Quick Tomato and Beef Macaroni and Cheese

Submitted by Beth Gambrell

"What can I say? This is a very tasty, quick, and easy skillet meal that is a big hit with my family!!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• salt and pepper
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomatoes, diced and undrained
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup elbow macaroni, uncooked
• 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated

directions

1. Brown ground beef and onion, drain.
2. Add salt, pepper, tomatoes, and water
3. and bring to boil.
4. Stir in macaroni and cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until macaroni is tender. Stir in cheese and garnish with sour cream if desired.

Reviews

[cpifl]

Quick and easy and really good. Next time I may add a little more cheese and some bacon. This recipe is great for my busy schedule.

 

[JJ_Ohio]

Pretty good - I used it as a base to clean out what I had in the fridge. Instead of ground beef, I used 5 sliced of bacon which I chopped, browned, removed from pan and then drained. Used 2 cups of frozen onion and pepper blend and cooked that in the bacon fat. Then I drained it all on paper towels and wiped out the pan. Put the bacon, onion, and peppers back in along with a can of diced tomatoes with chipotle chilies and some southwest seasoning, salt, and pepper and followed the recipe from there (although I only had whole wheat shells in the pantry, no elbows). I then used some leftover mexi-cheese blend from the fridge. My only complaint was that it only made 4 small cups which is kind of a small portion for a dinner or lunch. Next time I might increase the pasta to 1 1/2 cups to give it more bulk, I think it can handle it.

 

[Funda]

Great little midweek meal. Made it with leftover taco beef and a box of macaroni and cheese. Thank you for the inspiration.