My week off has really given me a chance to explore my domestic side. Not only is my house as clean and organized as it's been in a long time, but I've been cooking regularly.
Saturday night's dinner was a favorite of mine, bacon cheeseburger pasta, and I thought some of you might like the recipe.
Here's the finished product:
The recipe is from what used to be called "Quick Cooking" magazine, back in 2000. Here it is, with a few subsitutions of mine:
- 8 ounces uncooked pasta (tubes or spirals are best)
- 1 pound ground beef
- 6 bacon strips, diced
- 1 can (10 3/4 ounces) condensed tomato soup, undiluted
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
Cook the pasta according to its package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook your ground beef over medium heat until it's no longer pink; drain. Then, cook your bacon until it's crisp in the same skillet and drain again. Drain your pasta, then add it to the skillet, along with the soup. Mix it well and heat it through; then, add the shredded cheddar cheese. Cook (the original recipe says covered, but I do it uncovered) until the cheese is melted, then serve from your skillet.
The recipe says it makes 4 to 6 servings; usually, I make mine with a whole box of pasta, which is 12 to 16 ounces instead of 8, so it makes MANY more servings for pretty much the same cost. It's just a little less juicy, and that's fine with me!
Anyone have any other one-dish recipes to share? Casseroles and skillet meals are my favorites because I'm basically lazy - the fewer steps and dishes, the better! But I get tired of just pasta as the base, so if you have one that uses potatoes of any kind, my mother - who hinted today that I need to branch out - would really appreciate it!
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