Meals~March 8-14~Cheeseburger Mac
Welcome to another great week of meal planning! I’m always glad come Sunday afternoon, when I get ready to post my meals for the upcoming week and I have the meals planned already because I did my Monthly Meal.
Our meals last week went pretty well, the Bobby Dean Goulash was a big hit and I had enough left to freeze for another meal. Another of our new recipes last week was the Cheeseburger Mac, although it was similiar to the Goulash, it was still very good. My family thought it was very much like Hamburger Helper, but of course, homemade, without all the preservatives that Hamburger Helper has in it. It was a quick, easy meal, and also very frugal.
Ingredients:
- 1 pound Hamburger, cooked & drained (I buy Hamburger in bulk, cook it and freeze it)
- 2 3/4 cups Water (I added about 1/4 cup more because it seemed dry)
- 1/3 cup Ketchup
- 1 teaspoon Onion Powder
- 1/4 teaspoonGarlic Powder
- 2 cups macaroni, uncooked
- 8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
Directions:
Brown hamburger and drain. Return to skillet or large saucepan. Add water, ketchup and spices, mix well. Bring to boil, stir in macaroni, cover and simmer on medium-low heat 8-10 minutes or until macaroni is tender.
While the macaroni is cooking, shred cheese. After macaroni is tender, stir in cheese, cook until melted, stirring occasionally.
I served this with Honey Bread, that I made in the bread machine.
Another great meal for under $5!
Tomorrow on Cupcake Tuesday, I’m helping our local Girl Scout troup, for every link I’m donating. So, if you have a cupcake or muffin recipe, please come and link up, all posts are welcome, old or new, as long as you haven’t shared it before on Cupcake Tuesday! Oh, and if you don’t have a recipe to share, come visit anyway, I baked some yummy Girl Scout cupcakes! 
Now, onto what we are having this week…
Monday ~ Breakfast for Dinner - Homemade McGriddles, Fried Potatoes & Smoothies
Tuesday ~ Chicken in a Haystack
Wednesday ~ Taco Ring and Spanish Rice
Thursday ~ Mostacolli, Garlic Bread and Salad
Friday ~ Chicken Fajitas, Rice
Saturday ~ Stuffed Crust Pizza
Sunday ~ Taco Soup and Cheesy Chili Dip
What’s on your menu plan this week?
This post linked to:
~Tempt My Tummy Tuesday hosted by Blessed with Grace
~Tuesdays at the Table hosted by All the Small Stuff
-$5 Dinner Challenge hosted by $5 Dinners
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Category: Budget Meals, Cooking, Main Dishes, Menu Planning
That’s an awesome thing to do for the Girl Scouts:-)
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I have a similar cheeseburger casserole recipe. I always at a little mustard and dill relish to mine
and if it seems a little dry, ill stir in some sour cream.
have a great week
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CupcakeLady Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 7:47 am
@Heather, That’s a great idea to put it into a casserole. And I like the sour cream idea too, I’m sure it would make it creamy. Thanks for visiting!
~Liz
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I can’t wait to try out your homemade McGriddles this week. They sound so yummy!
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Mhh, that looks lovely and nice and straightforward – I’m always looking for something to brighten up mac’n'cheese (mustard powder and red peppers are my usual go-to) but this looks really good.
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I’ve been wanting a cheeseburger macaroni recipe so MANY THANKS TO YOU!!!!!
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Believe it or not I was just searching for a cheeseburger mac recipe. Thanks!
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CupcakeLady Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:51 am
@Nutmeg Nanny, That’s funny! Did I come up in the search?
~Liz
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Nutmeg Nanny Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 11:54 am
@CupcakeLady,
I hadn’t looked at my google reader yet to see it on there.
Yeah you were on page 4 of my google search
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You’re the third Indiana blog I’ve read in the past day or two who is having fried potatoes this week. I grew up in Indiana (military took us away) and I long for good fried potatoes. They just don’t seem to taste as good when I make them anywhere but Indiana. LOL
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CupcakeLady Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
@Tricia, Ha, that is too funny! Yup, we love our taters here in Indiana!
~Liz
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We love breakfast for dinner. Your meals sound very family friendly. I’ll be taking a closer look at some of your recipes.
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I’m going to be looking around some more but this sounds really yummy!! Thank you so much!
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This is such a comfort food!
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this looks easy and fun. Casseroles are always the way to go. Today I am offering some tasty marshmallows (#30 on the list even though it still says banana bread). I hope you have a chance to stop by to check it out. Thanks.
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Oh I love cheeseburger macaroni.
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Such a fun blog. Like the idea of this mac- sounds a bit repetitive with the other comments, but I agree. :0
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Thanks for stopping by my blog! I have a little twist to your Cheeseburger mac— Its chili mac- 1 lb HB meat brown add in 1T garlic powder 1T chili powder add in 1 can kidney beans, 1 can crushed tomatoes, 1 cup of water. Let simmer. Cook elbow macaroni as directed. Once noodles are done drain and add to the meat mixrure. Stir in noodle and 1/2 lb of cheese. Place in 9×13 casserole dish and sprinkle 1/2 cup of shredded cheese on top. Place in a 400 degree oven till cheese melts
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CupcakeLady Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
@Shelly, That sounds yummy! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe!
~Liz
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