Italian Sausage Hamburger Helper Soup Food

ITALIAN SAUSAGE HAMBURGER HELPER SOUP

Steps:

• Spray the inside of a stockpot, with a no-stick cooking spray.
• To the pot, add the sausage, and season it with a bit of black pepper, if desired. (Do not add salt to this recipe!).
• Brown the sausage over medium heat; stirring to break up the meat.
• While the sausage is browning, cook the frozen green beans in a microwave, till they are about three quarters of the way done; drain beans and set them aside. (I cooked the beans in an 850 watt microwave for 6 minutes, but stirring them after 3 minutes I also season the beans with a bit of black pepper).
• When sausage is done browning, then drain it in a colander.
• To the stockpot, lightly saute' the onions for a minute or two. (Add a bit of vegetable oil if need be).
• Add garlic to the pot, and saute' the garlic for about 1 minute.
• Place sausage back into the pot, then sprinkle the seasoning packet from the hamburger helper over all, and stir to coat the meat.
• To the pot add the following ingredients: the beef broth, one and a half soup cans of water, the stewed tomatoes, sliced baby carrots, zucchini, green beans, the Italian seasoning, and the rotini pasta that's included in the boxed hamburger helper.
• Bring soup to a boil, then lower the heat, and simmer the soup for about 14 minutes.
• Remove soup from heat, stir the soup, and serve.
• If desired, sprinkle each bowl of soup with a bit of the parmesan cheese.
• Note: I noticed after cooking the soup, the carrots seemed to be slightly crisp. For those who'd prefer them to be a bit more cooked, I would do the following after adding the cooked meat, the seasoning packet, onion, garlic, broth, water, and just the carrots to the stockpot. Bring those ingredients to a boil, then lower the heat, and simmer it for 5 minutes. Then add the remaining ingredients, (the stewed tomatoes, zucchini, green beans and Italian seasoning) and bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat, and simmer the soup for about 14 minutes.

HAMBURGER HELPER MY WAY

Steps:

• Brown the meat in a medium sized skillet.
• Do not add water to it unless there isn't enough fat in the meat.
• If water is needed, add very little.
• Bring the 3 cups of water to a boil in a small saucepan.
• Add the packet of macaroni.
• Boil until the macaroni is done and tender.
• When the meat is done, drain the grease from the skillet and return skillet to the burner.
• Don't remove the meat from the skillet.
• Drain the water from the macaroni and rinse with hot water.
• Add the macaroni to the meat and stir.
• Lower the burner to medium.
• In a shaker bottle or large cup, mix the half and half and the 1/2 cup water.
• Add the packet of sauce mix/powder and shake vigorously or stir in cup very well, until sauce mix/powder is completely dissolved and there are no lumps in it.
• With one hand, slowly add the sauce mixture to the hamburger mixture, while stirring constantly with the other hand.
• Stir constantly so that it doesn't start to stick to the bottom of the skillet.
• Sauce will start to thicken.
• Continue stirring constantly.
• You might need to lower the heat again.
• Once sauce has somewhat thickened, remove from heat and let stand.
• The sauce will completely thicken on its own.

MOM'S ITALIAN "HAMBURGER HELPER"

Steps:

• Cook pasta as directed on box.
• Meanwhile, brown ground beef with garlic powder and Italian seasoning.
• Drain grease and add sauce.
• Heat.
• Drain pasta and add to sauce mixture.
• Stir in cheese until it just melts.
• Serve with garlic bread and salad.

ZESTY ITALIAN HAMBURGER HELPER SOUP

Steps:

• Spray the inside of a Dutch oven or soup kettle, with a no-stick cooking spray.
• In the Dutch oven or kettle, add the ground beef, and season beef with a bit of black pepper. (Do not add salt to this recipe!).
• Brown the ground beef three quarters of the way, over medium heat; stirring to break up the meat.
• Add the onions, and sprinkle onions with a bit of the pepper, then add the garlic.
• Finish browning the beef and cooking the onions and garlic, this will just take a minute or two.
• In the meantime, cook the frozen green beans in a microwave, till they are about three quarters of the way done; drain beans and set them aside. (Note: I sprinkled the green beans with a bit of black pepper, before microwaving them.).
• Add the following ingredients to the kettle of cooked beef, the seasoning packet from the boxed hamburger helper, the beef broth, stewed tomatoes, the Rotel Tomatoes, zucchini, sliced baby carrots, whole kernel corn, the cooked green beans, and the Italian seasoning.
• Bring soup to a boil, then reduce heat to a low simmer, cover, and simmer the soup for 10 minutes.
• Uncover the kettle, stir the soup, and add the package of penne pasta, that's included in the box of hamburger helper.
• Bring soup to a second boil, then reduce the heat to a low simmer, cover, and simmer the soup for 15 minutes.
• Remove soup from heat, stir the soup, and serve.
• Note: I noticed after making this soup and using the 6.4 oz. box of Italian Lasagna Hamburger Helper (with the mini lasagna noodles in the box) verses the Zesty Italian (which adds mini penne pasta to the box), the next day when I reheated the soup, I had to add a bit more liquid, as the soup had thickened, and it had the consistency of a goulash. Since the mini lasagna noodles seem to absorb the liquid, I added more broth (a 1/2 cup) plus I added some V-8 Spicy Hot Vegetable Juice.

SAUSAGE LASAGNA SOUP

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven or saucepan, cook sausage, onion and garlic over medium-high heat 4 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is thoroughly cooked; drain. Add mushrooms; cook 2 minutes longer.
• Stir in sauce mix (from Hamburger Helper™ box), tomatoes, tomato paste, water, pepper flakes and pepper. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Reduce heat. Cover; simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in uncooked pasta (from Hamburger Helper™ box) and spinach. Cover; cook 10 minutes longer or until pasta is tender. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.