Quickest Comfort Foods With Hamburger and Pasta

 Either one of these is great on a rainy day, a feeling sad day, a "quick in a hurry" day - or when you are just hungry and don't want to cook. You'll feel full and a bit sleepy when it's all over. We know because this has been used so often across decades and reaching toward the century mark. Even my better educated in food prep/consequences will pick up a bowl when they drop by. It's easy to keep the ingredients in the pantry - well, the meat in the freezer - for any emergency or laziness.

We call it Goulash if it's made with tomatoes, and White Goulash if it's with cream of chicken soup. Yes - you can make your own CoC soup - we do when our gluten-free/no-soy children are here.

Common ingredient is hamburger meat. We keep at least one 93/7 pound in our freezer. The less grease the better, but if you do use venison, add a bit of ground pork to get close to the 7 percent, but stay on the low side.

Goulash Ingredients:

1	pound lean ground hamburger - 93/7 preferred.
1	can diced tomatoes - flavored, personal choice.
1/3	cup catsup
	Italian seasoning - to taste
	Lawrey’s Seasoned Salt - to taste
	Garlic powder - to taste
	Amount of pasta is your choice - as well as type: spaghetti, elbow roni, shells

Now, to turn that into comforting White Goulash:

1	pound lean ground hamburger - 93/7 preferred.
1	can diced cream of chicken soup. We like Campbell's, with Herbs
1/3	milk
	Poultry seasoning - to taste
	Lawrey’s Seasoned Salt - to taste
	Garlic powder - to taste
	Amount of pasta is your choice - as well as type: spaghetti, elbow roni, shells

It is as simple as retaining one ingredient, and changing just a few others. Adapable recipes are the handiest gadgets for switching up menus.

Instructions for Goulash:

1.	Place water on to boil for pasta.
2.	Brown hamburger meat, adding seasoning as it is cooking.
3.	We use a small light blender to process the diced tomatoes into much smaller pieces.
4.	When the hamburger has no more red showing, add the diced tomatoes, rinsing the container with 1/4 cup water.
5.	Add the catsup, too, and stir well, mixing together.
6.	Simmer lightly until the pasta is cooked al dente, then drain and add hamburger mixture to pasta.
7.	Serve while hot. Changes to Instructions for White Goulash: We don't need lines 3 or 5, and #4 adds the chicken soup with milk. We've been known to add a bit of our favorite shredded cheese, which sometimes takes a bit more milk, too. Just adjust to your own likes and make these your own recipes! That's real adapability.