Very good

It's not as good as the regular kind but for the simplicity I give it 4 stars. My only gripe is the servings are so small. An adult could probably eat 4 packs at once. The meat is a little weird looking being these little brown pebbles but they taste ok. Also, the noodles come out better the regular way because this microwave style forces you to overcook the noodles. It may be possible to get it right but I haven't experimented with it. Overall, for the simplicity of how easy it is to eat something tasty this is a really good product.

[Tuesday, December 30, 2008]

My 12-year old son LOVES this stuff.

I don't think it looks or smells particularly appealing, and I have not tasted it. My son, however, thinks it's darn near the best stuff in the world.

After he had some at a friend's house and came home raving about it, I (reluctantly) bought a box for his use as an after-school snack. According to him, it's the kind of quick food that staves off after-school hunger so severe that it will actually kill a 12-year old boy if he doesn't counteract it by eating something the second he arrives home. (After all, dinner is still a couple hours away; FAR too long to save a hungry, growing boy from complete starvation.)

At his request, I bought him a box of Cheeseburger Mac Hamburger Helper Microwave Singles at our local grocery store. A few weeks later I went back, intending to purchase more. Unfortunately, they were out. I asked a store clerk when they would have it back in stock and was told that *that* product would no longer be carried. None of the flavors. We have two grocery stores in our town; I checked the other grocery store with the same result.

Odd. Unfortunate. I suspect that this may prove to be one of those products that just don't make it, for some reason.

Too bad. It's great kid-quick food, food that they can make themselves, food they will eat and not toy with before tossing away, and food that actually has a modicum of food value to it instead of a load of completely empty calories.

So I'm going online to buy up a bunch of this product before disappears completely.

[Tuesday, November 25, 2008]

can be good if veeerrrrrrrry hungry

i actually got a free sample packet in the mail. i should not have followed the directions. my bowl was very hot i had to use pot holders to take it out, and the sauce was dried up around the noodles, and the noodles were still hard. maybe because i was super hungry but through the crunching and chewing, it had some flavor. i figure if i actually do buy this instead of nuking it (which i really am not a fan of microwaving anything) i will prepare it stovetop, with 3/4 cup of close to but not boiling water then throw in the pack and stir and cover. i figure with a cover, the steaming process will make the noodles softer. in the microwave there was just the bowl with no lid, and all the water just evaporated.

Another thing i want to say, is i was ready to give this stuff another chance until, i read the nutrition label and saw there is trans fat in it! why on earth there needs to be trans fat in a product geared at growing bodies i have no idea. oh please hamburger helper, make a trans fat free version. until then, my arteries are frowning at you!

[Monday, June 30, 2008]

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