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Put some elbow macaroni on to cook.
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For six kids.... One to two cups, dry.
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Grate some cheddar cheese maybe a cup full.
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Saute a fair amount of ground beef and onions in a large frying pan or wok.
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For six kids and if youre trying to save on meat costs, use one pound.
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More meat, more flavor.
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Add lots of salt and pepper, a little garlic, throw some mushrooms in if you like them.
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Chop up the ground beef to separate the chunks.
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While thats cooking, de-stem and de-seed red, green, yellow, or orange peppers.
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Cut into chunks - put in a sauce pan with a little bit of water to steam just until slightly tender.
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Stir the macroni!
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Drain the fat off the meat mixture, add one or two cans un-diluted mushroom soup.
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Check macaroni... is it done?
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Drain and rinse.
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But first!!!!
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Check the peppers, if theyre tender enough, rinse in cold water to stop the cooking process.
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Add sour cream to the meat mixture to taste... were trying to achieve something similar to stroganoff in flavor here.
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How much soup?
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Start with one can -- How much sour cream?
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I dont know its been a long time since I had six kids at home.
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-- add a little at a time until you like the taste... but remember youre going to add cooked macaroni which tends to soak up the moisture.
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The end result should be a pan full of meat, mushroomy-sourcreamy sauce into which you put the macaroni and the peppers at the last minute, and sprinkle the cheese over all.
