If you want to make an awesome hamburger, you really don’t need these types of products. 500 grams of roughly ground mince, salt and pepper to taste, mix well by hand. I use a piece of cut off plastic drain pipe (90 centimetres?) to shape the patties, use baking paper cut into squares 2 pieces for every patty, they won’t stick then and then freeze them until needed, makes quite a few awesome hamburgers, shallow (deep) fry them in Olive Oil, drain and place on buns with heaps of lettuce and tomato, cheese if you like, any mustard and ketchup to suit! Yummo!

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I agree with Bladedragonlord. It’s easy to so something with 500 grams of ground beef.
Saute some onion and/or garlic. And beef and brown it. Put some spices or some tomato-y thing (real chopped tomatoes / tomato paste / crushed tomatoes) maybe a veggie or two… and you’re good to go. Something like this http://www.ruthsrealfood.com/2011/08/whats-for-lunch.html 

I grew up on ground beef with onions, tossed with elbow Mac and a can of tomato soup. It’s still a crappy meal, but there’s gotta be a way to healthy it up while still maintaining the convenience factor.

 
Wow, I just learned something from reading this. MSG has a different name in the hamberger helper. I did not know that MSG can also be called hydrolyzed soy protein. My husband has a severe reaction when it comes to MSG so I am always reading labels when I go shopping. Quite often I will buy something that doesn’t say it has MSG and he will still have a reaction to it. I am wondering if that is the reason why, is because MSG is being called something different. These 2 products I never buy anyways because it has way too many ingrediants. And I was always told if you cannot pronounce whats in your food, don’t buy it.

 
Wow, I just learned something from reading this. MSG has a different name in the hamberger helper. I did not know that MSG can also be called hydrolyzed soy protein. My husband has a severe reaction when it comes to MSG so I am always reading labels when I go shopping. Quite often I will buy something that doesn’t say it has MSG and he will still have a reaction to it. I am wondering if that is the reason why, is because MSG is being called something different. These 2 products I never buy anyways because it has way too many ingrediants. And I was always told if you cannot pronounce whats in your food, don’t buy it.

Hey Crystal – you might want to google ‘names of MSG’ or something similar to learn all of the different names.  It’s hidden under a long list of other ingredients too. It causes me migraines, and the bottom line is that even if I wanted to, I couldn’t eat most processed foods because of it.

Ok. So somebody give us time constrained folks some good, tasty, QUICK ideas on how to put together similar style meals that are healthier than box meals. Im all for healthy but i have to shop cheap & use little time when i cook most of the time.

There are a few links here and additionally on our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/fooducate

I use Wildtree whenever I want to make something fast.  Here’s the ingredients for their Stroganoff Skillet Mix:  Sour Cream Powder (cream, non-fat milk solids, citric acid, lactic acid), Natural Butter Flavor, Sea Salt, Tomato Powder, Cornstarch, Mushroom Powder, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Dill, Lactic Acid.

Granted, I’m not thrilled with the “Natural Butter Flavor” but compared to the rest I think it’s a better option.  Check out their other stuff at mywildtree.com/TSchmidt

You give me a migraine with your food snobbery. You might want to google ‘orthorexia’.

Crystal, goggle Dr. Mercola non GMO shoppers guide. He has a very up-to-date and detailed listing of all gmo products. I think you will find it the best comprehensive listing on the web.

And then you add hamburger meat, I’m guessing not grass-fed. Oy, as a working parents I guess I don’t think it’s that inconvenient to put a baked/sweet potato in the micro or boil water for pasta.

Double blind studies have not shown that ANYONE has MSG sensitivity. After all, it occurs naturally in cheeses, broccoli and tomatoes.

Migraines are not caused by MSG. That is a stupid myth.

You might want to google ‘hypochondriac’, then google ‘orthorexia’

Stupid foodie turds.

Orthorexic asswipe

Hey Dumbass – you might want to google ‘hypochondriac’, then ‘orthorexia’. Migraine headaches are not caused by MSG, idiot.

MSG and hydrolyzed soy protein are not the same ingredient, but the hydrolysis does release free amines that can trigger the same sensitivity reaction as MSG in susceptible individuals. FDA has written label violation warning letters for products claiming “MSG free” but also contain a hydrolyzed vegetable protein or autolyzed yeast extract for that very reason

Thanks for the clarification Lauren!