Macaroni-Cheese Without the Pot of Water!

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 325 deg F/160 deg C, and grease an oven dish.

2. 2

   Peel the tomatoes and chop into pieces.

3. 3

   Heat the water to boiling, and add the macaroni little by little (to keep the water boiling).

4. 4

   Also add the tomatoes, salt, pepper and basil, stir now and then, and cook without a lid until the macaroni is tender and the mixture is sort of saucy.

5. 5

   While that is cooking, fry the onion and bacon in a little oil until softened and cooked.

6. 6

   Add the ground beef, and stir with a fork to loosen the meat. Stir until cooked through.

7. 7

   Ladle the macaroni mixture into the greased oven dish. Spead half the meat mixture over the top, and then half the grated cheddar.

8. 8

   Add rest of the meat, then the last of the cheddar.

9. 9

   Bake, open, in the preheated oven until heated through and the cheese is melted.