Italian Skillet Meal

"Why buy convenience foods when it's so easy to make your own one-dish macaroni-hamburger meal? Quick and easy. Adjust seasonings to your taste. Adapted from "Fast & Easy Cooking" by Johanna Burkhard."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large nonstick frying pan, brown ground beef.
  • Add onion, garlic and basil.
  • Cook and stir for 2 minutes.
  • Add tomato sauce and broth.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Add macaroni.
  • Reduce heat, cover and allow to cook for 5-7 minutes.
  • Stir in zucchini or green beans.
  • Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5-10 minutes or until macaroni and zucchini are tender.
  • If needed, add more broth.

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Reviews

  1. 4 1/2 stars - very good and easy meal. I used wide egg noodles instead of macaroni, only because it was the easiest way to get rid of one MORE box from my pantry!
     
  2. Not bad. I didn't have any zucchini so I used green pepper. Also added some red wine. This is the kind of meal that you can just make up on your own. Not exceptional but ok.
     
  3. This is a great recipe for using things on hand, and very easy. I made a few changes - I put half the onion in while browning the meat, used 1 zucchini, but some green pepper also, and used these Barilla Pipettes I had in the house. Little shredded mozzarella and some Parmesan on top, and a bakery baguette to sop up the juice - yum! It's a keeper! Thanks!
     
  4. I didn't have any tomato or pasta suace so I substituted Pace's Tomato Salsa (medium). We enjoyed the meal so much I am keeping the substitution!!!
     
  5. Very good. Thank you OzMan. I used the combination of basil (2-3 teaspoons), tomato sauce, chicken broth and zucchini (3 cups). I'm glad I added extra basil as it made the dish very tasty. Made for *Healthy Choices ABC Tag 2009* game. Now on to my next zucchini recipe.
     
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