Title: Meatballs And Shells Stew
Categories: Easy, Meats, Pasta
Yield: 4 Servings

1/2 lb Ground beef
1/4 c Uncooked long-grain rice
1 Egg, beaten
1/8 ts Black pepper
2 1/2 c Water
1 cn (14 1/2 oz.) whole tomatoes,
-broken up
1 Envelope ( 1 oz.) onion soup
-mix
1/2 ts Italian seasoning
1/4 ts Dried thyme leaves
1/4 ts Garlic powder
1/2 c Small shell pasta

In a medium bowl, combine ground beef, rice, egg and black pepper. Shape
into 1 inch meatballs and place on a baking sheet or piece of waxed paper;
set aside.

In a medium saucepan, combine water, tomatoes, onion soup mix, Italian
seasoning, thyme and garlic powder. Bring to a boil. Carefully drop the
meatballs into the boiling stew mixture and gently stir in shell pasta.
Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer 25 minutes, or until meatballs
are cooked through and pasta is tender. Makes 4 servings Typed in MMFormat
by cjhartlin.msn@attcanada.net Source: Mr. Food Easy Cooking May/June 99

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #11 by cjhartlin@email.msn.com on Apr 5,
1999