Miners Slumgullion Recipes

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and place in large saucepan.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, brown beef over medium heat; just before beef is browned, stir in onion.
• Add beef mixture to pasta, and stir in tomato sauce, mushrooms, garlic, salt, pepper and stewed tomatoes. Cook over low heat, 10 to 15 minutes, or until heated through.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease large casserole with bacon fat. Put cubed potatoes on bottom and diced onion and celery on top of them. Add kidney beans with their liquid and sprinkle over them the rice. Crumble ground beef on top.
• 2. Mix salt and pepper with tomatoes. pour them over all. If needed, add a little water so that the liquid barely covers the ingredients. Lay bacon on top. Cover casserole and bake in 350 oven for 1 1/2 hours. Take a peek now and then to see that it isn't cooking dry. Add more water if needed. Don't stir. Take cover off the last 15 minutes before serving so bacon will become crisp on top. This dish will wait patiently in the oven. Serves 6 to 8

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with cold water. Cover and bring water to a boil. Salt the water and cook the macaroni until al dente. Drain and return to large pot. Cover and set aside. You can also do this while you are prepping and preparing the meat.
• In a large skillet, heat the olive oil and add the 2 cloves of smashed garlic to the oil. Saute on medium heat and cook for 2-3 minutes. Stir in the chopped onion and mix to coat with garlic oil. Season the onions with a pinch of salt and black pepper. Saute until soft and transluscent. Remove smashed garlic pieces.
• Add the ground beef, breaking up any clumps to form small to medium small bits. Season with salt, pepper (and Accent if you are using that seasoning). Brown the meat and drain off any excess liquids.
• Add meat/onion mixture to the pot of cooked macaroni. Add the 2 cans of diced tomatoes and the 1 can of tomato sauce. Fold in the 1 can of white beans and mix in gently to the macaroni, beef and tomatoes. Taste and adjust any seasoning at this time. Cover and heat through on low-med lo heat for at least 30 min to blend flavors.
• When reheating leftovers, it the macaroni seems to be absorbing the tomato's liquids add more tomato sauce, tomato juice or one 16 oz of diced tomatoes. I've even used a can of V8 to rehydrate.

Steps:

• 1. Saute meat, onion,pepper and celery until brown. Add mushrooms, cheese,tomato soup, and the can of tomatoes.Mix well.Simmer 5 minutes. In large pot, cook noodles per box instructions. Drain, add butter,and gently toss to melt butter. Grease a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Spoon alternate layers of noodles and meat mixture until all is used, beginning and ending with noodles. Top with buttered bread cubes. Bake at 350 degrees in pre heated oven uncovered for 60 minutes.
• 2. Serve with a garden salad and Garlic Bread. Refrigerate any left overs. Will taste great until all is gone.

Steps:

• In large stock pot, heat 2quarts of water to boil, add macaroni, stir a few times, cook until a dente about 4 minutes, no longer.
• Drain in colander and pour macaroni back in pot.
• In medium skillet add oil, meat, onion and garlic.
• Brown meat and cook onion and garlic.
• Add peppers and carrots, if wanted. Cook about five minutes stirring a few times.
• Pour over the drained macaroni.
• Add the diced tomatoes.
• Add V-8 juice,sugar or Splenda, allspice.
• Stir and cook on burner on low for about.
• 15 minutes, until flavors are blended and hot and bubbly.
• Taste, salt and pepper to taste or Mrs. Dash.
• Serve in deep bowls.