Italian Sausage Hamburger Helper Soup Recipes

ITALIAN SAUSAGE HAMBURGER HELPER SOUP

Steps:

• Spray the inside of a stockpot, with a no-stick cooking spray.
• To the pot, add the sausage, and season it with a bit of black pepper, if desired. (Do not add salt to this recipe!).
• Brown the sausage over medium heat; stirring to break up the meat.
• While the sausage is browning, cook the frozen green beans in a microwave, till they are about three quarters of the way done; drain beans and set them aside. (I cooked the beans in an 850 watt microwave for 6 minutes, but stirring them after 3 minutes I also season the beans with a bit of black pepper).
• When sausage is done browning, then drain it in a colander.
• To the stockpot, lightly saute' the onions for a minute or two. (Add a bit of vegetable oil if need be).
• Add garlic to the pot, and saute' the garlic for about 1 minute.
• Place sausage back into the pot, then sprinkle the seasoning packet from the hamburger helper over all, and stir to coat the meat.
• To the pot add the following ingredients: the beef broth, one and a half soup cans of water, the stewed tomatoes, sliced baby carrots, zucchini, green beans, the Italian seasoning, and the rotini pasta that's included in the boxed hamburger helper.
• Bring soup to a boil, then lower the heat, and simmer the soup for about 14 minutes.
• Remove soup from heat, stir the soup, and serve.
• If desired, sprinkle each bowl of soup with a bit of the parmesan cheese.
• Note: I noticed after cooking the soup, the carrots seemed to be slightly crisp. For those who'd prefer them to be a bit more cooked, I would do the following after adding the cooked meat, the seasoning packet, onion, garlic, broth, water, and just the carrots to the stockpot. Bring those ingredients to a boil, then lower the heat, and simmer it for 5 minutes. Then add the remaining ingredients, (the stewed tomatoes, zucchini, green beans and Italian seasoning) and bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat, and simmer the soup for about 14 minutes.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE HAMBURGER HELPER SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Spray the inside of a stock-pot, with a no-stick cooking spray.
• 2. To the pot, add the sausage, and season it with a bit of black pepper, if desired. (Do not add salt to this recipe!)
• 3. Brown the sausage over medium heat; stirring to break up the meat.
• 4. While the sausage is browning, cook the frozen green beans in a microwave, till they are about three quarters of the way done; drain beans and set them aside. (I cooked the beans in an 850 watt microwave for 6 minutes, but stirring them after 3 minutes I also season the beans with a bit of black pepper).
• 5. When sausage is done browning, then drain it in a colander.
• 6. To the stockpot, lightly sauté the onions for a minute or two. (Add a bit of vegetable oil if need be.)
• 7. Add garlic to the pot, and sauté the garlic for about 1 minute.
• 8. Place sausage back into the pot, then sprinkle the seasoning packet from the hamburger helper over all, and stir to coat the meat.
• 9. To the pot add the following ingredients: the beef broth, one and a half soup cans of water, the stewed tomatoes, sliced baby carrots, zucchini, green beans, the Italian seasoning, and the rotini pasta that's included in the boxed hamburger helper.
• 10. Bring soup to a boil, then lower the heat, and simmer the soup for about 14 minutes.
• 11. Remove soup from heat, stir the soup, and serve.
• 12. If desired, sprinkle each bowl of soup with a bit of the parmesan cheese.
• 13. Note: I noticed after cooking the soup, the carrots seemed to be slightly crisp. For those who'd prefer them to be a bit more cooked, I would do the following after adding the cooked meat, the seasoning packet, onion, garlic, broth, water, and just the carrots to the stockpot. Bring those ingredients to a boil, then lower the heat, and simmer it for 5 minutes. Then add the remaining ingredients, (the stewed tomatoes, zucchini, green beans and Italian seasoning) and bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat, and simmer the soup for about 14 minutes.

HAMBURGER HELPER LASAGNA SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Spray the inside of a Dutch oven or soup kettle, with a no-stick cooking spray.
• 2. In the Dutch oven or kettle, add the ground beef, and season beef with a bit of black pepper. (Do not add salt to this recipe!)
• 3. Brown the ground beef three quarters of the way, over medium heat; stirring to break up the meat.
• 4. Add the onions, and sprinkle onions with a bit of the pepper, then add the garlic.
• 5. Finish browning the beef and cooking the onions and garlic, this will just take a minute or two.
• 6. Add the following ingredients to the kettle of cooked beef, the seasoning packet from the boxed hamburger helper, the beef broth, stewed tomatoes, the Rotel Tomatoes, whole kernel corn, zucchini, and the Italian seasoning.
• 7. Bring soup to a boil; stirring the soup occasionally.
• 8. Reduce the heat, cover, and simmer the soup for 10 minutes; stirring the soup occasionally.
• 9. Add the uncooked noodles to the Dutch oven or kettle. Bring soup to a second boil, then reduce the heat to a low simmer, cover, and simmer the soup for 15 minutes.
• 10. Remove soup from heat, stir the soup, and serve.
• 11. Top each bowl of soup, with a sprinkle of the grated parmesan cheese.
• 12. *Note: For this recipe, I used "seasoned" ground pork sausage, which already has garlic, onion, ground sage, salt, and black pepper added to it, but you could substitute ground beef for the sausage. Also, any leftovers reheated, will have the consistency of a goulash, rather than a soup.

SAUSAGE LASAGNA SOUP

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven or saucepan, cook sausage, onion and garlic over medium-high heat 4 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is thoroughly cooked; drain. Add mushrooms; cook 2 minutes longer.
• Stir in sauce mix (from Hamburger Helper™ box), tomatoes, tomato paste, water, pepper flakes and pepper. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Reduce heat. Cover; simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in uncooked pasta (from Hamburger Helper™ box) and spinach. Cover; cook 10 minutes longer or until pasta is tender. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

ZANG! HAMBURGER AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Brown ground beef and sausage in a frying pan, then drain well.
• Add all ingredients, except the macaroni, to a crock-pot.
• Cook on low setting for 8-16 hours.
• One hour before serving, turn setting to high and add macaroni.
• Serve with Parmesan cheese.