Belly Buster Recipe

"This is a very old recipe, that I grew up on, my Mom called it the day before payday supper cus in those days it was very inexpensive to put together and it was often vegetarian cus we always had lots of veggies from the garden. My kids grew up on it too, they loved it and called it Belly Buster cus they always ate too much of it when we had it. Now their kids, our grandchildren love it too as do our great grand children, it's a standby in all our households and i'm sure in a lot of other households too, from back in the day."

Original is 6 servings

Metric US

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Ingredients

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1 (16 ounce) boxes elbow macaroni
1/2-1 lb lean hamburger
1 Spanish onions, chopped medium (optional)
2 -3 cloves garlic, crushed (optional)

1 (28 ounce) cans whole tomatoes, with juice,cut tomatoes in half or 1 (28 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
1 (10 3/4 ounce) cans cheddar cheese soup ( Grandma & Mom used real grated cheese)
2 -4 cups grated cheddar cheese, or slices to cover top of casserole
Salt and pepper

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (349.8 g)
Calories 879.2
Total Fat - 30.7 g
Saturated Fat - 18 g
Cholesterol - 91.9 mg
Sodium - 1076.7 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 112 g
Dietary Fiber - 7.6 g
Sugars - 31.1 g
Protein - 42.5 g
Calcium - 1024.6 mg
Iron - 5.1 mg
Vitamin C - 30.3 mg
Thiamin - 0.7 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

This recipe can be made vegetarian, leave out the hamburger and add 2 cups of fresh mixed vegetables,i.e. broccoli, mushrooms,spinach, carrots, etc.

Step 2

Cook elbow macaroni "Al dente",according to instructions on box,drain, add to large casserole.

Step 3

Scramble fry hamburger with spanish onion and garlic, if using,until no longer pink, drain any fat through colander, add drained mixture to casserole.

Step 4

Add cheese soup, undiluted, to casserole

Step 5

Add tomatoes to casserole

Step 6

Add salt and pepper to taste

Step 7

Mix thoroughly, in casserole, to evenly distribute ingredients

Step 8

Spread grated or sliced cheddar evenly over top of casserole

Step 9

Preheat oven to 400 degrees, bake, uncovered for 30 minutes or util bubbling around edges of casserole and cheese topping is melted and slightly browned.