Pour diced tomatoes over ground beef, along with 3 ingredients, into slow cooker for a comfort supper that I crave this week after week

This slow cooker 5-ingredient Amish goulash is the kind of comfort supper that has quietly sat on Midwestern farmhouse tables for generations. It’s as simple as it sounds: you pour diced tomatoes over raw ground beef in the slow cooker, add just three more pantry ingredients, and let the day do the work while you get on with your chores.

Slow cooker Amish goulash in a rustic kitchen
Slow cooker Amish goulash in a rustic kitchen

By suppertime, the beef is tender, the tomatoes have cooked down into a rich, cozy sauce, and the noodles have soaked up