This was dinner last night. Tonight, I will have the easiest eat of all: takeout Chinese food. Anyway…

I love how my mother always gave this such a fancy name when really it’s Beefaroni. But, like the song says, it can’t be beat. The husband, my resident 1982 model dishwasher, was complaining that I’m tough to handle when it comes to post-dinner cleanup. This one satisfies not only his belly, but his laziness in cleaning. Despite the name (both of them involving the word beef,) I use ground turkey.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. ground beef or turkey
• 1 14 oz. can Italian style stewed tomatoes
• small can tomato paste
• 1 tsp. each garlic powder and onion powder
• 1/4 c. Worcestershire sauce (roughly. Use less if you’re using beef. I say 1/4 cup but it’s a “few healthy shakes.” Like 5 or 6 with turkey, 3 with beef.)
• 1 c. elbow macaroni, uncooked

Brown meat in pan. Add stewed tomatoes (I squeeze them in my hands to mash ‘em up before I put them in.) Put tomato paste into stewed tomato can, fill with enough hot water to refill stewed tomato can. (It’s really a cup of water. I checked last night. But I have to put the complicated directions, because that’s just “how it’s done.”) Add to pan. Add remaining ingredients. Cover, stirring occasionally, and cook over low heat (simmering) for 45 minutes.

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