Midwest Chili - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
1 onion, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 (6 ounce) tomato paste
1 (16 ounce) kidney beans (do not rinse or drain) or (16 ounce) chili beans (do not rinse or drain)
12 ounces V8 vegetable juice
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
1 (32 ounce) can whole tomatoes (cut into chunks)
4 cups water
1 cup elbow macaroni, raw

Preparation

In a dutch oven, brown the ground beef with onion and celery and drain any excess fat from the meat.
Add remaining ingredients (tomato paste through 4 cups of water) EXCEPT macaroni.
Simmer for at least 3 hours.
Prepare the macaroni according to package directions (cook in additional salted water).
Drain macaroni and add to chili.
Simmer this mixture for an additional 15 to 30 minutes.