Homemade Rice a Roni

I've been making this for years and it can be a side dish or add a salad and you have a quick all in one dinner.  Yummy!




1 pound ground beef (I used turkey) 

1 onion chopped 

one garlic clove minced (optional) 

2 Tbsp Oil 

2 Tbsp butter 

1 cup long grain rice 

8 ounces angel hair pasta~  broken up in small pieces about an inch long 

4 cups chicken broth.
Chopped almonds or pecans