No offense meant. When we were kids and when my kids were very young we did the "chili mac" thing as well. spag sauce with fried hamburger/meat mixed with whatever noodles we had that weren't spaghetti noodles. Elbows worked as did shells or rotini... Then hamburger helper became the thing to do for quick "healthy" meals. Course we'd eat any of the above year round. Didn't require cooler temps for it to be the meal of choice. Still have boxes of H Helper in the pantry, even though it doesn't taste as good to me anymore and I don't really care for it as much as I once did. Not that I've got healthier or smarter... just older and changed tastes.
