Quick Meals Planner: Mac and Beef
Crockpot Macaroni and Beef | Fresh Tomatoes
Crockpot Macaroni and Beef
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Slow Cooker / Crock Pot Cooking |
| Meal: | Mac and Beef (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | large | onions, chopped |
| 2 | lb | beef, ground |
| 2 | 28 oz. can | tomatoes, crushed |
| 1 | tsp | salt, kosher |
| 8 | oz | pasta, rotini |
| 0.25 | cup | cheese, parmesan |
| 2 | Tb | basil, fresh |
| 1 | dash | pepper, fresh ground |
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Put onion in large crock-pot. Crumble ground beef on top and pour tomatoes over beef and onions. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Break up any large pieces of beef with spoon. Season with salt.
Bring a pot of salted water to a boil, boil pasta until done, drain and transfer to a serving bowl. Spoon half of meat sauce over pasta and top with Parmesan cheese and chopped basil.
Hint: Save other half of meat sauce and freeze for another day
Fresh Tomatoes
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Mac and Beef (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 2 | large | tomatoes, fresh |
| 2 | Tb | capers |
| 2 | Tb | onion, red |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 2 | Tb | lemon, juice of |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Slice tomatoes in 1/4 slices; arrange on plate. Thinly slice red onion and sprinkle on and around tomatoes. Sprinkle capers on and around tomatoes. Pour olive oil on tomatoes. Squeeze the lemon juice on top of tomatoes. Salt and pepper to taste.
