Beef Bacon Pasta

Ingredients

• 3 lbs ground beef, 96/4
• 10 slices beef bacon
• 5 tsp coarse salt
• 3 tsp fine salt
• 1 Tbsp onion powder
• 1 Tbsp garlic powder
• 2 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1 Tbsp black pepper
• 28 oz can diced tomatoes
• 5 Tbsp sweet relish
• 672 g pasta, cooked to almost done
• 800 g cottage cheese, 2%
• 2 bags fat-free cheese
• 1 cup fat-free milk
• 16 oz bone broth
• 3 onions, chopped
• frozen broccoli, 6 servings

Instructions

1. Mix ground beef, coarse salt, fine salt, onion powder, minced garlic, garlic powder, black pepper, sweet relish, and diced tomatoes together.
2. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours.
3. Chop the onions and cook them in the bacon grease after the bacon is done.
4. Blend cottage cheese, fat-free cheese, and fat-free milk until smooth.
5. Add cooked onions to the crock pot and mix in.
6. Add bone broth, frozen broccoli, and cooked pasta to the crock pot.
7. Mix in the blended cheese sauce.