Beef Macaroni Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 onion, medium diced
• 2 cups celery, diced
• 1/3 cup red wine or 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
• 2 cups tomato puree or 2 cups tomato sauce
• 1 cup diced fresh tomatoes or 1 cup canned tomato, undrained
• salt & fresh ground pepper
• 1 cup elbow macaroni, uncooked
• 3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans beef broth or 3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans boullion and 6 cups water

Recipe

• 1 fry ground beef, drain any grease and remove ground beef from pan. add oil and saute onion and celery until translucent; add wine, tomato puree and fresh tomatoes, and simmer 30 minutes. add salt and pepper to taste.
• 2 cook macaroni until tender in boiling water and drain well. add ground beef, drained macaroni and broth to tomato mixture and simmer until heated through.