Isn’t ultra processed crap like that normally pretty expensive though? I find its always cheaper to make a cheese sauce and some pasta myself and doesn’t require ultra processed ingredients.
This probably takes about as much time as hamburger helper out of the box does. And yes, I know not everyone is going to have those ingredients on hand, but most people who keep their pantry stocked with the basics are going to have everything.
Isn’t ultra processed crap like that normally pretty expensive though? I find its always cheaper to make a cheese sauce and some pasta myself and doesn’t require ultra processed ingredients.
You’re forgetting time. Cooking from scratch takes time that many ppl can’t afford. I think we forget how closely linked freetime and wealth are
https://www.daringgourmet.com/homemade-hamburger-helper-cheeseburger-macaroni/#recipe
This probably takes about as much time as hamburger helper out of the box does. And yes, I know not everyone is going to have those ingredients on hand, but most people who keep their pantry stocked with the basics are going to have everything.
https://youtu.be/V-a9VDIbZCU
This video exactly explains the thing you’re missing about it
Or I can just buy hamburger helper and some hotdogs for $4 instead. So I save time and money.
Also if I live in a food desert god help you if you’re able to get any of this stuff in the recipe in a reasonable amount of time/at all
It’s crazy to me that the so-called “greatest country on earth” has normalized the term “food desert”.
Sounds like something ripped straight out of the Maoist era of China, unreal.
Never heard of a food desert before, I live in Europe.