This is one of my kids favorite meals – Colin eats a ton. Its really easy to make, inexpensive, makes great leftovers and you probably have most of the ingredients laying around the house. (I actually don't have a recipe for this – these are all guesstimates! If you brown the ground beef the night before, you can have dinner on the table in 20 minutes!
Hearty Beef and Macaroni
1/2 cup diced onion
1/2 lb lean ground beef
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 cup elbow macaroni
1 cup very hot water
1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tsp Italian seasoning
Brown onion in a saucepan with the beef. Drain. Add garlic and saute for a minute or so. Add pasta, water, diced tomatoes and ketchup and stir. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes until pasta is tender.
Serve with shredded cheese, crusty bread and salad.
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I’ll have to try this – it sounds like something A will actually eat! Do you cook the pasta first or throw it in hard out of the box?
Just throw it right in – it cooks in the sauce.
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