EASY WEEKNIGHT MEALS // DINNER SHORTCUTS FOR BUSY FAMILIES
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2024
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Here's how I made the oatmeal bread dough:
1/4C warm water
2tsp yeast
1C milk (room temp)
1tsp salt
2TBSP Corn syrup (can sub honey)
3C flour
1/2C quick oats
2TBSP butter, cut into pieces
I used the bread machine on the dough cycle, then moved it to a bread pan, and baked it at 350 for about 35-40 minutes.
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My favorite thing about your channel is you prove that you can have balanced meals on a tight budget. Many that don't understand extreme tight budgets criticize convenience items like hamburger helper. But you work in fruits and vegetables to boost the meal.
Thank you! I appreciate that! That's actually something I am usually intentional with showing for that reason and others!
I grew up on hamburger helper...2 boxes with 3/4 pound of ground beef total and a 99 cent bag of salad(no add ins ever) it was tasty and kept us fed on a budget but where I struggle was I ate it 4 nights a week with spaghetti and sauce on Friday night(no meat on Fridays at our house...ever) I still buy hamburger helper but it's not an everyday food
Exactly. For instance i use instant mashed potatoes to top my shepherd pies and for a super budget meal i use cheap store brand box mac to make a cheaper version of hamburger helper. You just boil the noodles then add to a pan of cooked ground meat and veggies and use the cheese packet and a little milk or sourcream to get everything cheesy and creamy
When my kids were in high school on sports practice nights I would make “freezer soup”: Throughout the month I would toss any leftover vegetables into a large freezer bag and when it was full, dump that into the slow cooker with a venison roast cut up, a couple diced potatoes and a quart of home canned tomatoes along with some Cajun seasoning and other spices. Bread in the machine, kids favorite meal.
I do the same with rice a roni-type box mixes. At the same time I am cooking the mix, I cook a pot of white rice to extend the mix rice. I find it’s too seasoned. I always add extra veggies, a cooked protein, often cooked beans, the cooked plain white rice, and extra seasoning. This makes twice as much out of a rice boxed mix.
Great tip!
I've been setting up my breadmaker to delay make bread overnight. it's so nice to wake up to freshly made bread! Also, I grew up with hamburger helper stretched like that with extra veggies (my mom used it as a "clear the crisper" meal the night before food shopping). Thanks for showing how pantry staples can be used in different ways!
I heard that it's not being 'lazy' but being 'efficent' 😄
I was going to say that! 🤣
Cheaper than ordering takeout or delivery. Great Job Mindy
Oh, I like that so much better! :)
@@SeeMindyMom It’s an ongoing gag that got started on Frugal Fit Mom’s channel.
I do a variation of this. I make a chili with 1lb frozen hamburger, red beans, pinto beans and Nalley’s chili (any flavor), canned chopped tomatoes, I put all the juices from canned beans, chopped onions and put in crock pot for about 6-8 hrs. Can add spices you like in your chili, This is our Christmas Eve meal, we invite single folks or elderly to celebrate the holiday with songs and share stories. End the night with an old classic movie James Stewart It’s a wonderful life, this is what your recipe reminded me of this tradition❤️ thanks
Oh, Pamee, I love that! We work multiple Christmas Eve services so I have to have a crockpot meal on Christmas Eve, too! :)
i make chili mac as a survive to payday meal using canned chili. i brown up diced onion and bell pepper and rough chopped hotdogs with a little salt, pepper, chili powder and paprika. i then add half a cup of water and usually a can of dennison's chili. get that hot and combined then add the boiled noodles from a box of generic box mac and its cheese packet. Add a big dollop of sourcream and stir til everything is combined. it's hot and filling and very comforting.
Thank you for normalizing that life happens...and that yes....we get tired!!!!!! It's ok to take some short cuts. We are busy moms trying to fit soooooooooo many things into our days, not EVERYTHING we do has to look like that perfect fb/instagram/pinterest perfect illusion!!!!! Great video with some great ideas!!!!
So true!
Totally agree
You are having my day today. Tonight I am getting out the canned tamales and dump some leftover chili on top with cheese in the oven for 30 minutes with a side salad so I am not feeling the guilt because it works. Bonus is I use up what I have. Love your ideas.
Sounds like a great idea to me, Carol!
You shouldn't feel any guilt. At least you are giving a vegetable side and and making something at home. A lot of people would turn to fast food.
I love her videos. She's very knowledgeable. She's taught me a lot of great ideas.
I had such an intense, stressful day today,, finally made it home and sat down with a glass of wine and your vid was first one on my YT playlist, and I was like, "Ooohhhh a SMM vid, that's just what I need!!" Thanks for you awesome channel and all your efforts on it!! xoxo's
Sherilyn, I’m so glad I could be here for you. 😊 I sincerely hope you get a good night’s rest and some relief from your stress. Thank you for the kind words!
I think using convenience foods and adding extras to it is genius. There is absolutely nothing wrong with shortcuts. They save you from spending extra money on going out, and you still get a home cooked meal to share with your family.
You're not lazy. "Work smarter not harder"
Love your videos. As a young mom I would buy 5 pounds of ground beef. Cook it with onions, garlic, celery, sweet peppers, salt and pepper. I would then put it in 6 feezer bags . I always keep this on hand, even today . Makes a quick start to soups or casseroles.
I hadn’t used my bread maker in years. I didn’t like how the loaves came out such a funny shape, so I made the dough like you did and did the second rise in the pan and baked it. It came out beautifully. I’ll be doing this all winter. So easy. Thanks
No judgement here, Mindy. I'm a special needs Mom who also works an average of a 60 hour week as a pediatric nurse..... kinda why I'm here! 😊😁
Your channel has saved me on multiple occasions!
I really wonder about the mentality of anyone who down votes videos such as these. 😂
Frugal fit mom , told me to watch you. I'm glad she did.
Starfrit have those choppers. Walmart carries them, they are fantastic.
I have that same handy chopper and I take all of my fresh garlic and peel and chop and freeze in a layer with olive oil. When I need sop just break a small chunk off and throw in the pan as it already has some oil in it.
Sop = some
I do this in ice cube trays! So so handy!
I only cook for 1 but still get great ideas from you!
I'm so glad I can be helpful! :)
I'm a single person too and I find it very difficult to cook for one person so I tend to freeze a lot of food or just give it away
Me too! This is one of my new favorite channels.
I started with a bread maker, and then I learned how to make bread without it. But the bread maker still comes in so handy if I want simply to throw the stuff in, and not worry about it. I frequently use it to make the two to four loaves of homemade bread that we need when we have a big holiday meal, and need lots of dressing.
I frequently get a big air bubble at the top or a collapse there, and at the bottom there's the hole where the paddle was. But that doesn't matter if you're using it all for turkey stuffing. And if I need it for some other reason, I just use the part that comes out nice and square for my square pieces of bread, and I chop the rest into croutons or bread crumbs. Homemade croutons are so good, even if you don't put any spice on them. The simple goodness of actual homemade bread sprinkled in a common old can of soup, and it becomes special store-bought soup.
So we still keep the bread maker around.
It's also really handy that it has a timer, so I can set it up to have that bread just finishing baking, when I'm just finishing getting dressed in the morning. Fresh bread for breakfast, and the rest can sit in the oven on trays, drying for croutons and bread crumbs.
Great ideas. When my kids were home, I’d add extra pasta and rice to my boxed dishes too. The kids never knew
I love your ideas Mindy!
I am going to use either a hamburger helper or a lipton noodle and sauce side and add some leftover cubed London broil for dinner tonight here too! 3 hrs of sleep last night, and a headache most of the day means I want something simple that the kids will eat...and not give me a hard time over
Hope you feel better soon! :)
@@SeeMindyMom thankyou! We wound up using a pound of pasta, a can of sloppy joe sauce, and diced leftover London broil...lol it was a bit odd...but they liked it... ❤
I binged watching your entire channel.
I love Hamburger Helper, haven’t made it in awhile. I like the idea of adding other ingredients in it. Thanks for sharing Mindy!
Real life cooking right here! God bless you for this!
I appreciate that, Sarah!
That's my favorite Hamburger Helper!
Hamburger Helper... yes in our house.. but not often anymore... I do a lot on 1 pot meals like HH..but a lot less carbs as we get older...
Thks looks so good!
I love my bread maker for banana or apple bread. I throw all the ingredients in just before bed snd we have a sweet bread ready for breakfast when we wake up. It’s often still a bit warm.
That's a great idea! I need to try that!
One of my favorite easy foods is mayonnaise biscuits! The recipe I found just takes milk mayo and flour! I normally add a dash of salt. They remind me of McDonalds biscuits
We love Hamburger Helper in our house!
💕You always have the best easiest ideas. 👏
I need to try that bread 🍞 dough recipe. Yum!
I use my bread maker multiple times a week for our bread. Your bread is gorgeous!! I would recommend trying out leaving your yeast for last. That may have been your issue with the machine not making it start to finish.
Thank you. Hamburger helper is a yes in our house. I just got a bread maker so I am just learning..your bread was beautiful...love fresh hot bread.
My kiddo asked me for bread in "my fancy machine" yesterday! So I think I know what I'll be doing tomorrow!
Everything looks delicious 😋
That's my favorite Hamburger Helper! I will have to try it like that. The soup sounds yummy, too.
Those all look amazing!
Thanks, Kristen!
All your meals look very yummy ! I also LOVE hamburger helper, but sadly my husband does not !! I love your idea on how to change it up and I will definitely try it on him. Thanks Mindy !!
You can buy the condensed soup on amazon!
Thanks for your videos thanks ❤️ 😊
Just made the 7can soup!! OMG, it was delish! I bout a small bag of pasta a d threw a handful in. I loved it!! Will be making this again.
Great ideas! I'm going to try the hamburger helper one sometime on a busier night. Looks good and think my family would like it.
Thanks for sharing more great and easy ideas! I'm so happy I came across your channel. I agree with the cook getting to be the taste tester 😊 PS. I love your double oven setup! So nice!
Thank you! I've been fortunate to have that in two of our homes, and it does come in handy. Obviously, we cook a lot in this house, so it's nice!
When I was pregnant I LOVED Hamburger helper. But I was really craving the carbs then so I would serve it over a big mound of homemade mashed potatoes. And I always had to have corn with it. I think I had that once a week
For the Hamburger Helper meal, did I see you remove the seeds/center of your Roma tomatoes bc of the extra liquid?! I like to use that tomato centers for homemade salad dressings in place of 1/2 the oil or in a lasagne w/ oven-ready noodles since they always need extra liquid. Same w/ corn cobs; I love using the kernels for salad/rice/corn muffins etc. But, the cobs are perfect for thickening soups/chowder.
I don't think anyone would ever call you lazy!
I always forget about hamburger helper. Pastaroni too. 😃
I know right I love me some hamburger helper beef stroganoff is my favorite I always add extra to it and it always comes out great 🖤💣🔥🌟✌️
I always add extra pasta to hamburger helper to stretch it
Great video!! I do a variation of meal #1 once a week! Love all your videos! You’re rocking the content lately
Thanks, Lauren!
One quick Thing my mom always made and watching this just reminded me of it, she would take ground beef brown it up with seasonings like you just did. But then she would mix in a couple cans of Campbell’s pork and beans. And we would have that on either bread or hamburger buns and she called them bean burgers. It was how she stretched ground beef
My Mom also added pork and beans to hamburger, but she just served it as is, no bread. I loved it, will have to make that soon. I will have to try it on a bun. 👍😀
We grew up eating hamburger helper too!
I use my bread machine just like you do for just the dough cycle about twice a month. I too have thought about getting rid of it and using just my kitchen aid but the bread machine makes it so easy
Agreed! Every time I think about getting rid of it, I end up using it, so I decide to hang onto it a bit longer.
Mindy, I thought I was the only one who ever used soup as a base.
I am going to have to make that bread!
Love Hamburger helper
I have never bought minestrone soup however target,von's and Amazon($1.79 each)still carry Campbell's brand. I am gonna have to try it. It is Cold in Tennessee today and didn't know what to have for dinner. Thanks for the inspiration soup it is. Y'all have a blessed rest of your weekend. TFS
I use the condensed Campbell Minestrone in what we call 2X4 soup… been making it for years… it’s just 2 lbs ground beef, 2 cans of the soup, 2 cans of ranch style beans and 2 cans of Rotel
We let it get all hot and simmery and then add Velveeta
Omg it’s amazing lol
We usually eat it with tortilla chips… in case you want to try it!
That salad with chicken looks good. 🤤
It was! Thanks!
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Your kitchen is so pretty. I love the different countertops. The cabinets are beautiful too, but I feel like my kids would have them constantly smudged up lol
Mine are when you look close. I have to wipe them down occasionally.
My husband actually loves hamburger/tuna helper.
I’ve heard that salt 🧂 kills the yeast action so instructions say to keep it on top. Looks like a great recipe!
I'd love to try the bread recipe but don't have a breadmaker. Can you maybe post the link to the recipe or let me know how long it has to rest etc!? I'm pretty new to cooking and meal prepping and loooooooove your videos. Sometimes a little difficult to find the items and "translate" the amounts you used (because I'm from Germany) but I really loooove watching your videos and learned a ton already. So thank you sooooo much for all your helpful videos!
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"Souper" easy soup recipe. I love puns 🤣
Haha! So true!
My husband told me that he wanted hamburger helper for dinner last night. Well, I didn't have one in my pantry, but I created a similar dish. 😁
Thanks for all the great ideas! Also, really loving your hair in this video!😍
Oh thank you!
My Kroger has the Campbell's Minestrone condensed soup. I'm in Texas, fyi.
That bread looks perfect. Now I want a bread maker. 😀
I see them at the thrift store all the time!
@@SeeMindyMom Looks like I have a goal for the weekend
I donated my bread maker to a thrift store several months ago! But I hadn’t used it in years.
We LOOOVE Hamburger Helper! Cheeseburger macaroni is our favorite. I like it without the meat. But my meat lovin’ family has to have the meat🙄. I only make it about twice a yr. My husband could eat it once a month.🤗
My first cooking class was to make hamburger helper for my siblings at age 9.
Do you like the Aldi brand of velveeta cheese?
I like to make a pound of taco meat and a couple of boxes of Mac and cheese and mix them all together with some rotel tomatoes and make a taco hamburger helper style dinner on a budget!
Sounds great!
Our Texas H‑E‑B carries the Campbell’s condensed minnestrone if you need me to mail you some!
Good to know! We’re coming to Dallas next month, I hope to visit HEB!
I have a challenge for you! Ive never been able to find a dupe/seasoning blend/diy mix that mimics hamburger helper. Its always close but not quite there. Any suggestions?
I don’t have any suggestions off the top of my head. I’ll think on it!
Where can I get that chopper? Live your videos!
I think I linked it in the description box?
I was always told you don't put your salt in the yeast directly and mix it in with the flour so it doesn't "kill" the yeast or reduce the rise. Your's doesn't look to have any rising issues! Now I wonder if it really matters when the salt goes in or if your bread would have been two pans worth 😂.
What pot did you use to make the Hamburger helper meal?
Probably my dutch oven. It was given to me by my sister, it's a le creuset. They are pricey, but I use it every day, so I had planned to save and purchase one anyway!
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I would do hamburger helper, but my husband's mom ruined him for casserole type things. So I can't do them. I'm lucky that he's gotten more willing to eat soup than he used to be.
Make it so tasty he wants to eat it
@@purplepauline trust me, I've tried. After 20 years together it's one battle that I've learned isn't worth fighting. I'm ok with it now, and have learned where I can push food boundaries and we're I can't. Casserole is a can't and that's ok.
Mine was like that about ravioli. I made homemade and he wouldn't even try it.
My dad would not eat casseroles either, so nearly every evening and noon meal was potatoes, meat, and a veggie. Today I rarely eat meat and would eat casseroles every day if I weren't trying to live a low carb lifestyle.
@@GlamourNNail my hubby hates pizzas but loves cheese, tom, salarmi , all the fixings just not as a pizza strange is he
Not sure what town you’re in Mindy but I’ve been able to find condensed minestrone soup at the Buy For Less on NW Expressway & lake Hefner parkway in OKC. I’ve had trouble finding it other places as well.
Is it 3/4 cups oatmeal or 1/2 cup?
It’s 3/4. I think I put it in the description box as 1/2, but that’s not right. It is 3/4 like I said in the video. I’ll see if I can fix that.
What bread maker is that?
I think mine is from cuisine art...I got it several years ago for Christmas.
I have mom/wife guilt. Ive always cooked every meal from scratch but I am too busy- your recipes do help but things like Hamburger Helper- i would feel like im cheating
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Love your videos, but did you say you keep the tomatoes in the fridge?! Lol noooo!! I love your creative recipes though for real.
Things do not keep long on the counter in Oklahoma!
The "heel"..we call it the butt.. 🤦🏻♀️😂
Hey Mindy
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You put cheddar cheese and cottage cheese on a lot of dishes. I'm not much of a cheese person at all. But, you seem to incorporate it into most meals. Just an observation as a newer viewer.