Hearty Beef, Pasta, and Spinach Minestrone

Ingredients

• 14.5 ounce canned tomatoes undrained chopped canned
• 0.5 cup ditalini pasta uncooked (very short tubular macaroni)
• 0.5 pound ground round 
• 4.4 ounce minestrone soup mix (such as Lipton's Kettle Creations)
• 10 ounce pkt spinach frozen dry thawed drained chopped
• 6 cups water 

Equipment

• frying pan
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Cook ground round in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until the meat is browned, stirring to crumble.
2. Drain well, and return meat to pan. Stir in water, stewed tomatoes, and soup mix, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and sim-mer, uncovered, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in ditalini and chopped spinach, and simmer for 7 minutes or until the pasta is tender.