Quick and Easy Goulash

This is a simple goulash recipe. A few ingredients making it a fairly cheap dinner. Garlic bread is good to make as a side with this dish. I suggest using 2 jars or 2 cans of spaghetti sauce though.

Servings: 4


Ingredients:

1 (12 ounce) package elbow noodles
seasoned salt, to taste
1 pound lean ground beef
1 (26 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn
1 onion, chopped
2 tsp chopped garlic
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add elbow noodles and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
In a skillet over medium heat, season with seasoning salt and brown the beef; drain.
Heat through over medium heat, the beef, spaghetti sauce, corn, chopped onion, garlic and cheese. Combine with cooked elbow noodles when heated and serve.

Simply Lasagna

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef
2 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella Cheese, divided
1 (15 ounce) container Ricotta Cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese, divided
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 egg, beaten
1 (24 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
1 cup water
12 lasagna noodles, uncooked

Directions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Brown meat in large skillet on medium-high heat. Meanwhile, mix 1 1/4 cups mozzarella, ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan, parsley and egg until well blended; set aside.
Drain meat; return to skillet. Stir in spaghetti sauce. Add 1 cup water to empty sauce jar; cover with lid and shake well. Add to meat mixture; stir until well blended. Spread 1 cup meat sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish; top with layers of 3 lasagna noodles, 1/3 of the ricotta cheese mixture and 1 cup meat sauce. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining noodles, meat sauce and cheeses. Cover with greased foil.
Bake 1 hour or until heated through, removing foil after 45 min. Let stand 15 min. before cutting to serve.

**This is a very good lasagna recipe. The cheeses are the most expensive ingredients. The recipe is a little time consuming though. I only recommend it if you are able to give yourself plenty of time to make it. You can prep this the night before, so you can just throw it in the oven the next evening.