This one-skillet, creamy Homemade Hamburger Helper is made with ground beef, macaroni and cheese – real ingredients you can feel good about feeding your family for dinner ! Homemade Hamburger Helper This Homemade Hamburger Helper, made with ground beef and macaroni, is creamy and delicious. It’s pure comfort food and not just kid-friendly–it’s also high in protein and easy to make! I polled my Instagram community, and many of you asked for more one-pot recipes . I love cooking this way so much that I have a whole cookbook dedicated to one-pot recipes, Skinnytaste One and Done , which is one of my most popular cookbooks.
My husband and kids gave this recipe two thumbs up and asked me to include it in my regular dinner rotation. More one-pot pasta recipes you should also try are this One-Pot Chicken and Orzo , Instant Pot Baked Ziti , and One-Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce . You’ll Love This Healthier Hamburger Helper Recipe Truth be told, I’ve never had hamburger helper growing up, but I do like the concept and convenience of taking hamburger meat and adding it to macaroni with some cheese for a simple weeknight meal.
After playing around with the ingredients, we loved how it turned out! Tommy calls this Beef-A-Roni and went back for seconds! I tried it with high-protein pasta but found it tastes best with regular good-quality pasta, like DeLallo cavatappi or fusilli . If using elbows, the pasta cook time may be too short, resulting in a mushier pasta. Here are a few.
