cjan -> RE: How do I mimic boxed hamburger helper, from scratch? (1/30/2009 1:14:51 PM)
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I would use oregano, cumin, fennel and garlic powder with salt and pepper, diced onions and diced bell peppers. Mix all the above and some ground breakfast sausage in your ground beef and brown until it starts to carmelize. Drain the fat. Then add in your cooked pasta and more of the above seasonings. Add brown gravy mix or mushroom soup on top Good ideas all, LunaVenus. I season everything I make, but I get the impression that Yourhandmyass isn't fond of cooking. For novice or folks that cook once in awhile, I suggest three seasonings. Invest in a pepper grinder (so much better than regular packaged 2 blend pepper), salt (I'd say sea salt, but I think it's overrated frankly), and Mrs. Dash. Mrs. Dash is great for seasoning if you don't know how to cook well. I used to think the same about sea salt. I would scoff and say, "it's all in yer heads!" But then, a few months ago, I found some Old Thomson sea salt I had back in the pantry when I was cleaning my kitchen (still cleaning - deep cleaning, pulling dust out of the cabinet panel/stile joints and such) and tasted it. Hmmm! says I. Tastes kinda sweet! So I tasted it next to Morton's, rinsing with water between tastes. There WAS a difference. I'm told it's because of the CaCl2, theory is it falls on a different place on the tongue. Maybe, maybe not. Could be a "placebo effect", too. I just know I perceive a difference. Now I'll use the Thomson's for delicate cooking, the Morton's for a pot of beans or the like (and the iodine), and Himalayan sea salt for salads and fresh stuff. The Himalayan is cool; some of the crystals are pinkish, like rose quartz. Makes an ok cut for Bolivian Marching Powder, in a pinch, too. The pink crystals and all, yanno. Does burn some, but, some peeps like dat.
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