Description

This budget friendly meal is pretty simple to make. For under $10, you will have your entire meal ready to eat at dinnertime. Serve with a salad and crusty bread, if desired.

Ingredients

• 1 lb. lean ground beef, browned and drained
• 1 1/2 lb. potatoes, diced large
• 3 carrots, sliced
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 6 oz. tomato paste
• 2-3 c. water or beef stock or combination of both
• 1 t. salt
• 1/2 t. freshly ground black pepper
• 1 t. onion powder
• 1 t. dried oregano
• dash Worcestershire sauce

Steps

1. In a skillet, brown ground beef with diced onion and minced garlic. Discard grease.
2. Add the cooked ground beef with onion and garlic, potatoes, carrots and Worcestershire sauce to a 5 quart or larger slow cooker that has been lined with a slow cooker liner for easy clean up.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together tomato paste, water, salt, pepper, onion powder and oregano. Pour this over the ingredients in the slow cooker. Carefully stir so that the liner doesn't tear.