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

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