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Today is my daughter’s 9th birthday, so she is picking out all of our meals for today. For lunch, she wanted Cheeseburger Mac – a quick and simple recipe that builds on a box of shells & cheese and comes together in about 30 minutes. It’s quick comfort food, and perfect for today’s birthday lunch, or a busy weeknight dinner for four.
Quick Swaps
- Swap ground turkey or veggie crumbles for the ground beef
- Swap sour cream for the Greek yogurt
- Swap yellow mustard for the Dijon mustard
Shells & Cheese
This recipe uses a prepared box of Shells & Cheese. We like the organic variety from Aldi, but you can use your family’s favorite as long as it has a packet of cheese sauce and not the cheese powder.
Cheeseburger Mac
1 box of Shells & Cheese
1 lb ground beef
2 1/2 cups milk
1/3 cup ketchup
2 Tbsp dijon mustard
1 Tbsp onion powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/3 cup Greek yogurt
1/4 cup green onions
In a large skillet, brown the ground beef. Drain off the fat.
In a large measuring cup, combine the milk, ketchup, dijon mustard, onion powder, and garlic powder. Pour this mixture over the ground beef.
Add the shell pasta from your box of Shells & Cheese.
Cover and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the pasta is cooked and most of the liquid has been absorbed.
Turn off the heat. Stir in the cheese pouch and Greek yogurt.
Top with green onions and enjoy!
Cheeseburger Mac
Ingredients
- 1 box of Shells & Cheese
- 1 lb ground beef
- 2 1/2 cups milk
- 1/3 cup ketchup
- 2 Tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 Tbsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/3 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup green onions
Instructions
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In a large skillet, brown the ground beef. Drain off the fat.
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In a large measuring cup, combine the milk, ketchup, dijon mustard, onion powder, and garlic powder. Pour this mixture over the ground beef.
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Add the shell pasta from your box of Shells & Cheese.
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Cover and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the pasta is cooked and most of the liquid has been absorbed.
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Turn off the heat. Stir in the cheese pouch and Greek yogurt.
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Top with green onions and enjoy!
Sounds like a great comfort food. Thanks for joining the What’s for Dinner party! Hope we see you every week. Have a wonderful day.
Pinned- I love how easy but how comforting and filling this would be- I am going to try to find this at Aldi next trip!
It’s yummy and the kind of comfort food I remember having as a kid. Any boxed shells and cheese with the creamy cheese packet (not the powder) works really well.