MACARONI AND TOMATOES

By serena On August 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment

HOT TOPIC FACEBOOK DISCUSSION ON TRIED AND TRUE RECIPES GROUP!!!! =)

Well I never really WROTE Down this recipe cause it was so simple. simplest and fastest was always macaroni.. canned tomatoes salt and pepper and a taste of sugar served with corn bread. sometimes browned hamburger in it as well if you have it.. this is a dish you can make all kinds of variations on .. Mom and granny and Pauls mom makes it more than I do.. but after a long discussion on my facebook recipe group TRIED AND TRUE RECIPES.. on this very subject and how we all make it somewhat different.. I thought I would just post the comments and let you read them…. you can REPLY and write how YOU make it.. we would love to hear them.. Serena

Run To Jesus

Macaroni and tomato recipe????

Ellen Booth Combs You can’t beat mac-n-cheese with canned, diced tomatoes (warmed in microwave first) mixed in at the finish!!! My favorite since childhood!!! Yummy………….:)

Sandy England When I was a child, my mom would cook mac & drain, then add canned tomatoes, and fried bacon/onions pieces… probably a little sugar for taste, then simmer together for awhile to let flavors blend. :o) Makes my mouth water, just to think about it~ lol

Ellen Booth Combs Wow, that sounds AWESOME!!! (Yeah, I take after Emeril – pork fat rules!!!) Gonna try it!! Thanks!

Amy Townsell Carol, I don’t know how everyone else makes them and Serena probably has a recipe on here. But I just boil my elbow macaroni until they are done (when tender). Add tomato juice, Hunt’s petite diced tomatoes (or better yet, home-grown canned tomatoes), a little water to get your consistency right, a little bit of sugar, salt and pepper (to taste). Sometimes I sneak in a drop or two of vinegar. They are yummy! The next day they won’t be as juicy. Some of the juice will soak up – you can always add more tomato juice. Fix a big pone of cornbread to go with it and crumble some up in your plate or bowl… Make you wanna smack your mama!!! I’m an old-fashioned cook, so when I learn how to make something I don’t follow a recipe, so it makes it hard to tell measurements… 😀

Amy Townsell Yes, I forgot the onions… I put onions in mine, too…. And yes, here in Kentucky, you put sugar and/or bacon grease in EVERYTHING!!! lolololol!‎(not really, but just about!) ha ha
- Ellen Booth Combs I do, Amy!
- Amy Townsell Me too.. ha ha…. and if I don’t, I get accused of it! LOL! The whole family is like, “You put sugar in EVERYTHING!” I say, “Not EVERYTHING.” But I do put it in a lot of stuff. Some of it you can’t really tell, but it does make a difference in the taste.
- Ellen Booth Combs I know – the first time someone told me I should add it to spaghetti sauce (!) to cut the acidity, I thought they were crazy!!
- Amy Townsell I put it in my spaghetti/lasagna sauce, chili, vegetable soup, mashed potatoes (yes, and they are the bomb!)… and more…….cornbread….
- Ellen Booth Combs Mashed potatoes?? (How much?) LOL – I’ll try it. Yeah, I put it in cornbread, too!
- Amy Townsell Just depends on how much you have made. I have to make enough to feed an army, so you might just start out with a pinch or two, mix it up, taste it, see if it needs more salt or what have you….. start slowly and add it little by little until you get it to just the right taste. Got this from my grandmother and she makes the best mashed potatoes you will ever put in your mouth.
- Amy Townsell You want to make sure and not add too much, because if it’s too sweet it won’t taste right. Just the right balance is when a person can taste them and never know you added sugar.
- Ellen Booth Combs OK – but I make enough for an army even if’s it just me and hubby! The 2 of us usually finish off ANY recipe that says “Serves 6 or more!” LOL (Thank God for good metabolisms!!)
- Serena Adkins Ellison these all sound so good i am out rightg now on my cell so cant type outg recipe right now but i brown some ground chuck and mix with mine…so good
  
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- Serena Adkins Ellison with the tomatoes and macaroni that is.. LOL.. not the mashed potatoes. pahhaha
  
  Run To Jesus Yeah that’s how I make it to with bacon grease and onions. And of course; a lit’ suga’ lol. But I only use tomatoes that I’ve canned or fresh chopped tomatoes. It makes this dish amazing. Amy I put sugar in all that stuff too. People think I’m crazy till they eat and eat and eat lol.
- Serena Adkins Ellison I agree with ya’ll mom and grandma always made it so many ways but the simplest and fastest was always macaroni.. canned tomatoes salt and pepper and a taste of sugar served like Ames said with corn bread… but you can make mac an tomato casserole …. sooo many variations. but they all started out with simple mac and tomatoes salt sugar and pepper.. from there you can create your masterpiece hee hee
  
  Here is a few diff pics of how many simple changes you can make to this dish….
  
  Most Common.. is just that… Macaroni and Canned tomatoes with salt pepper a tiny tit of butter and sugar (or not)
  
  Next Variation is make like above but only add a pound of cooked, drained hamburger (ground chuck) to it
  
  You can NOW go a step further and add to Variation #2
  
  a can of tomato juice
  
  if you want to make one of MY favorite versions.. taken from an antique cookbook
  
  type in Hamburger Macaroni Concoction here on this website..
  
  here is a pic of it… Click here to view this recipe http://cookingwithserena.com/?p=7591