25 Forgotten Back of the Box Dinners Every 1970s Mom Made Without Ever Opening a Cookbook!

Hamburger Helper in the electric skillet, Quaker Oats meatloaf with ketchup on top, and crescent dogs that went POP out of the can. In 1971, ground beef prices across America were climbing and General Mills launched Hamburger Helper, and by the end of the decade the most-used cookbook in the American kitchen wasn’t a cookbook at all. It was the back of the box. These are 25 forgotten back-of-the-box dinners every 1970s mom made without ever opening a cookbook, real American food history and old fashioned recipes from boxes, cans, jars and envelopes, back when one pound of hamburger and one recipe clipped from the cabinet door fed the whole family by six o’clock. In this video you’ll rediscover these forgotten 1970s back-of-the-box recipes: Hamburger Helper Cheeseburger Macaroni, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese with Hot Dogs, Taco Night from the Seasoning Packet, Quaker Oats Prize-Winning Meatloaf, Lipton Onion Soup Burgers, Ragú Lasagna, Bisquick Impossible Cheeseburger Pie, Kellogg’s Corn Flake Oven-Fried Chicken, Pillsbury Crescent Dogs, Spam Glazed Loaf, Chef Boyardee Pizza Kit, Dole Sweet and Sour Chicken, Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast, Wish-Bone Italian Chicken, Hormel Chili Mac, Lipton Onion-Baked Chicken, Apricot Russian Chicken, La Choy Chop Suey, Kraft Tangy Italian Spaghetti Dinner, Minute Rice Spanish Rice, American Goulash, Canned Salmon Patties, Jiffy Tamale Pie, A.1. London Broil, and the recipe so many moms clipped and taped inside the cabinet door: Open Pit Barbecue Chicken. Which back-of-the-box dinner did your mom make the most? Drop a comment and tell us. We read every single one. This channel is dedicated to American food history, forgotten recipes, and the nostalgia of the good old days. Subscribe so you never miss a trip back to the food that made America. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more forgotten recipes and vintage American food history every week. #dinner #1970s #ForgottenRecipes #1970s #BackOfTheBoxRecipes #AmericanFoodHistory #OldFashionedRecipes #VintageRecipes #RetroRecipes #70sFood #GoodOldDays #Nostalgia