Baby Kate's Beefaroni (oamc) Toddler-style

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 tablespoon olive oil (not extra virgin, i use light tasting)
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef (i used 94% lean)
• 1/2 small onion, very very finely diced
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely grated carrots
• 1 medium fresh tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped
• 1 cup filtered water
• 6 slices of pasteurized process american cheese (not processed cheese "food")
• 8 ounces uncooked pasta (choose something that chubby fingers can easily pick up, i used barilla brand pipette)

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in skillet.
• 2 add beef, carrots, tomatoes and onions. cook until beef is completely cooked and crumbly; carrots will be soft, onions and tomatoes will be virtually non-existent.
• 3 during this cooking stage, add the water to make a "sauce".
• 4 set aside when done.
• 5 while cooking meat mixture, cook pasta according to package directions.
• 6 drain pasta and combine with meat mixture.
• 7 tear up the 6 slices of cheese and stir into beef/pasta mixture until a creamy sauce forms.
• 8 it's done!
• 9 freeze in small containers.
• 10 to reheat, defrost in refrigerator and heat in microwave or sauce pan. you can add a little water (2 tsp or so) to keep moist while reheating.