Mom’s Goulash

 Mom’s goulash is simple, and so good. The recipe does not call for extra spices, so each person can make it their own. The leftovers are good heated up with melted cheese over it as well!

Ingredients:

16 oz elbow macaroni (I like the Meijer brand.)

1 pound ground beef

1 green pepper, chopped

1 medium onion, chopped (add as much or as little as you like.)

1 can whole tomatoes (28 ounces)

1 can stewed tomatoes (14.5 ounces)

First, put water in a large pot and turn on high to bring to a boil.

Second, while water is heating, clean and chop green pepper. Rinse the outside of the pepper before cutting. Cut in quarters. 

Then clean out the inside seeds and chop:

Peel and chop the onion as well. Remember, this is your goulash so you can add as much onion and green pepper as you like. 

NOTE: The water should be boiling. Dump the box of macaroni in the water, stirring to make sure it doesn’t stick in a clump. Return to boil and cook until done. While the noodles are cooking:

Brown the hamburger with the green pepper and onions.

Break the hamburger up as you cook it.

When it is browned, put the lid on and drain the grease off into a bowl.

When the noodles are cooked, pour into strainer in the sink. Leave the noodles for now. Wipe the top of the cans of tomatoes, and open them. Pour the stewed tomatoes into the pot. Before you add the whole tomatoes, using your hands, make sure all the skins are off the tomatoes. Sometimes the canning companies miss some of the skins. So make sure all the skins are pulled out before you dump the whole tomatoes in the pot. Add the cooked burger/onion/green pepper and noodles to the pot. 

Now that all the ingredients are in the pot, turn the heat on medium-low and stir everything together. Cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through.

Enjoy!!