We never had Hamburger Helper when I was growing up – not that it wasn’t available, but Mom scorned such things. Luckily, though, we had Vera Hinman’s Noodle dish so we didn’t feel too deprived. And this is a family pleasing, one skillet, and fast meal to get on the table!
Vera Hinman’s Noodle Dish, simple & quick ground beef & noodles
This is plain, good home-cooking at it’s best. Seriously tasty, and under 30 minutes to get on the table. It’s also a perfect example how a home-made dish can beat out a box by a long shot, in quality, taste, and price. We loved it as kids, enough so we always kept the name, Vera Hinman’s Noodle dish. I still love it today.
The funny thing is, for decades, I never knew who this Vera Hinman was. I searched around and googled (I just couldn’t let it go) and finally found that Mom got the recipe from the Des Moines Register, 28 of June 1970.
Vera Hinman’s Noodle Dish, simple & quick ground beef & noodles
Vera Hinman and her friend, Flo Hopewell (I still make Flo’s Cheesy Bacon Foil Potatoes) were both featured. The two families and two best friends lived on houseboats, at least part of the year, near Muscatine, Iowa.
Vera’s Noodle Dish is not too fancy but it is downright comforting: Thank you, Vera! If you’d like this with a bit of spiciness, add a few dashes of hot sauce.
Vera Hinman’s Noodle Dish, simple & quick ground beef & noodles
Vera Hinman’s Noodle Dish
A very simple, very quick & very scrumptious down-home mix of ground beef & noodles. Add additional spices if you’d like or pass the hot sauce for those who appreciate it.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 17 minutes
- Yield: 4 - 8 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 1/2 bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 cups v-8® vegetable juice or tomato juice
- 2 cups water
- 8 ounces egg noodles, wide
Instructions
In a Dutch oven, brown hamburger, drain. Add vegetables and seasonings, and cook until onion is tender.
Add juice and water, bring to a boil. Add noodles and simmer until cooked through, about 15 – 20 minutes. If needed, use a spatula to bring up the noodles from the bottom, turning over, once or twice. Don’t actually “stir” or this could end up mushy.
If this becomes too dry, add a bit more water.
Notes
Add cheese if you’d like.
Nutrition
- Calories: 278
- Sodium: 258mg
- Fat: 13g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 15g
- Cholesterol: 69mg
Let’s talk about how to save money/time on Vera Hinman’s Noodle Dish
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- Read {Strategies Applied} for additional tips as well as throughout the recipe, for saving time and managing food.
Put Your Own Spin on Vera Hinman’s Noodle Dish
- As long as the proportion of liquid to noodles remains the same, you can vary your ingredients by season, add more or less, or put in whatever you like.
- The original recipe called for jarred mushrooms, but we omitted them…put them back in, or saute your own and add if you like them.
- The small amount of seasoning lets the flavors shine through – you can certainly up the spiciness and add anything you’d like to flavor this.
- My son likes his with cheese; personally, I think that’s an abomination, but I let it go because he doesn’t know he’s eating veggies!
Last priced October 2011 for about $2.38.
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