10/20/2024
Dinner tonight.
My husband Travis saw a goulash type meal on Facebook. He said can I make something like it for his lunches this week, I make a meal that we can send a reheat of all week. He has a “lunch box” that plugs into cigarette lighter in the semi truck, we have a metal bowl that can be used in said device and I pack his main meal in the metal bowl for him to heat.
Anyhow here is the recipe I did for my goulash meal.
Ingredients:
2.5 lbs hamburger
1 small onion, 🧅 diced
9 mini bell peppers, 🫑 diced (3 of each red, orange and yellow)
8 mushrooms, 🍄🟫 diced
1 can olives, 🫒 sliced
3-6 Garlic, 🧄 minced (depends on how much you like garlic)
Seasonings 🌿 of choice. (I typically use Garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, Italian seasoning, marjoram, basil, thyme, 21 seasoning salute, herb de Provence.)
1 large can (28oz) diced tomatoes, reserve juice
2 small cans (15 oz) or 1 large can (28 oz) Italian seasoned diced tomatoes, reserve juice
1 large jar of Raos Spaghetti Sauce (flavor of choice)
1 small can (6oz) tomato paste
1 can (15oz) Whole Kernel Corn, 🌽 drained
1 box of pasta, your choice on which ones (I use either elbow or mini penne)
Directions:
Brown hamburger, add the onion, bell peppers and mushrooms. Simmer for a few minutes. Add the olives and corn. Simmer for a few more minutes. Add garlic, seasonings, diced tomatoes, Raos. Simmer on low for minimum 2 hrs to merge the flavors together. When noodles are almost finished cooking add tomato paste to sauce and continue to simmer sauce. Add sweetener of choice for sugar (we use swerve), to cut down the acidic of the sauce.
In a separate pot, boil water and noodles. Drain cooked noodles and add to pot of sauce. Mix up well and serve. Top with grated Parmesan.
