grandma's "goulache"

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 medium sweet onion, diced
• 1 medium bell pepper, diced
• 1/2-1 cup celery, chopped
• 1 pound large elbow macaroni, uncooked
• 2 (15oz) cans tomato sauce
• 15 ounces tomato juice (like V8)
• 1 tablespoon paprika, or to preference
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon onion salt
• 1/4 teaspoon celery salt
• 1/4 cup fresh Italian parsley, finely chopped
• - salt and pepper, to taste
• water, if needed, to cook noodles the all the way through