It’s such a comfort food – pasta and tomatoes always make for a great meal after a long day.
I started with ground turkey – so much healthier and you can’t even tell the difference in a dish like this. I also used veggies from my Green Bean Delivery bin! (Don’t forget to sign up with my special code and get 15% off your first three orders!)
Cook up the veggies & ground turkey for a couple minutes and then add the mushrooms. This is definitely one of those “clean out the fridge” recipes – if you don’t have mushrooms – you’re fine – if you have a green pepper – throw it in, have some carrots – throw them in – heck throw in some spinach! As long as you’ve got tomatoes, meat, pasta – the rest is improv.
I have been not buying canned goods because I was trying to use up what I had – well this is what happens. You go to make goulash and then realize you’re missing something. Usually I use V-8, kidney beans, tomatoes and tomato sauce – but I was missing some of that – so I took what I had and made it work.
What did I go with? Well I had one can of diced tomatoes – CHECK – but um – I was missing the rest – so improv time – what’s in the cupboard? Well northern beans – sounds good! I was missing tomato sauce and V-8 – but I had tomato soup – hell that’s close enough! Combine that with my Wildtree Spaghetti Sauce blend and we’re good to go!
After a quick taste – it still needed something and I remembered I had a sample packet of Garlic Galore from Wildtree – I opened that and it smelled heavenly – I pitched some of that in as well. Normally I would add salt & pepper but they were both in this so I let that do the work.
Add it all together and stir it up- then let it simmer for a bit. Taste and see what you think – add a little more of whatever you like. For me it was great! Adding the seasoning really jazzed up the tomato soup. If you like it a little “soupier” – feel free to throw in a half can of water as well. If you’re re-heating – toss in some V-8 or tomato juice and you’re golden.
Empty the Cupboard Goulash!
* 1 tablespoon Wildtree grapeseed oil (or whatever oil you prefer)
* 1 lb ground turkey
* 1 onion, diced
* 1 red pepper, diced
* 1 container mushrooms, sliced
* 1 can tomatoes (crushed, diced or stewed – do not drain)
* 1 can beans (northern or kidney)
* 1 can tomato soup
* 1 heaping tablespoon Wildtree Spaghetti Sauce blend
* 1 heaping teaspoon Wildtree Garlic blend
* 1/2 pound pasta, cooked
* Heat Dutch oven on high and add grapeseed oil
* Add ground turkey, onion & pepper – saute until ground turkey is about halfway cooked through
* Add mushrooms, continue to saute until turkey is cooked through
* Add in tomatoes, beans, soup and seasonings – simmer for 10 minutes
* Add in cooked pasta
* Serve!
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