- Yield
- Dinner for 2, w/ leftovers
Ingredients
- 1 cup dry pasta shells
- Ground beef or turkey
- 1 onion
- 1 can kidney beans
- 1 large can tomatoes
- 1 small can tomato sauce
- salt & pepper to taste
- garlic powder to taste (1/4 to 1/2 tsp or so depending on how garlicky you like things)
Instructions
- 1
Bring large pan of water to boil, add pasta shells & cook, stirring often till tender (follow package directions)
- 2
While pasta cooks:
- 3
Chop onion
- 4
Brown meat in skillet (if using ground turkey, put a little oil [just to coat] in pan)
- 5
When meat is almost brown, add onion & cook till meat is done, till onion is soft.
- 6
Add canned tomatoes and chop up a bit so chunks aren't too large
- 7
Add kidney beans
- 8
Add tomato sauce & seasonings
- 9
Add cooked pasta
- 10
Cover & simmer 5 minutes or so to blend flavors
- 11
Stir & serve