Hungarian Goulash
** My Favorite Gloomy Day Food **
Ingredients:
1 lb Hamburger2 (28oz Cans) of Tomatoes
8 oz Elbow Macaroni
Dash of Salt
Dash of Pepper
1/4 Teaspoon Basil
1/4 Teaspoon Oregano Leaves
1/4 Teaspoon Ground Bay Leaves
(If you use whole leaves, use 3 - 4)
Directions:
Make elbow macaroni according to the package
Brown the hamburger while making the pasta
Drain the pasta
(I like the make mine the slow cooker. I make it in the morning and cook it on LOW until supper.)
Put pasta in the slow cooker.
Add browned meat to slower cooker.
Add spices: salt, pepper, basil, bay leaves, & oregano leaves.
Add tomatoes
Stir together well. Add 1/8 cup of water.
(If you taking some of this out to freeze, now is the time to remove half and put it in a freezer safe container. I can't eat a whole batch of goulash myself and my husband can't eat it because it has to many carbohydrates. So I take half of the batch and freeze it for later use.)
If you don't want to make this in the crook pot and/or make it ahead, you can make it like stated above and then let it simmer on the stove for about 40 minutes. :)
To unfreeze....let it sit over-night (or a couple of nights) in the fridge. Then dump it into your pot and cook as directed above.
