"Hamburger Helper" Recipe

Like the childhood classic...but better

Coach REIGN's Hamburger Helper - ugly pic, but delicious outcome

I'll never forget the time I went to a sleepover in the 6th grade. My friend's mom made us the classic hamburger helper for dinner (which I never had before) and OH MY GOSH it was so dang delicious! 😅 Looking back, I ate what she probably had planned to have for leftovers the rest of the week. But man, I found it so satisfying. Now, I just can't bring myself to fill my body with the boxed product containing a laundry list of ingredients I can't pronounce. Not even for nostalgia... So, I've made my own.

"My kids ask for this recipe almost weekly. It's a miracle!" ~Katie H. Nutrition Client

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Here's the full recipe:

Coach REIGN's Hamburger Helper

Ingredients:

• 1 bell pepper, chopped

• 1 parsnip or carrot, chopped

• 1/2 yellow or red onion, chopped

• 1 Cup broccoli florets

• 1 clove garlic, minced

• 1 Tbsp cooking oil (avocado oil, ghee, lard, tallow, etc.)

• 1 lb 100% Grass-fed ground beef (or ground meat of choice)

• 1/4 Cup nutritional yeast

• 1 Tbsp tapioca flour

• 1-2 tsp smoked paprika (start with one - add as desired)

• 1 Cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)

• 1 Tbsp coconut aminos

• 1 Tbsp tomato paste

• 1 Cup canned coconut milk, full fat

• 3-4 servings of GF noodles, cooked 

  • I like chickpea or sweet potato noodles best

• Salt / pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. If your noodles are not already cooked, bring a pot of water to a rolling boil and cook desired servings of noodles according to the package directions.

2. Add cooking oil to a large fry pan and bring the skillet to medium-high heat

3. Add all chopped vegetables to the skillet, mixing to cover in cooking oil evenly

4. Once the onions and garlic become fragrant (about 2-4 minutes), add ground meat to the skillet. Season with salt/pepper as desired and cook until meat has browned thoroughly

5. Add dry ingredients (nutritional yeast, tapioca flour, paprika) to the skillet and mix to combine

6. Next, add wet ingredients (pumpkin, coconut aminos, tomato paste, coconut milk) to the skillet, mix to combine

7. Add cooked (and drained) noodles into the skillet with the meat and vegetables, gently stir to combine, and raise heat to bring the skillet to a rolling simmer

8. Continually stir until the sauce turns from a watery to a creamy texture (about 2 minutes)

Serve and enjoy! **This recipe can be modified in countless ways!

• Change up the type of ground meat: beef, turkey, venison, boar...

• Change up the veggies to be ones you enjoy

• Use butternut squash puree instead of pumpkin

  Make a big batch! Reheating leftovers is a breeze ;)
  

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Blessings!

Coach Chelsea