Easy Cheese and Beef Melts
Do you suffer from dinner boredom? I love trying new things, but in all honestly, I don't have a whole lot of extra time during the week. This week though, I served up something tasty and creative. Enter Cheese and Beef Melts baked up to glorious perfection. I was more than pleasantly surprised after being challenged to make a meal with the Helper Free Ground Beef Rebate. Wait, what? Did she say free beef? I sure did! Don't worry, I'm going to share this easy and delish recipe AND tell you how to claim your free beef! Sweet, right? Who loves you best?
In case you have guess what the surprising filling is in these quick meaty pockets, let me tell you. It's Hamburger Helper! Oh yes, it is! (Didn't even think this was a.) a possibility and b.) that it would actually taste awesome.) I used the Hamburger Helper™ cheeseburger macaroni and some extra cheddar cheese to take these over the top. A little extra gooey cheese brings these right on home. Let's get to the how to make em' now.
Easy Cheese and Beef Melts
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 box Hamburger Helper™ cheeseburger macaroni
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
- 2 cans (16.3 oz) Pillsbury™ Grands!™ refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F. In a skillet, cook beef over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until brown; drain. Stir in chili powder. Stir in hot water and milk, sauce mix and uncooked pasta (from Hamburger Helper box). Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 14 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; uncover. Stir in all of the of the cheddar cheese.
- Press each biscuit into 6-inch round. Spoon meat mixture onto center of each round. Fold dough in half over filling; press to seal. Place on greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 9 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.
Nutrition Information
Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 2528Total Fat 112gSaturated Fat 57gCholesterol 377mgSodium 4857mgCarbohydrates 220gSugar 49gProtein 156g
Easy right? Dinner doesn't need to be a snooze-fest with easy shortcuts that actually taste good. That's my theory.
Voila! That's it!! Another great way to stretch your budget!
My fiance just printed the LUZIANNE POUR-N-STIR tea concentrate. She used coupons earlier to get a bunch of stuff at Rite-Aid including a blow dryer and a beard/moustache trimmer and makeup for about $3 and will get about $20 back in rebates. 🙂
I'd most like to print the coupon for the Philadelphia cream cheese. (I commented this but I am not sure if it registered or not.)
I'd like to print the Philadelphia cream cheese spread coupons.
I've already printed the coupon for the beef but I also want the coupon for the Kraft string cheese. It makes such a great snack.
I would probably print the Truvia coupon since my fiance likes that for coffee. She is the couponer in our house, so I just let her print what she wants and she saves us a huge amount of money each month.
I want the Temptations cat treats coupon.
Oh, YUM! I love anything with cheese and beef. This looks delicious!
That looks really really good! I'm going to go have to try it out. rebates on food are the best.
So easy and super delicious! Great recipe for weekends. We will be doing lots of entertaining this summer with my daughter going to college for the first time.
My kids love things like this. They love food that they deem fun to eat and anything in a pocket is fun to eat. I love the free beef coupon.
We make a similar version of this. Haven't yet tried the 'free beef' version though LOL Now that, I'm totally down for!
This sounds like a great weeknight meal that doesn't require a ton of effort but looks really tasty! Yum!
What a great recipe idea. I like how easy it looks to make.
That surprise ingredient is a good one. Those looks really tasty!
How creative! This is an awesome idea. Thanks for the coupon as well!
Mmm, these look delcious. I love easy to eat (and clean up) meals like this!
This is an awesome idea for the weekends here@ We love to make special snack-type dishes that will last us from one meal to the next!
This is a fantastic coupon. I will have to try this recipe it looks delicious. My family will love them.
These look great! I would make burgers on the grill for sure!
Well that certainly sounds delicious. I think this would be a fun one to try!
My hubby would probably really enjoy these. I love using the croissant dough for things like this. It's a quick and easy meal.
Yum! I would never have thought to put hamburger helper inside the biscuits!
Those look really good! I never would have thought to do that with Hamburger Helper. Thanks for sharing the great deal on free beef!
Oh wow, that is a surprise - a nice surprise! I can't wait to try this one out!
This is genius. I am going to surprise my husband with this!
Okay, these are seriously genius! My son would LOVE the surprise of Hamburger helper in the middle!
I love how you used Hamburger Helper in such unique way. My kids would love this! And the rebate is awesome, too!!
Thanks for sharing this. We are huge Hamburger Helper fans around here. This will definitely come in handy.
Yum! These look so good! Who knew you could do this with Hamburger Helper. And who can say no to free beef?!?!