Goulash American Style My Way - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 lbs ground beef (I got Amana Angus, can't say it's all that different but didn't have to drain grease off)
1/2 medium onion, cut up
2 1/2 cups uncooked creamette medium pasta shells
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon Lawry's Seasoned Salt
1/4 teaspoon schilling seasoned pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 - 3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
tomato paste, can of water plus about 1/2 can more

Preparation

Start cooking the pasta shells in 3 quarts of boiling water to which a few drops of salad oil and a little salt were added; stir occasionally.
Cook eleven minutes for well done, drain, don't rinse, set aside.
Next I browned the onions in some margarine and scraped into small dish to set aside until the meat is browned.
Turned up the heat and put in the ground beef, started breaking it up with spatula.
Continued to brown the beef and break up with a little cookie-cutter type chopper with sharp, scalloped teeth (use whatever you prefer as a utensil.
Brown to me is parts are actually a nice brown, not just stirring around until all the pink is gone; it helps with the flavor.
When beef was browned to my satisfaction, put the onions back into the skillet with the browned, broken-up beef.
Added the tomato paste, diced tomatoes and water, stirred on low heat.
Add the flavor booster and did a taste test because it's salty, just right.
To avoid over salting,I didn't use any salt except what I boiled the shells in until I added the booster (it's concentrated).
Add the seasoned salt, seasoned pepper blend, parsley, Worcestershire sauce and cheese.
If it's too thick, add a little more water; if too watery, cook it down while stirring, doesn't take long.
Can be eaten right away, baked in oven, frozen, or made a day ahead.
Add ground pepper to taste when served.