majority of their fruit & produce is a lot cheaper. As well as meats & cheese.
You also could have added some bouillon, and ate it like a soup.
Both those dinners looked so good 😊 I will definitely try them !! Thank you for sharing!
I like to use the Crunchy Taco one to make stuffed peppers or stuffed tomatoes. I put shredded cheese on top the crunch up the corn chips and sprinkleon top the melted cheese.
That’s a great idea!
Thank you for this!!!! I agree girl! I have two small grocery stores I go to almost weekly for the sale prices. Both stores are close to me and it honestly doesn’t take tons of time and I enjoy shopping anyway. It’s a good remind to ppl that told you too have a little time and opportunity- shop the sales as well! One of my smaller ones too also has ibotta attached
We are making the taco hamburger helper for dinner tonight I had stocked another of dry goods during the pandemic so now we ate going through and eating up things that are getting close to expiring it just so happens one of those things expiring this month was a twin pack of taco hamburger helper I will add some extra cheese sourcream and top with guacamole.
I just wanted to thank you for the recommendation of the Lazy Day Cooking club and trial code. I have been in a dinner rut for a while and even though it is my first month, it has definitely been worth it. Between your videos and the club I am getting dinner on the table and the family likes the new options.
Liz, I’m so glad! Carrie and Christina have really great ideas. I’ll be sure to pass the compliment on to them!
That's so funny; I do almost exactly the same with the cheesy Italian shells. It's the only one I buy. I add hot Italian sausage, diced tomatoes (from a can usually), and see what other veggies I can sneak in. I usually add a little more pasta and liquid and some Italian spices just to stretch it, and my husband doesn't know the difference. I will have to try it with zucchini though! Also, that crunchybtavo one looks good, so I will look for that, too.
You have the greatest budget friendly ideas!!!!!❤️🙌
Thanks, Leslie!
Newly subbed but have been watching fir a while, and I must say u make meals that are so very affordable, easy, and filling. If ppl would only pay attention to pricing and again cook from scratch there would be no food insecurities! We have to stop always looking fir a quick run to McDonald’s or Burger King to eat- the money we spend there could do a meal fir a week !! Thanks fir sharing such affordable meals!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😊😊
Thanks, Terry! I appreciate the encouragement!
I'm planning on making the Italian shells & cheese recipe tonight. We're blessed with an abundance of zucchini & tomatoes from our garden so I've been looking for more/different ideas to incorporate them into our meals.
I’m so exited to try these. I should probably stop watching your videos while I’m hungry. I’m always starving for whatever you’ve cooked on camera by the end of the video. One might even call it hangry. 😂
I love the cheesy shells flavor. It's my favorite.
Love your ideas of subbing vegetables and beans for a portion of the meat.
Love this meal plan my kids love hamburger helper people seem to give it a bad rap but honestly it’s sauce pasta and meat just like you would make it home so I’m not sure why people have an issue with us buying hamburger helper I’ve got a ton of it in stock for my kiddos as well great tip on buying meat at the butcher counter if you’re only wanting less I like that idea a lot thank you so much for sharing
I think its the idea of processed versus homemade & fresh. Sometimes you just need to do what you need to but I also understand wanting to be more conscious of what we feed our family. Unfortunately I work 5 nights-3rd shift- a week (I have Monday’s & Wednesdays off) so trying to keep a clean home & cook is nearly impossible I’m exhausted mentally & physically.
I always take my leftover taco meat, or taco-based hamburger helpers and add refried beans and make enchilada's the next day - it really helps stretch 1 lb. of meat into two nice-sized meals. Nice video!
Great video as always! I love how you make a low cost meal look like it isn't low cost at all. Very savvy❤
Love this out-of-the-box thinking! (Pun fully intended. :))
Haha! Love it!
I just made the hamburger helper beef stroganoff last week and stirred in some sour cream at the end…it really makes a difference! I’m going to have to try those Italian shells…that’s right up my alley too.
I love your meatless ideas for Hamburger Helper! I use canned mushrooms, kidney beans and cannellini beans. Delicious!
I liked the tip on Greek yogurt.
I shop my local Winn-Dixie here in Florida.
I only by the sales and mostly the Buy One Get One items which comes in handy.
Great ideas one the box dinners.
I use chicken or turkey in the cans in some of my box dinners, it is pretty good. 😁🙏🏼🌻
I swear though Publix is way overpriced here in Florida
Fantastic topic. I saw Valerie too. I think we all felt that way at some point
Cheesy shells is my favorite flavor!
That shirt is hilarious!!
Haha! Thanks! I was definitely feeling it that day.
That shirt is me everyday, and I’m single with adult kids. Lol
Great!!! deliciously great!!!
Meals look great !
These meals look delicious ! Thanks for the great recipes !
Thanks for the video... ive seen hamburger helper in a store in Rotorua (New zealand) but didn't know what it is... I haven't seen up here in whangarei, but next time I'm in Rotorua I'm definitely going to grab some... what you made looks amazing...
Hi Mindy! Great video! Love your ideas! I didn't know hamburger helper had those flavors. I will have to look love tacos! Yum! Thanks for sharing! I keep forgetting to tell you my niece name Makenna just like your younger daughter.
thank-you
I absolutely love Reasor's sales!!
So,I have an autoimmune illness so boxed/prepackaged dinners are great to have on hand when I need my husband or one of the teenagers to cook!
Me too. The boxed meals make it so much easier to feed my family when I have a particularly bad autoimmune battle day. Stay strong❤
Check out her freezer meals! Depending on your autoimmune disorder most prepackaged meals like these will make you much worse... a few hours one afternoon on a good day andni can whip up 10 to 20 freezer meals and they can go in the crockpot or instantpot with much less effort on a bad day! Even now the kids can put a casserole in the oven and set a timer on my REALLY bad days, and then I can eat with them
@@jujube2407 I usually do freezer meals. The boxes are good for my family, when I haven't had a good enough day to do freezer meals. I don't eat the boxed meals because they exacerbate my diseases. However, they come in handy when my husband needs to cook.
@@CarolgTX you too, friend!! 😘💪🏻
@@jujube2407 I definitely love a good freezer meal!! I don’t eat when they make these. I usually throw together some fresh veggies or make a salad and honestly some of my flares I can’t eat all water and turmeric ginger tea is all I can handle!
Excited to try this one soon!
Simple yummy affordable. Nice. Thanks for the share.
Great ideas. I have a twin pack of HH potato strogonoff in the cabinet and it tells "cook me" everytime I open the door. I ignore it but surprised these new ideas will make it so happy, lol!!
I noticed when I shop at my speedy store I look at the prices much more carefully 😀. Great ideas.
Another winner! Thanks, Mindy!
Definitely need to shop the weekly sales ad for my local supermarket, especially if you can't get to a big box store
Thank you for the idea of going to Reasor's to check out their sales too! I have one near me and don't usually go to it cuz I thought they were always so expensive!
Fab ideas and I love your t-shirt 😀.
If you want a video idea one that I would love to see is weekend meal planning or ideas. During the week I can plan but the weekends fall apart because we're grocery shopping and cleaning and doing yard work and on and on and suddenly it's meal time and I guess we'll go out or order something. Never really have a great plan for the weekend. Any ideas how to plan without the normal M-F schedule is appreciated.
Hamburger helper is a great base but it is only really good when you add some upgrades
I have two major grocery chains near me... hannaford I super expensive even their sales compared to the price chopper grocery regular price vs their sales! Walmart only gets my business when and if I need to use their pickup service since it's free...
Very nice meal ideas
Wish we had those hamburger helper kits in Europe, great video 😄
They can't be sold in europe... its full of stuff that is all banned there! Lol 😆 I love them and they are cheap... but has alot of not healthy things in them...
@@jujube2407 oh goodness I didn’t know that! I just get really intrigued seeing these things and always want to try them out at least once😂
@@ElishaCornally yes! Even the doriotos and mm candy and skittles you have are different because USA uses so many artifical colors and additives that are banned in europe! (Ps your stuff tastes so much better and much healthier...even the junk food)
I don’t use it a lot, but I try to be more realistic in my videos about what is accessible to people (in the US since 90% of my audience is from here). That’s why I added vegetables to mine, left all or most of the meat out, and used Greek yogurt in place of milk. There is a lot of food snobbery here, and internet MD’s and food scientists that make it difficult for people on a tight budget to feel like they can feed their families decent nutrition. They make people feel like if they can’t feed their families organic, grass-fed, non-gmo, pasture-raised, preservative/additive free food 100% of the time, then by-golly, they’re just horrible people who hate their kids. And quite frankly, that type of eating just isn’t sustainable from a financial standpoint or even accessible for a lot of people. I have done a TON of my own research into these matters, and I have made it my mission to show how we can still have some decent nutrition at a very low price-point, even if it isn’t “perfect” in the eyes of some. 🤷♀️
@@SeeMindyMom oh I absolutely agree with you! And no food snobbery here! I grew up on double hammer helper without any meat...no milk...just water... fed bellies always wins in my book if that's what it comes down too! But you nothing I said was false... in America we allow alot of stuff in our food the rest of the world does see as dangerous enough they have laws to ban it. We all have to make our own choices
You are a life saver!
Always enjoy your videos! Can you explain the name of your channel please?
Think of “mom” as a verb.
I was slow on it too. When she started See Mindy Vlog my lightbulb went on. LOL, I love the name, though, despite being slow on the uptake.
If the zucchini was cut lengthwise would it have worked in the spiralizer?
I don’t care for greek yogurt, would I be able to substitute sour cream for it ? I know wouldn’t have the ‘protein’ but would it sort of cook the same still ?
Yes, it should! You could also just use milk like the directions call for, I just like the taste better with yogurt or sour cream.
Great ideas!
What flavor is the yogurt?
We like to wrap the chicken helper in tortillas!!
I have a question I need answered about the meal prep containers with separations. How do you heat up your meal if you have raw veg or fruit in the other sections? Or, do you eat the food cold. Something that I have wondered about often!
Looks like the parts that can’t be warmed up are in the silicone muffin holders so they can easily be taken out.
great video. I must live near you, I live in Broken Arrow. I love Reasors, they have the best groceries and give you gasoline points. I started watching you via your WW videos. My dh and I started WW in April, your videos were so helpful
We have no such thing as Hamburger Helper in Australia - it sounds interesting! As for your specials, they are amazing, you would DIE if you saw what we pay for absolutely everything, especially for dairy products and fruit/vegetables.😪
Aussie here too...I've always wondered what hamburger helper is!
Great shirt! 😋
Just curious, when you go to eat this, do you take out the tomatoes and chips and then microwave it to warm it up or do you have another system? Are the lunch prep containers microwave safe? I'm thinking of investing in some. Thanks!
My grandson is moving into an apartment at college this year and will need to provide his own meals. I’m going to put these recipes into a memo for him!
Good deal, Kym! These would be pretty easy for somebody just starting out with shopping and cooking for themselves!
Good job!
👍great video!! Yummy foods don't have to be expensive or elaborate which is what you showed. 😉
Thanks, Sandra!
Shopping sales is always exciting! My concern with boxed hamburger helper though and similar items is that they usually have a lot of preservatives such as MSG and Maltodextrin etc...not good.
@Sundari there are meals just as cheap without all the preservatives...not trying to be critical but there are ways to still spend the same amount and not eat the poisonous preservatives.
Around me in suburban Philly sales mostly start and end on the weekend. What is annoying is that they are all different some are Friday others Saturday or Sunday!
Vermont does the same thing.
Wow, I'm first! I look forward to the notifications that you have posted a video.
You win, this time, Diane! Thanks so much, I’m flattered!
Next time squeeze extra water out the zucchini before putting in?🙂😋 loved your videos!
One of my neighbors made Hamburger Helper on a regular basis. I asked how he got the kids to eat...add more cheese🤣
Should have used another box of Hamburger Helper for $.75 and more food. Servings were very small.
😋 yum
Yummy 😋
I make hamburger helper from scratch. Sorry the boxed stuff isn't very healthy.........
But Hamburger Helper is so effing salty! Didn’t you taste it?
She didn't add extra seasoning... plus using more water probably evens it out
Now if I can just learn how to veganize this! I'm one of those who are actually allergic to animal products...
I don't think that's possible with the box dinners, because they all have some kind of dairy in the ingredients. I have other videos that are more friendly to the plant-based crowd. :)
@@SeeMindyMom I know. But every once in awhile I find something I can use. Been doing this for 8 years now. Thanks so much. I get a lot of ideas from you and MiRanda!
Too much talking about ingredients
A big part of her channel is to help people who may struggle with budgeting or need assistance knowing how to cook on a budget. Part of that is explaining the deals one can get and showing what she bought so others may be able to recreate the meal.
Great ideas!
Great ideas!
Thank you! 😊