Simple goulash

This dish comes together quickly because most of the the ingredients were previously vacuum sealed and frozen.

• 3.5 oz. of ground beef, onions, and garlic, pre-cooked, vacuum sealed, and frozen.
• 4.5 oz. marinara

Cook 1.8 oz. (51g) of elbow pasta. I used DeCecco no. 81 elbows. Cooking time is only 5 minutes! Later reduced to 1.6 oz.

I defrosted the frozen items in the refrigerator overnight, then heated them in a sauté pan.

Drained and added the pasta and stirred. That was it!

Beef mixture

Earlier, I made a batch of ground beef with 8 oz. of grass-fed ground beef, onion and garlic for pasta with meat sauce. 2 servings of 3.5 oz. each vacuum sealed and frozen. Also pictured is taco seasoned beef, made from the other half of the 16 oz. package.

2025-11-13

Reduced the pasta to 1.6 oz. of elbows, which is enough.