re: Childhood "throw backs"

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Once a year, I have to break down and make Hamburger Helper Beef Noodle

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I've been waiting for the hamburger helper post.... Our go to was the potato stroganoff... Threw in a teeny can of mushrooms (pieces and stems, lol)

I still fix some of the above listed things. Two that haven't been mentioned yet- smoked sausage fried in a pan with a side of blue box kraft mac and cheese

open faced cheese toast with a can of heated cream of mushroom soup poured over

pear with mayo, sharp cheddar, and iceberg was also made with pineapple

Chef Boyardee Cheese Pizza from the box.

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Buttered bread with a little sugar on it.

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We used to have buttered toast with cinnamon sugar on it. I haven’t had that in ages but it was pretty good. I should probably have it again because the last time I went to Penzey’s to stock up on peppercorns they gave me a little shaker of cinnamon sugar as a bonus gift. Ooooh, thanks so much! Like I can’t make my own cinnamon sugar. What they gave me was a spice shaker jar that I’ll probably eventually empty and use for something else like crushed dried peppers.

Here’s another thing, and this is borderline obscene. My mom used to bake a lot of cakes and decorate them with frosting (some people call it icing) that was made from Crisco, powdered sugar, a little vanilla extract, and then colored with food coloring. There was always leftover frosting which my mom kept in Tupperware containers in the fridge. She taught me that you could make a sandwich by spreading the frosting on bread and sprinkling cinnamon sugar on it. It tasted a lot like a cinnamon roll. I used to come home from school, make one of those, and then lie down on the floor in front of the tv. I’m sure that had nothing to do with why I developed a weight problem.

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Chef Boyardee Cheese Pizza from the box.

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That was considered a special treat since you had to "make" the crust. It was fun project.

Once in a blue moon, I will buy a box and make one doctored up, but you still get that familiar taste.

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My mom didn't like to cook and from middle school on, I did a lot of cooking. Mostly the hamburger and tuna helper kind of stuff, sometimes with a mix, sometimes just winging it.

I occasionally throw together some pasta, cheese, tuna, and peas or make fried bologna and cheese sandwiches. Her Velveeta mac and cheese or eggplant casserole was good too.

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My dad used to work shift work, when he worked nights my mom would just open a couple of cans of pork and beans and do some burgers on top the stove. I still make that on occasion

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My dad worked shift work in plants as well. When he worked dogs he would come home with fresh made biscuits. If you asked me at the time what they produced at the plant, I would’ve said biscuits and flashlights.

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SUmomma

Made some pigs in the blanket for the kids today.

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my kids are grown but still request little smokies wrapped in biscuits for breakfast when they are home (our version of pigs in a blanket)

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Chef Boyardee Cheese Pizza from the box.

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We used to have that. We eventually decided we liked Appian Way better. But we’d add Hormel pepperoni, some partially browned and drained ground beef, then add Kraft shredded mozzarella cheese halfway through baking. I haven’t made that in years.

I’ve thought about giving it a shot again but I have a lot of pizza joints around me. There are three new ones close by that I haven’t tried yet. I don’t think any of them are major chain stores. But speaking of chain stores, I don’t know if you have Romeo’s Pizza near you but when I tried it I thought their sauce tasted like Chef Boyardee’s.