Super easy to make!! I cooked the pasta, browned the onions & hamburger & combined all ingrediants in my crock pot. I added crushed saltines & parmesean, italian seasoning with a tsp. of melted butter to put on top.

An ok basic recipe for a homemade hamburger helper type dinner, but I found that I needed to do a LOT of doctoring up to the recipe. I used a can of diced tomatoes for the tomato juice, ground turkey for the ground beef, whole wheat spiral noodles for the regular pasta, beef broth for the beef stock, 1 green pepper chopped instead of the celery stalk, light sour cream for regular sour cream, didn't add the sherry and added about 1 Tsp of cumin, season all, and 2 Tsp of garlic powder. I also had to add about 1/2 Tbps of cornstarch in the last 10 mins of cooking because it looked way too watery. I perfer and trust making my own versions (so I can control the fat and sodium better) of packaged meals like hamburger helper so this worked for me. But if you want to save time I'd go for the packaged helper meal cause this recipe isn't anything special.

Was really watery for me... :-S

A good start for a great meal. The original recipe is a bit soupy but I added some flour to make it heavier. I also added red and yellow bell peppers and mushrooms and it turned out great.

I've never tried Hamburger Helper, so I can't comment on that. However, I just got up from the table after trying this recipe and it was simply delicious. As recommended below, I didn't use water, but used a total of 2 cups of tomato juice and 2 cups of beef broth (didn't have any beef stock handy). I think that using the water would dilute the wonderful blend of flavors. We don't do celery, so I didn't put in the celery salt, but added 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt and 1/4 teaspoon garlic granules. Also, I used ziti for the pasta (that's what I had on hand) and it was done in about 25 minutes. The sour cream and sherry at the end gave it a very smooth and sophisticated flavor and the parsley adds a little freshness. With those changes, this becomes a 5-star rated quickie dish. This one goes into the ranch's cooking binders! Thanks!

This was a decent basic recipe! My kids loved it! They love hamburger helper. So that should explain it! We will make it again!

I love all the comments about Hamburger Helper. Where did you think Hamburger Helper came from? Serious generation gap thing here, lol! I can still hear my mother saying she wasn't going to pay good money for that boxed stuff when she could make better hamburger skillet herself. That said, I really liked this. I did make a couple of changes. I added 1/2 tsp. of garlic powder and used V8 because that's what I had in the house; no tomato juice. I also had no sherry, and didn't substitute anything. Oh, and I used butter not margerine. I'm looking forward to making it as written next time when I have the right ingredients.

I don't measure...so mine was a little fluid, so I just simmered longer to thicken. Nice last-minute, low- on-groceries meal. And yeah...kinda Hamburger Helper-like.

This is a great tasting and easy weekday meal. I did use V8, and added in extra Worcestshire sauce, but I didn't use the sherry. I also eliminated the water and replaced it with more beef stock. For those who like to cut back on the fat, make sure to drain the meat before adding in the rest of the ingredients because this isn't noted in the directions. This is a favorite at my house and I have made it again and again. There are never any leftovers.

Yuck! I thought this would be a nice filling meal for the family, but no one could choke down more than a few bites. We all filled up on bread instead!

flavor was ok, I added peas and carrots and added more beef stock instead of water, otherwise followed the recipe. Nothing spectacular but for a quick weeknight meal this one will be made again.

So I've already reviewed this once. Just wanted to say that I add two carrots, two zucchinis, and a red pepper (all diced) to my mince. An easy way to get kids (and my husband) to eat veggies.

good

this was pretty good for what it was. i used more tomato juice and beef stock instead of the water and i garlic salted and cajun seasoned it pretty well. it was better than hamburger helper which is what most of the reviews compare it to.

I like anything you can make in one skillet and this was very easy to make. I used some ziti instead of rotini, which took longer to cook. The sour cream and sherry are what really make this good. Next time I will double for more leftovers.

We really enjoyed this recipe. I used V-8 juice instead of reg. tomato juice and I used garlic powder and salt instead of celery salt. Definately will put this on my regular recipe rotation!

Was looking for something to make when i was almost completely out of groceries. SO mine got made with 8oz of tomato paste and just the 1 cup of water needed to melt the bouillon cubes. I did have sherry but had to use celery seed, instead of celery salt and real mayonnaise instead of sour cream.....surprisingly it was quite good....texture was nice and thik and the whole family gobbled it down...Dont get me wrong, i wouldnt fix it for company but it was very nice alternative for low grocery day.