Home from work after a long day. Barely a fresh vegetable left in the house. A hungry family. What’s a determined-to-feed-her-family-healthier Momma to do?
Hit her pantry, of course!
I whipped up this crowd pleaser tonight using only 6 ingredients with nothing defrosted or planned in about 20 minutes. Take that tempting drive-thru. Take THAT!
Both husband and child ate with NO complaints. I got a 4 year old "It’s Good! I like the chicken*" and a "This is delicious." from the husband.
*Note: The little guy still hasn’t left the "It’s all just chicken to me" stage. ;~)
Here’s what I did…
- 6 oz of whole wheat noodles
- About 2/3 of a pound of top sirloin (that’s just what I had in my freezer)
- 1 tbsp whole wheat flour
- 1 can of French Onion Soup (like Progresso 18.5 oz)
- 1 8oz can of mushrooms
- About 3 cups of frozen peas
Here’s all the ingredients
Bring a pot of water to a boil and prepare the noodles according to package.
Cut the beef into thin slices. My meat wasn’t defrosted so I just popped it into the microwave for a minute and it was super easy to cut.
Mix the flour into the can of onion soup. This will help thicken a bit to make the "gravy."
Heat a skillet over medium high heat and brown the beef.
Add the can of onion soup.
Add the can of mushrooms.
Bring to a boil then lower to medium and cook until the "gravy" thickens. About 5 minutes.
Now.. I’d add the peas to the pot and cook for another minute before serving…
BUT the husband isn’t a all mixed up kind of guy. So I through them in a bowl and popped them in the microwave instead. Sometimes you just need to compromise. :)
For some reason I was having trouble calculating the nutritional information on this one so if anyone wants to double check me I’d appreciate it. I split the meal into 3 BIG servings to be realistic but you couldn’t certainly feed 4 just by bumping up the amount of beef or noodles slightly. Or leave them the same and have a lighter meal.
| Servings | Amt per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1/3 of the recipe | ||
| Calories | Fat | Fiber | WWPs |
| 450 | 10g | 11g | 9 |
| Sugar | Sat Fat | Carbs | Protein |
| 8g | 3.4g | 54g | 42g |
Hi Roni,
I actually think my hubby would eat this, he’s not a big whole wheat noodle fan but at least he would eat it with the regular noodles! I will have to try it sometime! Thanks!
I make something similar but with chicken. I use chicken broth and a couple of tablespoons of dry onion soup mix in place of the canned onion soup and then add some fat free sour cream for a stroganoff style meal. I serve it over those same noodles too!
i have made so many meals with the healthy harvest egg noodles. i love them!
That looks delicious.
I made something kind of similar this week too using the same exact noodles. Mine had frozen corn and creamed spinach (the Green Giant kind that is low fat) plus the healthier version of Campbell’s Cream of Chicken Soup and cooked pieces of chicken. It was tasty as well and if I had patience I could have baked it for more of a casserole-y type effect I think.
I had it as leftovers a few days later adding cheese and garlic powder, and it almost tasted like an alfredo that way. Good either way though.
P.S. Your beef version looks awesome though and now I want to try that too. The noodles are great to have on hand.
Ok, so I’ll stop posting, I swear! But one more thing you can do that is soooo goood is use the wheat spaghetti noodles and cook up a ground turkey and chili bean mix to serve over it with a bit of cheese and ketchup. SOOOOOO good. And tastes naughty too. I got the inspiration from Steak and Shake’s much greasier version.
I’d love it if you offered a print friendly version of the recipes. Do you have one that I’m just missing?
Thanks!
I agree with Loren! You have so many great recipes. It would be AWESOME if you had a printer friendly version option. This is a fantastic recipe. And the fact that you were able to throw it together in 20 minutes is amazing!
Loren and Nancy,
Print… you may be surprised. :)
This looks delicious and seems oh so simple to make.
My husband would LOOOOVE this. I’ll try it next week.
Thanks Roni. It did print better than I expected.
I made this last night and it was SO good. Great idea to use the French Onion soup to make the gravy!
I used okra instead of peas which made me able to omit the flour,cause the okra will thicken it.
Great idea! I may try that and see of I can get my family to eat okra! Does it stay slimy in something like this?
MINE DID NOT REALLY GET SLIMEY. I USED FRESH OKRA SO THAT MAY BE WHY,SEEMS LIKE THE FROKEN IS LOTS SLIMIER