Hamburger Helper

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The Helping Hand in a Hamburger Helper commercial

Hamburger Helper is a brand of boxed meal product intended to be cooked with added ground beef or hamburger (not included). It is produced by General Mills and sold under its Betty Crocker brand.

In 2005 the American-based Food Network listed Hamburger Helper as number three in its list of the top five fad foods of the 1970s.

Hamburger Helper is available in numerous flavors including:

Beef Pasta (formerly called "Beef Noodle")
Cheeseburger Macaroni
Lasagna
Beef Stroganoff
Spaghetti
Beef & Garlic Potatoes (includes dehydrated potato slices)
Rice Oriental
Beef Romanoff
Salisbury
Three Cheese
Cheddar Cheese Melt
Four Cheese Lasagna
Macaroni Cheese & Hotdogs
Cheesy Nacho
Cheesy Italian Shells
Chili Macaroni
Cheesy Enchilada
Crunchy Taco
Cheesy Jambalaya
Potato Stroganoff
Philly Cheesesteak

Other flavors that are intended to be served with tuna or chicken are sold under the Tuna Helper and Chicken Helper brand names.

Some vegetarians use artificial ground beef (usually soy-based) instead of geniune meat when preparing Hamburger Helper. Ground lamb or turkey meat can also be substituted by those intolerant of beef or simply for a different taste.

Its mascot is the Helping Hand, an anthropomorphic animated glove, which appears in the product's television commercials and on the packages.

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