Beefy Mac Soup Recipes

BEEF AND MACARONI SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot brown beef and onion until no pink remains. Drain any fat.
• Add broth, tomatoes, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Simmer 5 minutes.
• Stir in macaroni noodles and vegetables, simmer an additional 8 minutes or until macaroni is tender. Season with salt & pepper to taste.
• Serve with shredded cheese if desired.

BEEF MACARONI SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the mixed vegetables, tomatoes, broth and pepper. Bring to a boil; add macaroni. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until macaroni and vegetables are tender.

BEEFY TOMATO MACARONI SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot heat the olive oil over medium heat.
• Add the onion and garlic to the pot and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring, until the onion softens.
• Add the ground beef to the onions, breaking up with a spoon and cook until no longer pink.
• Next add the salt, pepper, oregano and the one shake of cayenne pepper to the beef and stir to combine.
• Now pour in the chicken stock, pasta sauce and Rotel. Stir and bring to a simmer for 10 minutes.
• Whisk in the cream cheese until smooth then add 1/2 of the fresh basil.
• Pour in the pasta, stir and let cook for 10 minutes, covered, stirring halfway through cooking.
• Spoon into bowls and garnish with the leftover basil.
• *Note: The cream cheese will look lumpy when it first goes in -- WITH A WIRE WHISK, keep whisking it and it will blend until you see no white cream cheese left.

BEEFY MACARONI

Steps:

• In a small skillet, combine the first nine ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-12 minutes or until macaroni is tender. Stir in the cheese. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand until cheese is melted.

EASY BEEF MACARONI

Steps:

• 1. Place chopped onions, bell peppers, and ground beef in large skillet that has been sprayed with Pam. Cook until ground beef is well done.
• 2. Cook elbow noodles in water for 9 minutes.
• 3. Add both cans of tomato soup to the cooked and drained ground beef. Simmer until the noodles are cooked.
• 4. Drain noodles and add to mix. Stir well.

BEEFY MAC SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Coat a medium-sized pot or Dutch oven with cooking spray, and preheat over medium-high heat. Add the beef, and cook, stirring constantly for 4 minutes, or until no pink remains. Remove any excess fat, and set aside. 2. Add the water, tomatoes, and all of the jar ingredients except the macaroni to the pot. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 50 minutes while stirring occasionally. 3. Stir in the macaroni. Continue to simmer another 10 minutes, or until the macaroni is cooked. Serve hot. 4. Refrigerate any leftover soup in an airtight container for up to 1 week. CREATING THE JAR1. Wash and thoroughly dry a 1-pint wide-mouth canning jar.2. Place the macaroni in a plastic sandwich bag.2. Layer the ingredients in the jar as shown below, pressing each layer firmly with a flat-bottomed object, such as a tart tamper or the bottom of a narrow glass, after each addition. Make the layers as level as possible.TOP of the jar 3/4 cup macaroni, such as elbows or small shells 1/2 cup green split peas 1/4 cup lentils Contents of 2 envelopes (1 ounce each) onion soup mixBOTTOM of the jar *For quart jar, double the ingredient amounts.3. Secure the lid, and decorate as desired (see The Basics: 06-Creating the Jars DECORATING THE JAR). Attach the instructions for making the soup found in the Gift Jar Tags chapter.From "The Mason Jar Soup to Nuts Cookbook." Copyright 2004 by Lonnette Parks. Used with permission of the publisher, Square One Publishers. All Rights Reserved.