Ground Beef/Venison Goulash

Ingredients

• 1 lb elbow macaroni
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 green bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef or 1 1/2 lbs venison
• salt and pepper
• 1 (26 ounce) jar tomato sauce

Instructions

1. In a large pot, heat water to a boil.
2. While waiting for the water to boil, in a medium to large sized skillet, heat olive oil on medium high heat; add onion, green pepper, minced garlic, and crushed red pepper and cook until onion is transparent.
3. Add ground beef, salt and pepper, and cook mixture on medium high heat until no pink is showing in the meat; drain.
4. Return the mixture to the skillet, add tomato sauce, and simmer.
5. Cook macaroni according to directions on box then drain and rinse.
6. Add macaroni to ground beef mixture and serve.