Meatballs and shells stew
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | pounds | Ground beef |
| ¼ | cup | Uncooked long-grain rice |
| 1 | Egg, beaten | |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Black pepper |
| 2½ | cup | Water |
| 1 | can | (14 1/2 oz.) whole tomatoes, broken up |
| 1 | Envelope ( 1 oz.) onion soup mix | |
| ½ | teaspoon | Italian seasoning |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Dried thyme leaves |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Garlic powder |
| ½ | cup | Small shell pasta |
Directions
In a medium bowl, combine ground beef, rice, egg and black pepper. Shape into 1 inch meatballs and place on a baking sheet or piece of waxed paper; set aside.
In a medium saucepan, combine water, tomatoes, onion soup mix, Italian seasoning, thyme and garlic powder. Bring to a boil. Carefully drop the meatballs into the boiling stew mixture and gently stir in shell pasta.
Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer 25 minutes, or until meatballs are cooked through and pasta is tender. Makes 4 servings Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin.msn@... Source: Mr. Food Easy Cooking May/June 99 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #11 by cjhartlin@... on Apr 5, 1999