Ground Beef and Macaroni Medley

Submitted by Julie Bs Hive

"Got a bag of frozen mixed vegetables on hand? A pound of hamburger? Chances are the other ingredients are already in your pantry. This meal-in-one dish is sure to please and comes in handy on those busy, busy evenings."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 small onion, minced
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes with juice
• 1⁄2 cup uncooked elbow macaroni
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil leaves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• grated parmesan cheese
• black olives
• dill pickle

directions

1. Crumble beef into a lage skillet with butter. Over high heat stir until meat is no longer pink. Add onion and turn heat to low.
2. Add tomatoes with liquid and macaroni. Stir to blend.
3. Heat to simmering. Add mixed vegetables. Cover and cook until vegetables are done and macaroni is to your liking, 20-25 minutes.
4. Sprinkle with salt, oregano, basil and pepper.
5. Serve with Parmesan cheese to spoon over individual servings. Garnish with black olives and pickles if you desire.

Reviews

[morgainegeiser]

This is a very easy recipe to prepare. I found it bland as it is written, I did a taste test and then added some garlic and more spices. With that little tweaking it was quite good.

 

[ellie_]

Delicious one pan meal -- I skipped the butter and the oregano (used 1 tsp of basil instead). By the way this reheats great in the microwave -- another plus for a delicious and easy dinner! thanks for sharing!

 

[Jeff Hixson]

This was excellent, fast and easy to make. I did however have to add beef broth to the mix because it did need more to cook the noodles. defiantly a keeper

 

[CookingONTheSide]

This is a very tasty and simple meal to put together! I didn't have frozen mixed vegetables so I used a combination of corn and green beans, frozen. I added another 15 ounces of tomatoes with juice as well because I didn't want it to be too dry and felt it needed it for the macaroni and vegetables to cook. Thanks for sharing! Made for Photo Tag.

 

[Sonya01]

This was so easy to make. I used to much macaroni but it was little macaroni so it didn't matter just balked it out a bit. I will be making this heaps as it is so easy for a mid week meal. Made for RECIPE SWAP #29 - June 2009