In The Kitchen

 We enjoy eating out for dinner but I also enjoy cooking.

I guess what I really enjoy is an even blend of both.

When the boys were little, I cooked every night and it became a chore.

I think I enjoy cooking more now as I am not limited to "what will they eat"?

The hubs eats and loves everything and is always so complimentary of anything I make.

I watch Allrecipes on YouTube and the girl made this, she did not give measurements,

except the one cup of pasta, that she did clarify.

She did a squeeze of this, a little of that and a whole lot of spices, s & p, and italian seasonings.

I added seasonings as I went, it felt liberating not to measure.

- the ingredient lineup -

Brown one pound of good ground beef...

add one diced sweet onion.

Maybe 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and 2 tablespoons of ketchup, something like that.

Add about 2 cups of beef broth...and 1 cup of uncooked elbow noodles...

the noodles will cook in the broth.

Once they are Al-Dente, add some heavy cream, a splash...I think I added about 1/4 cup.

It will look creamy like this...

then 2 big handfuls of cheddar cheese, forget to take a picture, and dinner is done.

It will look pretty like this.

It would be great with a salad but I did not have the ingredients for a salad.

We had it with French Bread and it was delicious.

A little reminiscent of Hamburger Helper but so much better.