3 hearty cheese tortellini and beef stew Recipes

garlic cloves, margarine, chicken broth or 2 (13 3/4 oz) cans beef broth, cheese tortellini , either fresh, frozen, spinach , thawed either fresh, frozen, stewed tomatoes, undrained and coarsely chopped, grated parmesan cheese

lean ground beef (i use 9% fat), chopped onion, minced garlic (or more ), beef broth, petite diced tomatoes (i drained , but you don tsp have to, we like a thick stew), tomato sauce (i used a 7 oz. but a 15 oz. would do), cannellini beans (or white kidney)(i rinse and drain, but you don tsp need to), chopped mushrooms (as many as you like, i used about 6 small white ones), nutmeg (approx .), salt and pepper to taste, cheese tortellini - about 20 +/- (i had fresh/frozen , but dried ones would work) (any tortellini will do - i buy mine at costco in the fresh section)