favorite recipe using ground beef?

Right now I in the cabbage roll mood, I have been making them every week for the fridge, they make great left overs:

Cabbage Rolls

The Sauce

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 large onion, diced

2 14-ounce cans of diced or crushed tomatoes

3 cloves or garlic minced

2 cups of water

Heat the oil in a large pot over a low flame.

Add the onions and sweat them until translucent. Sweating is when you cook the onions over a low flame. Stir them occasionally to keep them from caramelizing. Once the onions are translucent move on to the next step.

Add the garlic and heat until fragrant.

Add the tomatoes and water and bring to a simmer.

Simmer for at least fifteen minutes.

The Cabbage Rolls

8 large cabbage leaves

1 large pot of boiling salted water

1 1/2 pounds of ground beef

1 medium onion diced

1 tablespoon of salt

½ teaspoon of ground pepper

2 teaspoons of oregano

2 teaspoons of basil

1 teaspoon of thyme

3 cloves of garlic minced

1 egg, beaten

2 tablespoons of tomato paste

1 cup of cooked rice

Place the cabbage leaves into the boiling salted water for three minutes or until they are tender.

Remove the leaves from the water and let them cool.

If the stem of the leaf is very thick, carefully cut it out leaving as much of the leaf intact as possible.

Mix the ground beef, onions, salt, pepper, herbs, garlic, egg, tomato paste, and rice.

Combine thoroughly.

Separate the beef mix into eight equal portions.

Place a portion at the top of one of the cabbage leaves and roll the leaf until the beef is just covered.

Fold in the sides and roll to the end of the leaf.

Repeat for each leaf.

Place the cabbage rolls, seam side down, into the sauce.

Cover and simmer for one hour or until desired texture

Nothing fancy, but would have to be Meatloaf.

Hamburger

Spanish Onion (Latin onions make it so much more festive)

Crackers (smashed in my hands with hatred, to mere dust)

One large egg (chicken, not like a lizard, or spider egg, to be clear)

Pepper, Parsley, Sage, Oregano

a few shots of Ketchup and/or BBQ Sauce

Now create your "loaf looking" meat and use 2 fingers to make a trench.

Let back for about 20 minutes at 375 F.

In the meantime, mix some ketchup, bbq sauce, mustard, and honey to taste. Mix together well.

Now pour all over the "loaf" as well as filling in the trench with this sauce.

Some fresh Parsley on top gives it that "2 Star Restaurant" look.

Bake another 10-15 minutes. Times will vary if you are using gas or electric oven. Also, size of "loaf" figures in too. Try not to get any E Coil and over cook rather than under.

As strange as all of that sounds, now put grated cheese sprinkled all over said "loaf" and only put in long enough for this cheese to start to melt, just not all the way melt.

If you are a spinach fan, you could have put hand ripped pieces into the mix before turning it into a loaf.

This is one of the first foods I must eat after I feel like some Comfort food. Today, for instance, would be a great day for this, for me.

Enjoy!

Peace:)

My fave is a casserole that my MIL makes and I now make too. Just had it this week in fact!

1 lb. ground beef

Elbo macaroni

1 tub of frozen green chili

Red chili powder

Family sized Tomato soup

Cheddar cheese

Cook beef and macaroni. Combine all ingredients using red chili to taste. Bake at 350 for 20-30 mins. YUM!

Brown meat

Brown mushrooms when meat is done

(same pan)

Add can stewed tomatoes

splash of red wine..

simmer

jar of artichoke hearts

top it with fresh chopped basil and Parmesan cheese

sever with fresh noodles and garlic bread

beef stroganoff *also use ground venison in it*

or a box of mac n cheese, small can of diced tomatoe, and italian seasoning and obviously the cooked beef ;) lol

super simple, super cheap and yummy!

Taco salads. Brown the meat, add taco seasoning, and spoon over lettuce, tomatoes and crushed tortilla chips. Add cheese, sour cream, guacomole, and salsa.

Shepard Pie

I have 3 faves, tourtiere, Jamaican patties or bolognese pasta sauce

easily tacos....but since I can't really eat them again until I'm done nursing meatloaf has to win for now

I love meatloaf. But swedish meals are pretty good too!