Hamburger Budget Stretch

4Susan's Note:

When money is tight this will stretch your hamburger meat. It's another recipe from my favorite cook book - Stories & Recipes of the Great Depression by Rita Van Amber. This recipe is attributed to Alma Smith of Woodville, WI. She wrote: "This was a popular dish when meat was rationed through the war." Use what you need in whatever dish you're making and freeze the rest.

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 lb hamburger
• 2 cups oatmeal
• 1/4 cup onion, grated
• 1 egg

Directions:

1. Mix and season to taste; Alma's recipe called for "some" onion, so use however much you'd like.

Reviews

[Briteyz]

Based on the reviews I only used one cup of oatmeal also, and I used quick oats, because its what I had. It worked out great. Since I'm feeding 2 more this is a big help! Thanks!

[Chef #765036]

Based on the reviews I only used one cup of oatmeal, and I used the quick oats. this was great, I feel like it almost doubled the amount of meat I had to begin with, and I couldn't tell a difference with the meal I made.

[WI Cheesehead]

I am trying to budget my meals, so this was great. I used dried onions and added some Worc. sauce and seasonings. I had lean ground turkey and it was hard to tell if it was browned, but I put it in a baked bean dish and it turned out well. I will probably do this for a majority of my ground turkey now. Thanks!