All the Single Ladies (Put Some Meat on it)

I'm willing to wager that Beyonce hasn't eaten Hamburger Helper. Like, ever.

Nevertheless, she was fist-bumping the Hamburger Hand & a food bank a couple of years ago in order to help fight hunger. So that inspired me last night as I was channelling my inner "Sasha Fierce" to fight the hunger in MY house.

No, I wasn't wearing any sparkly Swarovski-encrusted evening gowns or heels as high as a yardstick or tons of high-glam makeup. But I was wearing a supershort pajama skirt, an old ratty t-shirt with no bra, and some smeared mascara leftover from the day. I even did a lot of wild & crazy dance moves for the baby in order to quiet down her screaming episode while I decided what to cook (which totally worked, by the way).

After my last "Bills, Bills, Bills" chorus, I whipped open the cupboard and immediately caught sight of a box of the HH.

The Hamburger Helper people lied to me. What was supposed to take 10 minutes according to the directions on the box, took about 20. Well maybe that's because I didn't add enough water or milk. And maybe it's because I selected medium low heat instead of "simmer", which gave me tons of undercooked stroganoff noodles. I learned a lesson the hard way that you should actually follow the directions on these box of things. Who knew?

I used ground turkey meat instead of ground beef and once the noodles finally cooked all the way through I added some shredded cheddar cheese. We scarfed it up! The baby even yelled at me to give her some more, so you know it must have been very tasty. The best part of cooking this meal was getting to use my Mix-n-Chop utensil on the meat. I highly recommend you get one!

I'm sure Beyonce's 5-star chef uses one of them to give her perfect-looking meat in all of her perfect-looking meals that she eats in her perfect little mansion.