Hey everyone!
If you’ve been following my posts this week, you get… 10 boss points! Most of you don’t know this but I rarely follow recipes. If I want to cook something that i’ve never made before, I usually look over a few different recipes and then make up my own. Another thing I do is just look in my fridge take out everything that I think would taste good together, and it usually works out! I think theres only one time I made something that wasn’t good and it was the one time that I followed a recipe from pinterest… coincidence? So to spice things up today I’m going to post a recipe as I know that some of you find it difficult to come up with ideas all the time. So this recipe that i’m about to share with you is one that I made up last night for dinner, we had a bunch of veggies in the fridge that needed to be eaten as well as ground beef so I went to work and this is what magically appeared!
Ingredients:
This is always the hardest part for me to write down because I rarely measure ingredients, I just eyeball it out.
1. Whole Wheat Noodles. I used rottini.
2. A can of whole tomatoes.
3. A little less than half a red pepper, chopped and sautéed with onion. And 2 red pepper rings.
4. One Celery stalk, chopped.
5. Half an onion, chopped and sautéed.
6. Half a can of mushrooms
7. Ground beef.
8. Olive Oil
9. Salt & Pepper
Directions:
I like to take out all the ingredients before I start cooking, I feel more organized this way and it also helps me figure out what I still have to do. I put away the remainder of the ingredients as I use them to avoid cluttered counter tops.
1. In a medium pot, add can of tomatoes (I poured all the juice and about half the tomatoes), celery, onions, chopped red pepper, a pinch of salt and pepper. Bring to a boil then let simmer for 40 minutes.
2. While your tomato sauce is simmering. Heat up a bit of olive oil in a frying pan, cook your ground beef (I saved a bit of onions and added them to the ground beef as it cooked).
3. Boil the noodles. I waited until the sauce was almost done before I boiled the noodle, just so they were fresh!
4. Whilst the noodles are boiling, sauté your two red pepper rings for about 2 minutes each side!
5. Serve and enjoy!
I hope you’ll enjoy this recipe. If you recreate it be sure to send me some pictures! You can find me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr or Pinterest!
Have an amazing rest of your day!
Until next time,
Jess ♥
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