We grew up on a regular schedule, not military, 3 boys and Dad on the road for the week. Monday was always spaghetti etc. by Thursday it was empty the pantry. Several cans of veggies including Rotel,with cooked hamburger seasoned with spices always including Worcestershire sauce in the oven with a can of biscuits on top. Half way through flip the biscuits and brush with butter. If we had rice it was premium slop. I've sent this to the brothers with decades of envy because we had mac'cheese we could have added and none of us thought about it.
True! My dad had one dish he made when Mom wasn't around- ground beef, cream of mushroom soup, and egg noodles, mix together and top with cheese or breadcrumbs ot both, veggies optional- "hamburger mush" - delicious on a cold day
I do something very similar. I use rice and taco seasoning, but the real kick is frozen mixed veggies. Sometimes I add a can of black beans. The idea is the same, cheap, quick, easy and enough for a couple days.
I cook a pack of cheap Mac & cheese, when done, I add a small can of tuna, heat then add 1-2 c. frozen peas and serve! I also cook 1/2 pound ground beef, cook a pack of cheap Mac& cheese, add the cooked beef, and frozen mixed veggies, quick meals. Thanks
You are my new best friend. I have been searching high and low for decent budget meals I can cook for my family and your recipes are PERFECT! New subscriber! Bless you, sir!
I am so glad people like yourself bringing these meals back. I love these meals when I was a child. I think I can do something now like that my mom she just looked at me. She said I was just trying to feed my family a good wholesome meal I love that meal me and my brother talk about these meals all the time. Thank you for bringing it back.
10 lb roll of ground beef. 50.00 here. I’m early in the video. But this looks a lot like a dish a woman I knew years ago made. She just threw it together from things she had in the house when the cabinets were bare. She called it rice slop. It was this dish with rice rather than macaroni. It was a fantastic dish. Everyone loved it. Sad part is. She passed away about 15 years ago and no one knows what the recipe was. We know she just threw a bunch of stuff together one day and made a masterpiece. She remembered how to make it after that because she made it several times and it was great every time. She sadly passed without sharing the how to of the meal. But I guess that’s life.
Wow!! $50.00!! We pay 28.95 for the 10 lb rolls. It's not the chuck but just ground round. In general, I get top sirloin when they are on sale 15 lb roast for around $40.00. I will cube that down and make a grind, and then using the burger for the rolls, mix to it and stretch it into around 30 lbs of burger, and cubed meat for stews.
That's the beauty of these dishes, I'm willing to bet she didn't have a 'recipe', just threw together whatever she had on hand added a Lil love & there ya go! 😁 Works every time, try it!
My family has a breakfast version of this that we call Trainwreck. We use ground sausage, old school fried potatoes, egg, onion, bell pepper, cheese, and I forget the rest. We only had it on Christmas morning, or anytime we had a house full of relatives. Today we just go get donuts. 😂
hash browns on the bottom of a 13-9 dish. Then crumbled sausage. Then stuffing mix. Layer of pico de Gallo, drained. Blend eggs & milk with mixer like you're going to make scrambled, then pour over. Top with cheese & bake @ 350 til eggs are firm.
you can’t do that to me 😮 I want to try your breakfast version. please post the rest of the recipe? Your family may enjoy trying to remember the recipe together (just a thought and worth a try) Merry Christmas 😊
I just saw this video pop up in my feed. It looked good, and I realized I had all the ingredients, so I made it. I used dices tomatoes with chilies for some zip. It was really fast, easy, and quite tasty. Thanks!
Made this today! It was MWAH, chef's kiss. Very filling stick-to-your-ribs type recipe. We had one bowl each in our family, and we were all very well fed and happy. Thanks for this nice dish! I'll definitely make this again. I even added it to my personal recipe book.
There is no need to use oil. There is enough grease in the ground beef. Drain it when it’s browned & add your other ingredients. I use celery & drained sliced mushrooms too.
I made this for tonight's dinner, and it turned out great 👍🏼 My family loved it. I ended up doubling the recipe it was fantastic. Thank you for sharing. Also, ground beef is expensive over here in southern California, but you can find good deals on certain days of the week. Thank you
I made this recipe yesterday and it was so good! My husband is enjoying your channel and he has never watched it so far but he is enjoying what I am cooking after I get finished watching your videos! I am going to take the remainder of the casserole and stuff bell peppers but wanted to let you know it turned out great! Thanks!
Canadian here. I make something almost identical to this except I make the KD first and set it aside, then I add it to the meat and veggies when they're fully cooked. This meal is my go-to for when I need to feed my hubby something really fast. He loves it. Now I can call it Shipwreck Skillet! Thanks, Dave. Good to see you. I hope your summer is going well, my friend.
One of our favorites was baked in the oven. Tater tot casserole! Cooked ground beef on bottom. Can or 2 of cut green beans on that covered in 2 cans of cream soup ( I use cream of bacon) mixed with one can milk. A layer of shredded cheddar. Top with tater tots (I like the minis) top with shredded cheese and bake till tots are done on top and everything bubbly.
Mmmm, this does look good. I'm doing the Carnivore diet (zero carb, animal products only), to drop a total of 170 lbs of fat, so this one's off limits for me for a while. (And yes, it's working! Down 45 lbs so far.) Still, I like the inventiveness of this dish! I'll keep this bookmarked as an idea for a "cheat meal;" if you're not familiar with that, dieting can cause your body to get 'stubborn' about further fat loss, so every 50 pounds or so, I plan to throw the diet out the window and eat what I want for a day or two, to let all my hormones and metabolism reset. This looks like something great for fall, a couple big bowls of this, a few beer and an afternoon of football! Thanks for sharing.
I tried the shipwreck skillet and my wife and I were very pleased with it. We really enjoyed it and plan on adding it to our eating menu. Thank you very much!
I do not throw any scraps away. From potato peels, carrot peels, onion skins, celery tops and bottoms, those will get frozen or set to simmer to turn into a stock, same with beef, pork and chicken scraps. If I have any meats left over from meals, like roasts, or extra chicken or pork, I put them in the freezer. At the end of the month I will take them out and make what I call "Hobo Stew", it's is a basic stew with whatever is in the freezer as leftovers, including the home made stocks and bases. I add in fresh tomato, potato, green beans, (fresh or frozen, not canned), corn, and if I have any type dried beans go in as well. I let that simmer all night, and all the next day, and then make a 2 iron skillets of corn bread to serve with it. It's worth the effort and time, and my neighbors love it!
Fred Meyer here in the N.W. routinely sells the tube 80/20 ground beef for about $3.50. Often I mix it with in house ground pork at $1.99, which makes the price for 2lbs about $2.75/lb. Use the mix for meat balls(Italian, Norwegian or Swedish), chili, or American goulash with macaroni.Similar approach.
Looks great! Going to try it! I have a bigger cast iron skillet you can borrow! I have them from 4 inches all the way to 18 inches! Cast iron is the only way to go! I use my 18 incher, skillet that is, to make homemade sourdough pan pizza in the oven!
That looks really good. I bought 2lbs. of lean ground beef yesterday and spent $18. Even non-lean ground beef is crazy expensive these days. I usually wait until it goes on sale to buy it and freeze it.......even the sale prices are too high.
@@TheCooknShare I'm in Clearwater, FL Lean ground beef has been hovering around $8.50 to $8.99/lb. and regular ground beef is about $6.99/lb. Stew meat, used to be cheaper to buy, is around $10.99/lb. now. The only meat that seems reasonable these days is pork.
I loved the transparency over the cost of beef. We live in Ga and the cheapest ones are around $5/lb, but the kind you want are never less than $6/lb. This looks yummy! Can't wait to try it!
Honestly did not know this dish had a name. As a single father of 2 daughters we would make pretty much this very same thing once or twice a month for dinners. My daughters called it hodge-podge-maca-burger stew lol. But yeah, this kind of dinner is excellent on a budget as the 3 of us would eat this for about 3 dinners, it taste great, it's hearty and filling.
Made something similar years ago.2 lbs ground beef, 2 boxes of KD, a can of green beans, Rotel, seasoning. 6 hungry teenage boys. ( my son and his 5 friends) . I barely got any. lol
I just found your channel and subscribed. I made this tonight for supper the only change I made was I substituted pork for the beef. My wife can’t eat beef. It was so good thank you
And you can put this in a tortilla from storage in the fridge and put it in the microwave and have a burrito. I dice up previously cooked steak and put onions and cheddar cheese on the tortilla, wrap it up, put it in the microwave and have a steak, onion, and cheese burrito. You can also put some refried black beans in there as well.
I worked at a meat counter for a couple years and I asked about the tubes of ground beef; its still there, they just packaged it differently, and yes, it is at the higher price now.
I use 100% grass fed beef. Get it in the 3 pack at Sprouts grocery store for about 6.00 bucks a lb when buying the three pack. Really good beef and healthier. 😊
I've done a version of this for years (sans peas & corn) but always made the mac & cheese separate before mixing... never thought to just cook it all together like that!! Can't wait to try it this way instead - thanks so much for making this video!!! ^_^
That's a cool recipe. I and others could to a Mexican/Latino/Hispanic twist to it with the right spices and maybe even adding some chorizo; or even an Italian twist. Very versatile and quick meal idea. Thank you for sharing it. Happy cooking and stay safe everyone. 😁😎
A packet of taco seasoning added to the ground beef once it's done, in place of the Italian. Then, make up probably a double batch of either the orange or yellow Mexican rice (Goya makes really good ones). Make the rice separate, do everything else like Dave does except the mac n' cheese; instead, add a little beef bouillon powder. Serve it over the rice.
I've been making this. My friends really like it. Thank you. But I use a larger skillet! Inexpensive, easy, excellent taste and really filling. Excellent idea.
We still have the tubes of ground beef (and also sausage). The ground beef is between $4 & $5 per pound. And we still have the leaner and the fattier variety. It's on the label.
My mom used to make a box of macaroni and cheese, and mix in a can of cream of mushroom soup, and a can of tuna (drained), a can of sweet peas too if we had one. She'd always serve it with garlic toast.
I know what you mean about the chubs. Once in a while my grocery stores will carry them. Other times it's in packages. I live in cattle country out west, yet, beef is still expensive. Great recipe, will make it. thank you.
Thanks for the great video, Dave. I thoroughly enjoyed this recipe. As a nice variation, I did the following: Recently, as I ran out of ground beef, I substituted ground pork, adding diced carrots to the peas & corn and I seasoned with garlic salt and some Cowboy dry rub from my nephew in Texas...Fantastic. You can use a lot of varieties of veggies & seasoning, etc. I really appreciate that it's a one pot dish.
You're so welcome. So glad you enjoyed. Ground pork, yes. I might like that better. I would love to try the cowboy rub. Might have to take a mosy down to Texas to get some. You sure can. I might invent my own rub come to think of it.
when i was on vacation i had bits and bobs of foods in the pantry and the fridge nothing that would work as a real layout for a meal, so i basically did what you did and had cream of whatever to it...cooked it in a pot and goulash was done;];];] very filling .
I made this first time today. Followed your recipe except for the following: -Used lean ground beef -Added one diced bell pepper -Added one cup chicken bouillon Blew me away! Was fantastic! My wife had two bowls and had to restrain herself from having a third. I had 2½ bowls. Now I’m miserably stuffed. We will definitely be making this again. 👍🏻 Edited to add: I am NOT a cook. It’s just never been my thing. I can make a few things, but my wife is the cook in this house, and she’s awesome. She COMMANDS our kitchen. I’m MUCH better in the garage than I am in the kitchen. I just wanted to give her a break today, so I whipped this up right before she got home from work. Hopefully this should help to illustrate how easy this is to make.
Sounds great. You must have done a super job. I think there are many recipes here that you would do great cooking. Be careful not to get too good though. LOL.
I had never heard of, or thought of, using boxed mac and cheese like hamburger helper, yet another one you've done I'm going to have to try. I did just break open a 3 lb. chub of 80/20 ground beef, it was from my freezer, I had gotten it some time back at about $4 (US) on sale, just checked the local Freds/Safeway/Wallyworld and they are all around $8 (US) up here. Glad I have freezer and a meat grinder, anymore I just keep an eye out for roasts on sale and grind my own, much cheaper.
Yeah. It works really well. That's not a bad price for gournd beef. Up here, do you mean Alaska. That's a lot. Wow. Yes, I want to make my own too. Are you homesteading up there?
@@TheCooknShare Not homesteading, I'm one of the few that was actually born up here. I work in road / airport construction which is really long hours in the summer here as nothing can get done in the winter so these quicker meals are really great. I can see the thumbnail for your smothered sausages video, I think I'll have to get some sausage out of the freezer when I get home, that looks really good.
Wow man, that looks pretty good. I will put this on the menu for me and the little lady next week and I will drag out my big cast iron skillet to avoid any spillage!!
Looks a lot like I call my World Famous Goulash except I add 1 jar of Rague spaghetti sauce 1 can of diced Rotel tomatoes and 1 can of diced Italian tomatoes. I make a large quantity and freeze it in quart size bags and just pop in the Microwave when I am too tired to cook. It is delicious. Thanks for bringing us along. I use either or elbow macaroni or brown rice. Both cooked and added to the meat,
🎆 ~ Yep - cast iron rules - I've got four differently sized skillets (teeny, small, medium, & large); plus, a small, but tall, saucepan (perfect for my artichoke butter) & a 2-qt. kettle with a cast iron lid (it's perfect for baking rustic no-knead bread at super-high temps). Oooh - this shipwrecked recipe of yours - sooo gonna try this!!! I will, probably, only brown ½-pound of meat, though, cuz i prefer more - lotz more - veggies in ratio to less meat. You're right - meat prices have gone ridiculously sky-high (everything has). 💖 THANK YOU! I luv pretty food - i always HAVE to make my food pretty. I keep a gallon freezer bag of chopped sweet bells of every color - green, red, orange, & yellow - mixed together & in my freezer at all times, so i can handily toss in a fast couple of handfuls at sauté-time for most things i cook or bake (plus, ditto for purple, white, & yellow chopped onions in another gallon freezer bag cuz i luv adding extra mixed onions in my food). But, i will NEED to change a few other things here, too: due to chemical sensitivities, i had to give up that boxed brand you used ... had to make myself a guinea pig & experiment trying others. Luckily, i found i could tolerate boxed Cracker Barrel Cheddar & Havarti mac dinner - bonus: i luvvv it! Plus, realllyyyyy luvvv raw spinach added to almost everything, too, so will toss in a couple handfuls of fresh, ripped-up leafs at the very end - B4 your fresh shredded cheddar finale (yes, MUST do! 🫡) - just to briefly wilt to retain the nutrients; & MUST squeeze fresh lemon juice on top of the spinach B4 stirring 'em into the rest of the stuff in the skillet. Finally, GOTTA copy your fresh shredded cheddar cheese sprinkled on top at the end to melt into it all! Yum! 👍 :) Oops - forgot!!! To pretty much EVERYTHING i cook, I ALWAYS add "Lucky's Herbs" (my 💘 16 yo sheepdog's favorite organic seasoning mix that i created when he was four weeks old, to sprinkle on his Sunday's-only special treat of two fried eggs, along with fresh rosemary sprigs seared beneath & lemon juice squeezed on top ... & ditto for my eggs - but, for mine only, i also add curry powder). Lucky's Herbs (dried) is simple: broken rosemary whole leaves, rubbed marjoram leaves, rubbed parsley leaves, & crumbled-up dehydrated collard leaves. (Those four all go into most of my other food, too; E-VON cold things, like smoothies & cream cheese. But, to my cream cheese multigrain cracker spread, i also add dillweed, whole caraway seeds, cracked pepper medley, Pink Himalayan salt, dried minced onions, garlic powder, spirulina powder, & shelled pistachios - lol - you've made me sooo hungry!!! Haha!) Except for my usual additions & mac brand cheese substitute - I'm making your recipe (including your Italian seasoning - i luvvv flavorful food) ... I'm moving any day, finally, so most of my kitchen's packed, including my spices & herbs. 😢 Been eating a lot of deli & fast foods the past couple of weeks 😢 homemade is sooo much better. YOUR RECIPE MADE ME ABSOLUTELY CRAVE *REAL* HEALTHY food E-VON more. Can't wait to try this. Looks fantastic - thank you, again!!! ~ 🎇
It sure does. I have to get more pans. Hope you enjoy the recipe. Wow. Lot's of good info here. I'm going to copy it down. Thanks so much for your time and input.
Hey Dave, I just made Shipwreck Skillet for Sunday dinner. Oh BOY was it good! It's similar to some other one-pan meals, but the addition of the Kraft Mac 'n Cheese (what we call KD in the US) made a real, and very tasty, difference. Thanks for sharing the recipe and prep instructions.
I bet it tastes great, the next morning...my mom use to make hamburger helper back in the 70s, left overs (if any) became breakfast. The best breakfast she ever made.
Dave , nice recipe & yes on us & the girls, the name for this here is the garbage plate( hillbilly name) throw some meat and whatever you have on hand in a skillet , taters, veggies etc...there also is a garbage plate breakfast with breakfast foods , biscuits, gravy , eggs, hash browns , sausage , bacon , etc... throw it all on a plate after frying, keep your stick on the ice pal.
Those are the best kinds of meals these days! The price of meat is what is making our home menus these days so I love this channel for giving such good ideas for using what we may have tucked in our pantry and I loved your comment! Thanks!
Great recipe! I’ve made this twice now, very delicious. Also like that this video is short, easy to understand, and to the point. Thanks so much for sharing!🥳😋
I have never heard of this dish. Of course, I don't have packaged food around the house on a regular basis, so that might be why I am ignorant as a pirate about the Shipwreck Skillet dish!
Thats how my Mom fed us 5 boys. On a Navy salary. A lot of Gulosh. I really miss it. ❤ love ya Mom 🙏RIP 🙏
My mom too. Miss her
SAME here too
@@yakfishin4912 I’m with you buddy
We grew up on a regular schedule, not military, 3 boys and Dad on the road for the week. Monday was always spaghetti etc. by Thursday it was empty the pantry. Several cans of veggies including Rotel,with cooked hamburger seasoned with spices always including Worcestershire sauce in the oven with a can of biscuits on top. Half way through flip the biscuits and brush with butter. If we had rice it was premium slop. I've sent this to the brothers with decades of envy because we had mac'cheese we could have added and none of us thought about it.
OMGOSH!!! YUMMM ❤❤❤@@arkynative667
This is “dad dinner” if I ever saw one!! Love it haha
I guess it is kind of. Hope Dad tries it. LOL.
Sure is! I'm about to make it lol 😅
True! My dad had one dish he made when Mom wasn't around- ground beef, cream of mushroom soup, and egg noodles, mix together and top with cheese or breadcrumbs ot both, veggies optional- "hamburger mush" - delicious on a cold day
My husband and son would love this. 🙂
I do something very similar. I use rice and taco seasoning, but the real kick is frozen mixed veggies. Sometimes I add a can of black beans. The idea is the same, cheap, quick, easy and enough for a couple days.
You're sounds good. Have to try it. Thanks so much.
I cook a pack of cheap Mac & cheese, when done, I add a small can of tuna, heat then add 1-2 c. frozen peas and serve! I also cook 1/2 pound ground beef, cook a pack of cheap Mac& cheese, add the cooked beef, and frozen mixed veggies, quick meals. Thanks
That taco seasoning sounds really good.
That sounds good!!!
How much rice?
My mother would make things like this when I was young. It reminds me of my childhood.
Mine too. Miss those days.
You are my new best friend. I have been searching high and low for decent budget meals I can cook for my family and your recipes are PERFECT! New subscriber! Bless you, sir!
Great. This one is so good. Hope you enjoy. Let me know and welcome to the channel.
All kinds of shipwreks have saved my family dinners. This is one of those! Thank you!
That is true indeed.
I really love his tone and vibe. It’s so friendly and calm idk
Thanks so much. That means a lot.
@@TheCooknShare
At first glance, I thought you were my Baja buddy Rick Higgins!
His day job has to be a radio announcer, don't ya think? Nice smooth, easy to listen to tone.
I totally agree I really think to need to look into voice acting! You have a real vibe to your voice
perfect, cold winter Sunday supper.
That is true.
Absolutt!
I am so glad people like yourself bringing these meals back. I love these meals when I was a child. I think I can do something now like that my mom she just looked at me. She said I was just trying to feed my family a good wholesome meal I love that meal me and my brother talk about these meals all the time. Thank you for bringing it back.
I know. We have become a take out or fancy generation. We left the old time middle behind. Time to bring it back. Thanks for the comment.
I like 1 pot meals and that looks real good, A little bit of everything, Thanks for posting.
They are sure the answer. Hope you enjoy and you're welcome.
Hamburger helper at its finest ❤❤❤❤
It is really. Hope you enjoy.
That's funny , I had the same thoughts ... Hamburger Helper on steroids .... hahahaha. Looks yummy for sure
This is Hamburger Helper but without the additives that come in the box.
It's alot better than hamburger helper I assure you!
10 lb roll of ground beef. 50.00 here.
I’m early in the video. But this looks a lot like a dish a woman I knew years ago made. She just threw it together from things she had in the house when the cabinets were bare.
She called it rice slop.
It was this dish with rice rather than macaroni.
It was a fantastic dish. Everyone loved it.
Sad part is. She passed away about 15 years ago and no one knows what the recipe was.
We know she just threw a bunch of stuff together one day and made a masterpiece. She remembered how to make it after that because she made it several times and it was great every time.
She sadly passed without sharing the how to of the meal.
But I guess that’s life.
We call it "Dorgerschlag" :)
Oh really?
Rice Slop. I like that. Wish we had the recipe. Too bad recipes pass on with people.
Wow!! $50.00!! We pay 28.95 for the 10 lb rolls. It's not the chuck but just ground round. In general, I get top sirloin when they are on sale 15 lb roast for around $40.00. I will cube that down and make a grind, and then using the burger for the rolls, mix to it and stretch it into around 30 lbs of burger, and cubed meat for stews.
That's the beauty of these dishes, I'm willing to bet she didn't have a 'recipe', just threw together whatever she had on hand added a Lil love & there ya go! 😁 Works every time, try it!
Looks like Fall. What a warm and comfy dish when the temperature is changing the color of trees 😋
It is really. Hope you try it and enjoy.
My family has a breakfast version of this that we call Trainwreck. We use ground sausage, old school fried potatoes, egg, onion, bell pepper, cheese, and I forget the rest. We only had it on Christmas morning, or anytime we had a house full of relatives. Today we just go get donuts. 😂
Love that name. I'm going to try this. Thanks for the tip. Enjoy the donuts.
hash browns on the bottom of a 13-9 dish. Then crumbled sausage. Then stuffing mix. Layer of pico de Gallo, drained. Blend eggs & milk with mixer like you're going to make scrambled, then pour over. Top with cheese & bake @ 350 til eggs are firm.
@Cnyewise_
Stealing that name...Trainwreck 😀
you can’t do that to me 😮 I want to try your breakfast version. please post the rest of the recipe? Your family may enjoy trying to remember the recipe together (just a thought and worth a try) Merry Christmas 😊
Great idea for a quick recipe; thank you for sharing!
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You're so welcome. Hope you enjoy. Let me know.
I like this recipe. Makes good leftovers and you can freeze single portions.😊
I put things in "bentgo" plates and freeze. I would add a big portion of sweet cornbread to the second slot. Great microwave dinner.
It looks Delicious & easy to make! I'll try it soon.
It really looks delicious!
Your audio and camera work was perfect. THANKS!
Thank you 😋 That means a lot.
I made this with ground turkey as it was a bit more affordable...very good...bag of frozen mixed vegetables works well too.
Whole meal in one dish. Too good ,Sir.🎉
It really was. Hope you try it.
I just saw this video pop up in my feed. It looked good, and I realized I had all the ingredients, so I made it. I used dices tomatoes with chilies for some zip. It was really fast, easy, and quite tasty. Thanks!
You're so welcome and glad you enjoyed. Great idea about the chilies.
Made this today! It was MWAH, chef's kiss. Very filling stick-to-your-ribs type recipe. We had one bowl each in our family, and we were all very well fed and happy. Thanks for this nice dish! I'll definitely make this again. I even added it to my personal recipe book.
I gotta say it - I closed my eyes after a minute & just listened. You, sir, have a fantastic radio voice!
Thanks so much.
There is no need to use oil. There is enough grease in the ground beef. Drain it when it’s browned & add your other ingredients. I use celery & drained sliced mushrooms too.
That's weird. Can't find any ground beef that has enough grease left over to make SOS, hamburger gravy.
@@SeasonedAngel1 because they are making all the chop meat to damn lean these days. Needs to be at least 80/20 to get any fat out of it.
That sounds even more delicious!!
Right. No need for oil.
@@johnm5714 I"ve tried 80/20. Still not enough grease after browning ground beef to make a good gravy. 😥
I made this for tonight's dinner, and it turned out great 👍🏼 My family loved it. I ended up doubling the recipe it was fantastic. Thank you for sharing. Also, ground beef is expensive over here in southern California, but you can find good deals on certain days of the week. Thank you
Fantastic. Love to hear that. You're so welcome and keep cooking my friend. Yes, I have heard beef is expensive there. Wonder why?
I made this recipe yesterday and it was so good! My husband is enjoying your channel and he has never watched it so far but he is enjoying what I am cooking after I get finished watching your videos! I am going to take the remainder of the casserole and stuff bell peppers but wanted to let you know it turned out great! Thanks!
I know. It was so good. I ate it two days in a row. Hi to your husband and hope he watches many videos. Keep cooking and commenting.
This is right up my alley. I’m a one skillet kind of girl ✌🏼
This looks perfect for a quick “one pot” dinner. Im plan on using more veg too. Great idea 👍🏻
It is really. Hope you enjoy.
I've made this twice now in our cast iron Lodge dutch oven. It's so good! It's becoming a staple meal in our house. Thanks!
Great. So glad you're enjoying. Thanks for the comment.
Made tonight 7/29/2024. very good. I will add a little chicken broth next time as could use some but other than that , we liked it very much. Thanks.
Sure. So glad you enjoyed.
I wonder if beef broth would work as well seeings how ground beef was used, just wondering.
Powdered cheese?! Never heard of it. Bet that's a tasty dinner though. X
You've obviously never had cheap mac&cheese. The grandkids love it.
Canadian here. I make something almost identical to this except I make the KD first and set it aside, then I add it to the meat and veggies when they're fully cooked. This meal is my go-to for when I need to feed my hubby something really fast. He loves it. Now I can call it Shipwreck Skillet! Thanks, Dave. Good to see you. I hope your summer is going well, my friend.
That sounds good too. Yes, call it shipwreck. You're so welcome. It's hot here. Where abouts in Canada are you. I'm in Ontario.
@@TheCooknShare I'm in Winnipeg. It was in the low 30s all day and it's just dropped to 27. Supposed to cool off for the weekend. Have a good one, eh!
What a great idea! I never thought of using mac & cheese in this way. My hubby will love it! Thank you.
It was so good. Hope you give it a try.
One of our favorites was baked in the oven. Tater tot casserole! Cooked ground beef on bottom. Can or 2 of cut green beans on that covered in 2 cans of cream soup ( I use cream of bacon) mixed with one can milk. A layer of shredded cheddar. Top with tater tots (I like the minis) top with shredded cheese and bake till tots are done on top and everything bubbly.
Mmmm, this does look good. I'm doing the Carnivore diet (zero carb, animal products only), to drop a total of 170 lbs of fat, so this one's off limits for me for a while. (And yes, it's working! Down 45 lbs so far.) Still, I like the inventiveness of this dish! I'll keep this bookmarked as an idea for a "cheat meal;" if you're not familiar with that, dieting can cause your body to get 'stubborn' about further fat loss, so every 50 pounds or so, I plan to throw the diet out the window and eat what I want for a day or two, to let all my hormones and metabolism reset. This looks like something great for fall, a couple big bowls of this, a few beer and an afternoon of football! Thanks for sharing.
Good luck with your diet. Wonderful start already.
Low Carb means you will loose water and muscle. Weight, Yes But keeping muscle and loose fat should be the goal right?
@@Angry_Lion - 100% wrong. Carnivore keeps muscle and burns fat. I lost b50 lbs of pure fat in three months. Look up Dr. Ken Berry here on UA-cam.
Just made this! My 6 and 8 year old picky eaters LOVED this! So did I. Thank you!
Great. That's what we like to hear. Keep cooking and enjoying.
Im definitely going to try this recipe! Im going to add white rice with beef broth instead of the mac n cheese. Thank you for the awesome video
It was really good. Hope you try it and enjoy. You're so welcome and hope you make many more recipes.
I tried the shipwreck skillet and my wife and I were very pleased with it. We really enjoyed it and plan on adding it to our eating menu. Thank you very much!
Good stuff. Keep cooking.
I do not throw any scraps away. From potato peels, carrot peels, onion skins, celery tops and bottoms, those will get frozen or set to simmer to turn into a stock, same with beef, pork and chicken scraps. If I have any meats left over from meals, like roasts, or extra chicken or pork, I put them in the freezer. At the end of the month I will take them out and make what I call "Hobo Stew", it's is a basic stew with whatever is in the freezer as leftovers, including the home made stocks and bases. I add in fresh tomato, potato, green beans, (fresh or frozen, not canned), corn, and if I have any type dried beans go in as well. I let that simmer all night, and all the next day, and then make a 2 iron skillets of corn bread to serve with it. It's worth the effort and time, and my neighbors love it!
Fred Meyer here in the N.W. routinely sells the tube 80/20 ground beef for about $3.50. Often I mix it with in house ground pork at $1.99, which makes the price for 2lbs about $2.75/lb. Use the mix for meat balls(Italian, Norwegian or Swedish), chili, or American goulash with macaroni.Similar approach.
Looks great! Going to try it! I have a bigger cast iron skillet you can borrow! I have them from 4 inches all the way to 18 inches! Cast iron is the only way to go! I use my 18 incher, skillet that is, to make homemade sourdough pan pizza in the oven!
Would love the 18 inch. Great idea about the sourdough.
I've been making this for years. It's my go to comfort food. Thanks for giving it a name!
You are so welcome! It is so good and fast
That looks really good. I bought 2lbs. of lean ground beef yesterday and spent $18. Even non-lean ground beef is crazy expensive these days. I usually wait until it goes on sale to buy it and freeze it.......even the sale prices are too high.
Really. That's expensive. Where abouts are you?
@@TheCooknShare I'm in Clearwater, FL Lean ground beef has been hovering around $8.50 to $8.99/lb. and regular ground beef is about $6.99/lb. Stew meat, used to be cheaper to buy, is around $10.99/lb. now. The only meat that seems reasonable these days is pork.
Bidenomics
Walmart supercenter in OK sells 5lb chubs for 3.73 per pound for 73% and 3.98 for the 80% 10 pounders are even a little cheaper.
$3.30 lb. in Oregon on sale. Price gouging by billionaire food conglomerates should be held accountable.
I loved the transparency over the cost of beef. We live in Ga and the cheapest ones are around $5/lb, but the kind you want are never less than $6/lb. This looks yummy! Can't wait to try it!
Thanks so much. Yes, too expensive. Hope you try this though.
I love hillbilly helper 😊
Love that name!
That is the best thing I have heard all day
Honestly did not know this dish had a name. As a single father of 2 daughters we would make pretty much this very same thing once or twice a month for dinners. My daughters called it hodge-podge-maca-burger stew lol. But yeah, this kind of dinner is excellent on a budget as the 3 of us would eat this for about 3 dinners, it taste great, it's hearty and filling.
I like that name as well. It is a great dinner and inexpensive really. Keep cooking my friend.
Made something similar years ago.2 lbs ground beef, 2 boxes of KD, a can of green beans, Rotel, seasoning. 6 hungry teenage boys. ( my son and his 5 friends) . I barely got any. lol
Sounds really good. Have to give that a try.
KD?
@@winifredherman4214 Kraft Dinner ( Mac and cheese)
I just found your channel and subscribed. I made this tonight for supper the only change I made was I substituted pork for the beef. My wife can’t eat beef. It was so good thank you
Great. Welcome to the channel. Great idea with the sub for pork and beef. So glad you enjoyed.
Yes, I’ll be trying this!
I made this last night and it was a hit! It will be one of our regular meals now!! So good
Great. So glad you enjoyed. Keep cooking.
Good looking skillet meal. The kind I like to make and eat. Thanks for the recipe. Subscribed.
Thanks so much and welcome to the channel.
And you can put this in a tortilla from storage in the fridge and put it in the microwave and have a burrito. I dice up previously cooked steak and put onions and cheddar cheese on the tortilla, wrap it up, put it in the microwave and have a steak, onion, and cheese burrito. You can also put some refried black beans in there as well.
Great idea. Thanks for the tip.
Wholesome, easy one pan, affordable, delicious, perfect! 😮❤
You got it. Thanks so much.
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I worked at a meat counter for a couple years and I asked about the tubes of ground beef; its still there, they just packaged it differently, and yes, it is at the higher price now.
I use 100% grass fed beef. Get it in the 3 pack at Sprouts grocery store for about 6.00 bucks a lb when buying the three pack. Really good beef and healthier. 😊
Sounds like a great plan.
I've done a version of this for years (sans peas & corn) but always made the mac & cheese separate before mixing... never thought to just cook it all together like that!! Can't wait to try it this way instead - thanks so much for making this video!!! ^_^
Great. Hope you enjoy. Let me know.
That's a cool recipe. I and others could to a Mexican/Latino/Hispanic twist to it with the right spices and maybe even adding some chorizo; or even an Italian twist. Very versatile and quick meal idea. Thank you for sharing it.
Happy cooking and stay safe everyone. 😁😎
Great idea. Hope you enjoy. Let me know.
A packet of taco seasoning added to the ground beef once it's done, in place of the Italian. Then, make up probably a double batch of either the orange or yellow Mexican rice (Goya makes really good ones). Make the rice separate, do everything else like Dave does except the mac n' cheese; instead, add a little beef bouillon powder. Serve it over the rice.
@@a2ndopynyn that's a great idea. Thank you for the suggestion. 🙂😎
I've been making this. My friends really like it. Thank you. But I use a larger skillet! Inexpensive, easy, excellent taste and really filling. Excellent idea.
Glad you like it! Keep cooking and thanks so much.
I just subscribed to your channel, the shipwreck skillet looks really good, I will have to make it soon!
Welcome to the channel. It was super good. Hope you give it a try and enjoy.
We still have the tubes of ground beef (and also sausage). The ground beef is between $4 & $5 per pound. And we still have the leaner and the fattier variety. It's on the label.
That's not too bad. Still could be cheaper.
Looks absolutely delicious can't wait to try it😊
It was good. Hope you enjoy. Let me know.
My mom used to make a box of macaroni and cheese, and mix in a can of cream of mushroom soup, and a can of tuna (drained), a can of sweet peas too if we had one. She'd always serve it with garlic toast.
That sounds interesting. Have to try it sometime.
I know what you mean about the chubs. Once in a while my grocery stores will carry them. Other times it's in packages. I live in cattle country out west, yet, beef is still expensive. Great recipe, will make it. thank you.
Really. Are you in the States. I'm shocked at the price of food down there.
No, I'm in Western Canada.
Love it! I’m making this tonight! And YES burger is expensive here too!! ALL MEAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE TOO! Thanks for the recipe!
I know. Things are terrible. Hope they get better.
Good morning Dave , another great, easy, simple recipe ....Have a wonderful Sunday ❤
Hey Natali. It was super good. Hope all is well over your way.
Thanks for the great video, Dave. I thoroughly enjoyed this recipe.
As a nice variation, I did the following: Recently, as I ran out of ground beef, I substituted ground pork, adding diced carrots to the peas & corn and I seasoned with garlic salt and some Cowboy dry rub from my nephew in Texas...Fantastic. You can use a lot of varieties of veggies & seasoning, etc. I really appreciate that it's a one pot dish.
You're so welcome. So glad you enjoyed. Ground pork, yes. I might like that better. I would love to try the cowboy rub. Might have to take a mosy down to Texas to get some. You sure can. I might invent my own rub come to think of it.
when i was on vacation i had bits and bobs of foods in the pantry and the fridge nothing that would work as a real layout for a meal, so i basically did what you did and had cream of whatever to it...cooked it in a pot and goulash was done;];];] very filling .
It is really filling and good. Hope you try it.
I made this first time today. Followed your recipe except for the following:
-Used lean ground beef
-Added one diced bell pepper
-Added one cup chicken bouillon
Blew me away! Was fantastic! My wife had two bowls and had to restrain herself from having a third. I had 2½ bowls. Now I’m miserably stuffed. We will definitely be making this again. 👍🏻
Edited to add: I am NOT a cook. It’s just never been my thing. I can make a few things, but my wife is the cook in this house, and she’s awesome. She COMMANDS our kitchen. I’m MUCH better in the garage than I am in the kitchen. I just wanted to give her a break today, so I whipped this up right before she got home from work. Hopefully this should help to illustrate how easy this is to make.
Sounds great. You must have done a super job. I think there are many recipes here that you would do great cooking. Be careful not to get too good though. LOL.
@@TheCooknShare It’s okay. I’ll never be anywhere near as good as my wife. 😉
Good morning. Thank you for sharing your delicious recipe. Have a great and blessed day
You're so welcome. Hope you try this.
Great recipe, iron skillet is the only way to go. Enjoy your videos
I had never heard of, or thought of, using boxed mac and cheese like hamburger helper, yet another one you've done I'm going to have to try. I did just break open a 3 lb. chub of 80/20 ground beef, it was from my freezer, I had gotten it some time back at about $4 (US) on sale, just checked the local Freds/Safeway/Wallyworld and they are all around $8 (US) up here. Glad I have freezer and a meat grinder, anymore I just keep an eye out for roasts on sale and grind my own, much cheaper.
Yeah. It works really well. That's not a bad price for gournd beef. Up here, do you mean Alaska. That's a lot. Wow. Yes, I want to make my own too. Are you homesteading up there?
@@TheCooknShare Not homesteading, I'm one of the few that was actually born up here. I work in road / airport construction which is really long hours in the summer here as nothing can get done in the winter so these quicker meals are really great. I can see the thumbnail for your smothered sausages video, I think I'll have to get some sausage out of the freezer when I get home, that looks really good.
Made it for dinner tonight it is good thank you for sharing the recipe with us
Blessings blessings always -- Great job looks delicious 😋
Wow man, that looks pretty good. I will put this on the menu for me and the little lady next week and I will drag out my big cast iron skillet to avoid any spillage!!
It was super good. Yes, get the pan going and try it. Let me know.
That looks super festive!
It is really.
Love this simple recipe. I will share this with my son, his children will love it. Thanks so much
Great. Hope he tries it and enjoys. Let me know.
Looks great Dave, can't wait to try it. And yes, prices of everything have gone insane.
It was super good. I know. There is no need for this.
Thank Biden
@@billwilson2160My goodness, does Biden control food prices in other countries, too?😂😂😂
Looks a lot like I call my World Famous Goulash except I add 1 jar of Rague spaghetti sauce 1 can of diced Rotel tomatoes and 1 can of diced Italian tomatoes. I make a large quantity and freeze it in quart size bags and just pop in the Microwave when I am too tired to cook. It is delicious. Thanks for bringing us along. I use either or elbow macaroni or brown rice. Both cooked and added to the meat,
Yes, it is really. Yours sounds good. Hope you try this one.
Thanks for sharing.
You didn't need that 1/4 cup of oil you added in the beginning. 100% unnecessary.
Just finished making your exact recipe, and l must say it is fantastic!!! Thanks so much. My wife and l loved it
Great. Thanks for letting me know.
🎆 ~ Yep - cast iron rules - I've got four differently sized skillets (teeny, small, medium, & large); plus, a small, but tall, saucepan (perfect for my artichoke butter) & a 2-qt. kettle with a cast iron lid (it's perfect for baking rustic no-knead bread at super-high temps).
Oooh - this shipwrecked recipe of yours - sooo gonna try this!!! I will, probably, only brown ½-pound of meat, though, cuz i prefer more - lotz more - veggies in ratio to less meat. You're right - meat prices have gone ridiculously sky-high (everything has).
💖 THANK YOU! I luv pretty food - i always HAVE to make my food pretty. I keep a gallon freezer bag of chopped sweet bells of every color - green, red, orange, & yellow - mixed together & in my freezer at all times, so i can handily toss in a fast couple of handfuls at sauté-time for most things i cook or bake (plus, ditto for purple, white, & yellow chopped onions in another gallon freezer bag cuz i luv adding extra mixed onions in my food).
But, i will NEED to change a few other things here, too: due to chemical sensitivities, i had to give up that boxed brand you used ... had to make myself a guinea pig & experiment trying others. Luckily, i found i could tolerate boxed Cracker Barrel Cheddar & Havarti mac dinner - bonus: i luvvv it!
Plus, realllyyyyy luvvv raw spinach added to almost everything, too, so will toss in a couple handfuls of fresh, ripped-up leafs at the very end - B4 your fresh shredded cheddar finale (yes, MUST do! 🫡) - just to briefly wilt to retain the nutrients; & MUST squeeze fresh lemon juice on top of the spinach B4 stirring 'em into the rest of the stuff in the skillet. Finally, GOTTA copy your fresh shredded cheddar cheese sprinkled on top at the end to melt into it all! Yum! 👍 :)
Oops - forgot!!! To pretty much EVERYTHING i cook, I ALWAYS add "Lucky's Herbs" (my 💘 16 yo sheepdog's favorite organic seasoning mix that i created when he was four weeks old, to sprinkle on his Sunday's-only special treat of two fried eggs, along with fresh rosemary sprigs seared beneath & lemon juice squeezed on top ... & ditto for my eggs - but, for mine only, i also add curry powder).
Lucky's Herbs (dried) is simple: broken rosemary whole leaves, rubbed marjoram leaves, rubbed parsley leaves, & crumbled-up dehydrated collard leaves. (Those four all go into most of my other food, too; E-VON cold things, like smoothies & cream cheese. But, to my cream cheese multigrain cracker spread, i also add dillweed, whole caraway seeds, cracked pepper medley, Pink Himalayan salt, dried minced onions, garlic powder, spirulina powder, & shelled pistachios - lol - you've made me sooo hungry!!! Haha!)
Except for my usual additions & mac brand cheese substitute - I'm making your recipe (including your Italian seasoning - i luvvv flavorful food) ... I'm moving any day, finally, so most of my kitchen's packed, including my spices & herbs. 😢 Been eating a lot of deli & fast foods the past couple of weeks 😢 homemade is sooo much better. YOUR RECIPE MADE ME ABSOLUTELY CRAVE *REAL* HEALTHY food E-VON more. Can't wait to try this. Looks fantastic - thank you, again!!! ~ 🎇
It sure does. I have to get more pans. Hope you enjoy the recipe. Wow. Lot's of good info here. I'm going to copy it down. Thanks so much for your time and input.
Hey Dave, I just made Shipwreck Skillet for Sunday dinner. Oh BOY was it good! It's similar to some other one-pan meals, but the addition of the Kraft Mac 'n Cheese (what we call KD in the US) made a real, and very tasty, difference. Thanks for sharing the recipe and prep instructions.
That's what I like to hear. So glad you enjoyed it. You're so welcome and keep cooking.
Looks delicious and so fast and easy
Thanks for your ideas ❤
It was super easy and so good. Hope you try it.
I made the shipwreck skillet today it was easy and delicious, I bought some Hawaiian rolls to go with it so thanks for the UA-cam
Looks delicious Dave! Thank you! 👍😊
It was really good.
Just found your channel and it's my favorite video all day. When I grow up I want to be just like you. Keep up the great work.
Wow, thanks! Hope you try this. So good. Keep cooking!
I’d add bell pepper and broccoli
Sure. Sounds like a plan.
I bet it tastes great, the next morning...my mom use to make hamburger helper back in the 70s, left overs (if any) became breakfast. The best breakfast she ever made.
Oh wow! I used to love that stuff.
Dave , nice recipe & yes on us & the girls, the name for this here is the garbage plate( hillbilly name) throw some meat and whatever you have on hand in a skillet , taters, veggies etc...there also is a garbage plate breakfast with breakfast foods , biscuits, gravy , eggs, hash browns , sausage , bacon , etc... throw it all on a plate after frying, keep your stick on the ice pal.
Those are the best kinds of meals these days! The price of meat is what is making our home menus these days so I love this channel for giving such good ideas for using what we may have tucked in our pantry and I loved your comment! Thanks!
@pauletteingulia3107 thank you & you are welcome Ma'am
@@pauletteingulia3107Ma'am , you are welcome & thank you , God Bless you & your family
You are very welcome and thank you!
@@pauletteingulia3107 thank you again Ma'am
Yes, best on a chilly February day.
For sure.
Yum! 🤤
I love simple dishes like this! Very easy to make and looks delish! 😊
Yes, so good. Hope you try it and enjoy.
Yummy.
Great recipe! I’ve made this twice now, very delicious. Also like that this video is short, easy to understand, and to the point. Thanks so much for sharing!🥳😋
Glad you liked it! Thank you so much for sharing
Hey Dave looks tasty......13$ for 2 lbs of Hamburg in North Carolina ..
That's still high for the States. WOW.
Hi,Needed a simple dinner and found your channel. Can't wait to try this recipe. I also put my tomatoes in my kitchen window! Blessings 🙌 to you
Great. Hope you enjoy. Let me know.
I have never heard of this dish. Of course, I don't have packaged food around the house on a regular basis, so that might be why I am ignorant as a pirate about the Shipwreck Skillet dish!
It's kind of like a shipwreck. LOL. Hope all is well.
I made this and added garlic with the onion.....Delicious 😋
Sounds good. So glad you enjoyed.
Wow. Love the beard!! And I don't really dig beards. I do like yours!! Hubbard hubba!! The skillet ...hmm. like Shepherd's taco goulash. 😂
Thanks so much. I don't think I'd ever shave it now. Hope you try this one.
Sent this to my brother,he made it the next day and likes it. Guess I'm going to make it this weekend.... thanks for sharing this.
Great. So glad you enjoyed.
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At the end, add in one of those canned chunked potatoes and kick it up a notch.