Review::This ain’t your mama’s Hamburger Helper!

**WINNERS have been chosen! See below in the comments! Send your address to christy@shrinkingjeans.net to claim your giftcard!**

We first told you about The Healthy Pantry during our Shrink-a-Versary Extravaganza month of giveaways. Melissa was sent a gift pack of products to try, and I was so intrigued by their concept (HELLO, quick 10-minute healthy meals with all the ingredients in a box!) I decided to place an emergency order! Keith, founder and CEO-extraordiare of The Healthy Pantry, was even kind enough to put a rush on my order so I wouldn’t have to wait a minute longer. He’s cool like that!

When the box arrived on my front step, I opened it and inside were 6 smallish boxes, all uniform and perfect! Inside each box were the ingredients for healthy, delicious and EASY meals. All I needed to provide were a couple of ingredients, and *voila*, dinner was served. I first dove into the Skillet Lasagna, and it didn’t disappoint. Cheesy yumminess the kids completely loved!

My next foray was with the Asian turkey burgers. I didn’t have ground turkey on hand, so I used 97% lean ground beef, mixed 1 of my own eggs, and the seasoning packet and hoisin sauce provided by The Healthy Pantry. After the patties were made, I put them in a skillet to cook, and then started on the fried rice. Also included in the box was cook and serve brown rice, a seasoning packet, and I had to scramble 2 of my own eggs to go with. I threw it all in a small sauce pan with some water, let it simmer and by the time my burgers were done, we had honest to goodness “fried” rice. It even tasted totally legit! The burgers were different, and definitely had an Asian flair, but they weren’t so different that my kids wouldn’t eat them. I served them up on whole wheat hamburger buns, with a slice of provolone cheese, lettuce and tomatoes. A bottle of hoisin sauce was included in the meal kit, so we used that as a condiment/dip. My kids inhaled their dinners and my husband was scraping the pan for the last tidbits of rice. I call that a successful dinner!

Best part? It’s HEALTHY. Okay, healthy is tied for EASY on this one.

Would you love to try The Healthy Pantry? Well, you’re in luck! Keith is kind enough to offer not one, but TWO $25 gift cards for a giveaway today. That’s right, there will be 2 lucky winners.

Here’s how to enter:

1. Visit The Healthy Pantry and tell us what you would buy if you won the $25 gift card.
2. Tweet about this giveaway using the following pre-written tweet:
   @shrinkingjeans & @healthy_pantry want you to kick off the new year with healthy & easy meals. Win a $25 GF NOW! http://tinyurl.com/y86j5hz
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5. Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry!

This giveaway will end on December 29th at midnight Pacific time. The winners will be randomly selected and announced the following day!

Disclosure: The Healthy Pantry is providing 2 $25 gift cards for 2 separate winners. The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans was not paid for this review. Christy was provide with 2 bonus meals in her paid order, and one of them was the Asian Turkey Burgers. That is all.

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