Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Skillet Pasta & Beef Dinner

Kimmy here! 

So I am finally getting around to posting a recipe that I am in love with and will be making for dinner next week.  I found this while surfing pinterest months ago and made it twice in one night....mainly because somehow I totally messed up the first attempt at making it so if we wanted to have dinner that night I had to figure out something to make.  This is super simple to make and can easily feed 5.5 people.  I want to say that even my picky eating daughter ate some of the ground beef!

The recipe is called Skillet Pasta & Beef Dinner.  The recipe given says that it will serve four people, so you will probably need to adjust a little to make sure there is enough to go around!! I used a the pound of ground beef, but less sauce and probably a pound of noodles.  Because I used more noodles and less sauce I found it easier to cook everything separately, throw in the skillet to mix with the sauce and melt the cheese on top.  I served a small salad beforehand and garlic bread with the meal!

What you'll need


  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 jar pasta sauce
  • 8 ounces uncooked rotini pasta
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (about 4 oz.)

How to make it


  1. Brown ground beef in 12-inch skillet; drain.
  2. Stir in pasta sauce and 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Stir in uncooked rotini and return to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook covered, stirring occasionally, 14 minutes or until rotini is tender.
  3. Remove from heat, then sprinkle with cheese. Cover and let stand 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
 Here is the website too: Skillet Pasta & Beef Dinner

Let me know if you try it and how you like it! If you do anything different, let me know too!! I think it might taste even better with some extra flavor like maybe peppers or onions....although onions may make it taste to much like a cheeseburger!

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