Skillet supper.

• 1 pound hamburger/ground beef. I use 85/15
• 1 lb button mushrooms white or brown.
• 1/8 teaspoon each of allspice and nutmeg.
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 tbsp onion powder (or 1 medium onion)
• 1 can evaporated milk
• 1 lb cooked egg noodles or farfalla/bow tie pasta

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1. Pulse mushrooms in food processor until resembles the texture of coarse ground beef
2. Optional: if using onion, pulse the onion in food processor until ground.
3. Add beef and mushrooms (and onions if using) to cast iron skillet.
4. Cook on medium low until mushrooms have released all liquid, breaking up the meat while stirring. Beef should be mostly cooked at this point.
5. Turn up the meat to medium high to get a little crust on some of the beef. Add spices and stir (omit onion powder if using fresh onion). Salt and pepper to taste. Cook spices about 30-60 seconds
6. Turn hear back to medium and add flour. Stir well into the beef and cook a minute or longer. Don’t burn the flour.
7. Add can of evaporated milk.
8. Stir. I used a metal spoon to scrape up anything stuck to the pan. Bring to simmer and cook until thickened and some of the liquid has evaporated.
9. Off heat, Add the cooked pasta and mix well. Makes about 6 servings. More if you add a green salad and some bread.

Cost in 2025: $8.49 for beef at Target. Buy one get one half off so I got a second for the freezer; pasta was $1.15 for the box. Mushrooms were $2.49. Evaporated milk was $.79. Spices I already had in my pantry so cost nothing extra for them. All spice and nutmeg and onion powder can be purchased quite cheap.

Shockingly, my son asks me for this all the time. Super cheap. Inspired by Swedish meatballs.