Kicked Up Macaroni And Cheese

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 -2 teaspoon seasoning salt or 1 -2 teaspoon salt
• black pepper
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 -3 stalks celery, finely chopped
• 2 (225 g) boxes macaroni & cheese dinner mix (I use Kraft)
• 2 (10 ounce) cans mushrooms, drained
• 2 tablespoons HP steak sauce (or to taste)
• 1 dash Tabasco sauce (optional)
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 (10 ounce) can tomato soup, undiluted
• 2 (10 ounce) cans cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
• 1 -2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese (optional)
• milk (to thin sauce) or half-and-half cream (to thin sauce)

1. Cook the pasta from the Kraft dinner until firm-tender (do not over cook, leave firm!) drain and rinse under cold water, set aside the cheese packages and the cooked macaroni.
2. In a large frypan or Dutch oven brown the ground beef with onion, garlic and celery until beef is no longer pink; drain fat.
3. Add in the mushrooms and the cooked macaroni to the ground beef; mix to combine.
4. In a bowl, mix together mushroom soup, tomato soup, HP steak sauce, Tabasco sauce (if using) green pepper, Parmesan cheese (if using) and the two packages of cheese mix; mix well to combine.
5. Add the mixture to the ground beef in the pan and stir to combine.
6. Simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes; reduce heat to low and simmer for 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally, adding in milk to thin sauce (I use about 1/4-1/3 cup).
7. Delicious!

ground beef, salt, black pepper, fresh garlic, onion, celery, mushrooms, steak sauce, tabasco sauce, green bell pepper, tomato soup, cream of mushroom soup, worcestershire sauce, parmesan cheese, milk

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/kicked-up-macaroni-and-cheese-132195 (may not work)