Poor Girl's Meatless Goulash. Great recipe for Poor Girl's Meatless Goulash. Meatless version still had protein with the beans, and use whole wheat pasta for an even heartier meal. I also make garlic bread with this version.

I loved, loved, loved it…except when someone gave us a freezer full of mutton and she made it with that instead of hamburger. I made a lazy, poor girl version of this goulash dish. Instead of veal, I used ground turkey. You can have Poor Girl's Meatless Goulash using 8 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Poor Girl's Meatless Goulash

Prepare of kidney beans (.75 cents).
You need of diced tomatoes and green chilies (.55 cents).
It's of corn (.50. cents).
It's of elbow macaroni ($1.00).
You need of spaghetti sauce ($1.00).
You need of Italian seasoning.
Prepare of salt and pepper.
Prepare of garlic powder.

I did not use any tomato sauce, stewed nor whole as I have never heard of that in a goulash. The plant-based goulash was most probably based on the meat goulash recipe. Hungarians have a potato goulash version as well and I have come across a sweet potato goulash version. The humble potato is one of the most inexpensive ingredients, making this vegetarian goulash soup a budget meal.

Poor Girl's Meatless Goulash step by step

Combine corn, diced tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, beans, seasoning, and cooked pasta in a large pot..
Bring to a slow boil, reduce heat. Serve with garlic bread and enjoy!.

One could call it "the poor mans" goulash. Heat a Dutch oven over medium-high heat and coat with the oil. Our Ground Beef Goulash is an American version of goulash, but the other type of goulash is Hungarian which consists of beef stew meat, paprika and sour cream. American Goulash comes in many variations but almost all have ground beef, elbow macaroni and some type of tomatoes. Truth be told, my goulash recipe is never the same.