CLASSIC MACARONI AND TOMATOES – The Southern Lady Cooks

This recipe has been around a very long time and it’s wonderful comfort food. Macaroni and Tomatoes is a classic.

If you plan to make this delicious dish, don’t forget the fried cornbread. It’s the perfect combination and is the ultimate comfort food dish.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

We have loved this recipe since we were small kids! This is a generational recipe that goes way back. Nannie made if for Mom and she still loves it to this day. If you have followed our website for any amount of time you know that we love simple recipes and they don’t get any easier than this one. If you have never tried it, what are you waiting for?!?!

SIMPLE INGREDIENTS

There are many different variations of this recipe, but we feel macaroni, tomatoes, and bacon grease are all that is needed. If you can use canned tomatoes, you are in for an even bigger treat. Many people will add cheese and some of their favorite spices. Another misconception is adding ground beef, if you do that you are making goulash.

Some people will insist that you must add sugar to this dish and if that is the way you enjoy it.. then by all means.. go for it. We are not a fan of sugar in this dish, but many perfer it that way. Take a moment and go over the comments on this recipe, with over 150 many people have different versions.

⭐TIP

If you remember this dish being sweet, I would start with a teaspoon of white granulated sugar and see how it tastes, then proceed from there.

OTHER CLASSIC DISHES

Macaroni and Tomatoes

Judy Yeager

This old fashioned recipe for macaroni and tomatoes is one your family will love. Super easy but never goes out of style. There are hundreds of comments on this dish, one of the most popular on our website.

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine American, southern

• 2 cups macaroni uncooked
• 1 14.5 ounce can of petite diced tomatoes
• 1 14.5 ounce can of whole tomatoes in juice
• 1 tablespoon bacon grease can add more
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

• Prepare macaroni in boiling, salted water according to package directions. Drain.

• Return pasta to cooking pot and add the diced tomatoes and whole tomatoes along with the juice. I just break up the whole tomatoes

• Add bacon grease, salt and pepper and simmer for about 10 minutes.

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