Jenny-Approved Hamburger-Spinach-Tomato-Pasta One Dish Meal |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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My family loves this dish which tastes especially good as left-overs. This is the perfect middle of the week meal when you don't want the pressure of coming up with several dishes to serve. It's a very healthy meal - I recommend using either whole wheat or PLUS pasta and 'no salt added' diced tomatoes and then seasoning the ground beef with salt and pepper. Hint: If you're really in a rush and need to save time, use powdered garlic instead of fresh; use 1 can stewed tomatoes in place of 1 can diced tomatoes and the chopped onions; and either omit the carrots or use the pre-shredded carrots you can find in the produce section at larger grocery stores. Ingredients:
2 lbs ground beef |
1 medium onion (chopped) |
3 garlic cloves (either chopped or use a press) |
1 (16 ounce) bag frozen spinach |
1 cup carrot, shredded |
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes |
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can crushed tomatoes (whole foods has an excellent crushed tomatoes with rosemary, but you can use regular crushed tomatoe) |
8 ounces macaroni (barilla plus elbows are best) |
Directions:
1. Put a pot of water on to boil.
2. Brown the ground beef with the chopped onions and garlic.
3. Add pasta to boiling water - cook as long as advised by box directions.
4. Put frozen spinach and shredded carrots into a microwave-safe bowl and zap (cook in the microwave) for 7 minutes (stir at about 4 minutes).
5. Add both cans of tomatoes to cooked meat, stir, and simmer for a few minutes.
6. Add spinach and carrots to the meat mixture, stir, and simmer for a few minutes.
7. Drain pasta and place in a HUGE serving dish.
8. Put meat and veggie mixture into the HUGE serving dish and mix thoroughly with the pasta.
9. Serve hot.
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