new things to do with ground beef

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Money's pretty tight these days and I am about sick of hamburgers and hamburger helper. I know how to make chili and meat loaf. What I need to know is what other things I can do with ground beef. I guess I am tired of the same old thing. The kids don't care for sloppy joes. Help. There getting tired of hot dogs and mac and cheese.

-- mindy (speciallady@countrylife.net), November 06, 2001

Answers

Mexican pizzas: put a corn tortilla in a cookie pan. Smear refried beans (good to hold stuff on them) and cooked ground beef and add what you like: cheese, tomatoes,chopped cilantro. Put a corn tortilla on top and cook at 350 until cheese melts 15 minutes?

My kids like the kid version of beef stroganoff. 1-2 lbs of cooked,drained hamburger, Add one can cr of mushroom soup and 8 oz of sour cream. Serve over egg noodles.

Chili anyone? My kids don't actually like the beans but they will eat anything with cheese smothered on it.

-- Ann Markson (tngreenacres@hotmail.com), November 06, 2001.


This is better with chicken, but works with hamburger, too. Make a stir-fry. Brown a pound (or so) of hamburger with a chopped onion and some garlic (in my opinion, the more garlic, the better!). Drain off most of the fat. Add whatever veggies you have - zucchini, any squash, carrots, green beans - anything you like and have on hand. Splash in some soy sauce and a little ground ginger. Salt and pepper to taste. And something that really adds to the taste is to add about 1/2 teaspoon of sugar - it really brings out all the other flavors. Cook until the veggies are as tender as you like - I like them semi-crunchy, my DH likes them soft. Serve over rice. (Rice is super easy to make in the microwave - if you need directions, please let me know!)

Enjoy!

-- Cheryl in KS (cherylmccoy@rocketmail.com), November 06, 2001.


My mom could have wrote a book on hamburger!! She would often use it in vegetable soup instead of stew meat. Just brown it an use it like you would the meat.

Try hamburger-macaroni- and tomatoes (we had this so much when I was a kid, that I truly haven't eaten it since I left home!!) But you just brown the hamburger, add a jar of whole tomatoes, or tomato juice or spaghetti sauce, some water, and whatever you want to season it(peppers, onions herbs). Then add your macaroni and cook until the macaroni is done. About 12-15 minutes. Top with parmesan cheese if you like.

I will think of some more!!!

-- Melissa (me@home.net), November 06, 2001.


I put hamburger meat in baked beans, I use pork and beans, hamburger, mustard, catsup, brown sugar, onions to taste, bake in oven till good and bubbly. How about mexican cornbread?

-- Carol in Tx (cwaldrop@peoplescom.net), November 06, 2001.

Cheeseburger Bake:

Mix a batch of biscuit dough and spread in pan, about 1/2 inch thick. Mix cooked hamburger with cheese soup; spread on crust. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top, if you have it. Bake as for biscuits, about 12-15 minutes. You can add mixed veggies to the meat mixture, use a cheese sauce (like white sauce) instead of the soup, put sliced tomatoes on top, or whatever. Just make sure the dough is not too thick, or you will have more biscuit than anything else. My crew loves this, and if there's any left over, they warm it up for lunch the next day. It rarely lasts longer than that.

-- Cathy N. (keeper8@attcanada.ca), November 06, 2001.



I forgot to mention that we also mix hamburger as for meatloaf, make really thin patties, and put two together with a little mozzerella in the middle. We used to call these "pizza burgers".

-- Cathy N. (keeper8@attcanada.ca), November 06, 2001.

Hi Mindy, What about Spainish Rice,Spagatti sauce and I make a Hamburger Soup,if interested will give recipe. What about a few meals with salmon or tuni. We make fry salomon patties and cream tuni over toast, this last one my husband makes if I don't feel good. Seems to always hit the spot. Also what about waffle night with different syrups. I keep frozen strawberries and blackberries and ad thicken and make a thick syrup. Can you get fresh fruit in the summer and freeze. Defrost and put over pancakes or waffles. We freeze Ham slices from a large ham we buy and then you have meat for several meals. We make fried potatoes (use canola oil) ham and eggs. Also there is lots of recipes on the internet.

-- Jo (farmerjo@kvalley.com), November 06, 2001.

Years ago, Mom made hamburger gravy which we ate with mashed or fried potatoes. She browned the burger and added it to milk gravy. I do the same thing now with sausage, using half hot spicy and half regular sausage.

-- gibson girl (bobtravous@email.com), November 07, 2001.

Porcupine meatballs are fun. Mix up some hamburger and rice and what ever seasonings you want. It's the same sort of mix you would use for stuffed peppers, but instead of putting it in the peppers just roll it into meatballs. Simmer in a skillet with some stewed tomatoes until the meat is cooked, adding liquid as necessary so they don't stick or scorch. The rice will swell up and stick out of the sides of the meatballs like little porcupine quills. I loved this dish when I was a kid!

-- Sherri C (CeltiaSkye@aol.com), November 07, 2001.

Is hamburger minced/ground beef? I think it must be.(Sorry I'm English!!) What about spaghetti bolognaise. Cook off meat the day before in pan with water (half way up meat) Let it set in fridge. Next day cut off fat. New pan, brown off mushrooms, onions, garlic, any other veg you need to diguise from children(all the time) until they are soft. Add meat,and jelly that has set, tomatoe puree and chop some tinned tomatoes. Mix together on low heat. Add gravy thickener near to serving, to thicken.

This can be served on spaghetti and sprinkled with grated cheese or made into shepherds pie by adding a topping of mashed potatoes, roughing up and baking in the ovan.

To make the meat go further a tin of baked beans could be added.

Best wishes form the uk

Alison

-- Alison Homa (alisonhoma@aol.com), November 07, 2001.



Hey Mindy, I use a soy ground meat product instead of hamburger for this recipe, but it tastes the same. This is a recipe my Mom used to make when I was a little girl.

Galishkas Soup

1 pound of hamburger or ground meat substitute. 2 cans of diced tomatoes. 1 1/2 cups of rice. 1/4 head of cabbage, chopped. 1-2 cans of sauerkraut. 1 cup water. salt/pepper to taste.

Put all ingrediants in crockpot or large bean pot. Simmer all day on low. Stir often and add water as it works down. When I use the meat substitute, I have to add oil, usually olive. It's wonderful in fall or winter, but some find the taste hard to get used to. It really doesn't taste so krautie. Also, Mom would make meatballs out of the meat and rice and wrap in cabbage leaves, then place on a bed of the diced tomatoes and kraut. Top with the rest. It tastes the same either way. The soup is just easier. Also, the more you reheat it, the better the taste. Hope you like it. Of five kids, I'm the only one who still makes it. Iris

-- Iris (Sar_India@msn.com), November 07, 2001.


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