Macaroni

One of my all-time favorite comfort foods is Goulash! It is simple, both to make and in terms of what it consists of - hearty, and versatile since you can put just about anything into a goulash and spice it any number of ways. I've been on something of a thyme kick lately, so there is is lots of that in there.

Two of the main ingredients are beef and diced tomatoes. For the former we are using ground beef from one of the local farmers that we deal with. It is non-certified organic, and absolutely fantastic tasting! For the tomatoes we are using a pint / 500ml jar of diced roma tomatoes that we put down in the fall of 2006. We do a lot of tomatoes every year - buy them by the bushel at the farmers' market at the end of our street, and process and can them up.