ground beef recipes?

Ugh! I am sick to death of ground beef. Not that we eat it that often, but
when we do, it's always so bland. And guess what's thawing for dinner?
What the heck can I do with it that won't be horribly fattening but
relatively tasty?

determined wrote:
Ugh! I am sick to death of ground beef. Not that we eat it that often, but
when we do, it's always so bland. And guess what's thawing for dinner?
What the heck can I do with it that won't be horribly fattening but
relatively tasty?

Something we like -- though we use ground turkey -- is to mix some
browned meat with spaghetti sauce (bottled, from the grocery) and serve
it atop spaghetti squash. The idea is to use lots of the squash and
not so much meat and sauce. It's very tasty; we actually prefer it to
pasta.

Something DH does occasionally is to brown up a bit of ground meat with
some onion and spices, and serve it atop a baked sweet potato. Sounds
weird, but it's good :-). You can use unusual spices here, like
cinnamon and/or curry.

Or make chili, with lots of beans relative to the quantity of meat.
You can add lots of spices so it won't be bland :-).

The basic idea in all these is to cut calories by not just eating
ground beef, but instead using it to add flavor to a dish with other
healthier ingredients.

Chris
262/130s/130s

I like a simple chili. In a big skillet, saute a pound of ground beef with
a diced onion, some garlic, and a diced, red or green bell pepper -- and a
fresh jalepeno if you have one. Drain off the fat. Add a teaspoon or so of
chili powder (or a tablespoon of the milder, pre-mixed chili concoctions
like the "Mexene" brand), a teaspoon of salt, and half teaspoon of powdered
cocoa (optional). Throw in either (1) a can of kidney beans and a little
can of tomato sauce or (2) a can of pork & beans. Heat through. Serve with
salad and saltines (I have recently discovered whole grain saltines and I
love 'em -- never did like regular saltines).

Can you get Dale's sauce where you live? It's in a bottle, on the shelf
with the BBQ sauces. It's mostly soy sauce and garlic. Mix some Dale's and
some finely diced onions up in your ground beef, shape into patties, then
grill them over a HOT fire or broil.

ep

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Ugh! I am sick to death of ground beef. Not that we eat it that often,
but when we do, it's always so bland. And guess what's thawing for
dinner? What the heck can I do with it that won't be horribly fattening
but relatively tasty?

"determined" wrote in message
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Ugh! I am sick to death of ground beef. Not that we eat it that often,
but when we do, it's always so bland. And guess what's thawing for
dinner? What the heck can I do with it that won't be horribly fattening
but relatively tasty?


Mix 1 tablespoon each garlic powder (not salt), onion powder, black pepper,
oregano, thyme, paprika and, if you can stand it, cayenne, otherwise reduce
the cayenne to 1 or 2 tsps. Mix into the meat. I garontee it won't be
bland.

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Ugh! I am sick to death of ground beef. Not that we eat it that often,
but when we do, it's always so bland. And guess what's thawing for
dinner? What the heck can I do with it that won't be horribly fattening
but relatively tasty?


Spagetti
Spagetti squash its that time of year
chili
stuffed green peppers
meatloaf
tacos/burritos/enchiladas
taco salad
meat pie
sheppards pie
burgers
lasagna
meatballs swedish or hawaiin or porcupine
stuffed zuccini

www.allrecipes.com - search on "ground beef"

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Ugh! I am sick to death of ground beef. Not that we eat it that often,
but when we do, it's always so bland. And guess what's thawing for
dinner? What the heck can I do with it that won't be horribly fattening
but relatively tasty?


Spagetti
Spagetti squash its that time of year
chili
stuffed green peppers
meatloaf
tacos/burritos/enchiladas
taco salad
meat pie
sheppards pie
burgers
lasagna
meatballs swedish or hawaiin or porcupine
stuffed zuccini

Ok, I've heard of most of that stuff, but what is a hawaiin or porcupine
meatball?

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"determined" wrote in message
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Ugh! I am sick to death of ground beef. Not that we eat it that often,
but when we do, it's always so bland. And guess what's thawing for
dinner? What the heck can I do with it that won't be horribly fattening
but relatively tasty?


Spagetti
Spagetti squash its that time of year
chili
stuffed green peppers
meatloaf
tacos/burritos/enchiladas
taco salad
meat pie
sheppards pie
burgers
lasagna
meatballs swedish or hawaiin or porcupine
stuffed zuccini

Ok, I've heard of most of that stuff, but what is a hawaiin or porcupine
meatball?

Hawaiin are sweat/sour type meatballs made in a sauce with pinapples and
things like green peppers.

Porcupine balls are mixed with rice, making the porcupine look (rice
sticking out of balls) Could be "hairy balls" but I don't think that would
be very appetizing.

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"determined" wrote in message
news Ugh! I am sick to death of ground beef. Not that we eat it that
often, but when we do, it's always so bland. And guess what's thawing
for dinner? What the heck can I do with it that won't be horribly
fattening but relatively tasty?


Spagetti
Spagetti squash its that time of year
chili
stuffed green peppers
meatloaf
tacos/burritos/enchiladas
taco salad
meat pie
sheppards pie
burgers
lasagna
meatballs swedish or hawaiin or porcupine
stuffed zuccini

Ok, I've heard of most of that stuff, but what is a hawaiin or porcupine
meatball?

Hawaiin are sweat/sour type meatballs made in a sauce with pinapples and
things like green peppers.

Porcupine balls are mixed with rice, making the porcupine look (rice
sticking out of balls) Could be "hairy balls" but I don't think that
would be very appetizing.

hairy balls sounds like something I'll be eating in December...

Ground beef?

I don't know many how still eat that, along with smoking cigarettes.

Try turkey, alot less FAT and calories...


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Ugh! I am sick to death of ground beef. Not that we eat it that often,
but when we do, it's always so bland. And guess what's thawing for
dinner? What the heck can I do with it that won't be horribly fattening
but relatively tasty?

determined wrote:
Ugh! I am sick to death of ground beef. Not that we eat it that often, but
when we do, it's always so bland. And guess what's thawing for dinner?
What the heck can I do with it that won't be horribly fattening but
relatively tasty?



Eat it plain. Almost all the other ground beef recipes include strong
spices or gravy so ground chicken or ground turkey easily substitutes.

Form the ground beef into a patty, add a little McCormick or Mrs. Dash
extra spicy seasoning and grill it. Serve it inside a whole wheat bun
with lettuce and tomato. If you're carb conscious, cube up the cooked
burger, add chopped lettuce and sliced or diced tomato, condiments and
wrap it up in a whole wheat tortilla.

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