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Moms View Message Board: General Discussion: Archive November 2007: Hamburger Meat
I am tired of eating the same thing. So what do you cook with Hamburger meat?
Shepherd's pie, dirty rice, tacos, sloppy joes, meatloaf, meatballs, chili...
Spaghetti and meat sauce, taco soup, tater tot casserole, lasagna, burrito skillets, hamburger gravy over pasta, BBQ beef pockets
sloppy joes (even though I hate them!), taco salad, nachos...
Chili, made using McCormick Chili Sauce spice package (you add either tomato sauce or tomato paste, I don't remember which), serve in a large soup bowl over cooked rice, top with chopped lettuce, chopped tomato and shredded cheese (sort of a taco in a bowl and the rice offsets the spiciness of the chili seasoning).
LOL Ginny, that is one of my favorite dishes! I didn't know anyone else ate it that way! My hubby thinks I am weird.
I'm always wanting more things to do with ground beef, too! DH doesn't eat much chicken at all, so there's a lot of ground beef around here along with pork.
We had planned to have chili tonight, but after school, which is a low spot in my day, I was so tired, I wanted to take a nap more than cook. So, we went to Culver's for supper and after supper I cut up the celery and onions and cooked it with the ground beef, so the hard part is done and we do the easy part tomorrow. I've never used the McCormick seasoning packet for my chili! My mom just threw in whatever and after I was married, I measured and kept track and that's how I do it now.
I tried a new twist on my mom's meatloaf recipe and threw in some cheese. Not bad.
Funny story. Growing up my husband's mom used to brown hamburger meat (seasoned) and then serve it just crumbled over mashed potatoes with gravy on top. One night I fixed it and my mother in law was eating with us and she said "Oh Dog Food". I was mad, I stewed all through dinner and later said something to my husband about her insulting my meal, he laughed and told me that they called it that while he was growing up. It would have been good to know that! My family still likes this, I just serve it with salad or some green vegetable. I brown the meat with seasoned salt and pepper and then drain it well. You could add any spices you like, chili powder if you like it spicy.
That is too funny! I would have been steaming, too! But that does sound like something my family would like... I'll have to give it a try!
There were meals that my mom just threw together, to use up leftovers and whatever was in the fridge. We called them H--- Specials! (h--- being my maiden name and not the 4-letter h word! LOL!)
I guess I am the odd one. We rarely eat hamburger/ground beef.
Sarah, we had another name for what your ground beef in gravy. It was called sh*t on a shingle, and no I am not kidding. That is what my mom and dad called it, so that is how I remember it! I've thought of making that at different times but I really didn't know how it would go over with my family...
Yvonne, we eat hamburger meat about 2-3 times a month. But I had bought a large packet for a party to do mexican food, but needed to cook the rest. So we had already done the nachos, tacos thing. and we do italian stuff alot around here. So I was just trying to come up with a way to cook my meat that evening.
Oh goodness! What meats do you all eat if you don't eat mostly ground beef? I'm not being sarcastic...I want to know!
Last weeks dinners were:
Thank you!! We do the pulled pork, and steak occasionally. I've never done turkey anything, so I need to try that. I love how you make more to work into other meals. Easier and very economical, too. I feel like I have a cart full EVERY week at the grocery, and we don't do much of any junk foods. I'm really starting to feel challenged in this area. I just feel like I could be more efficient and more economical with foods but SERIOUSLY need a tutor!
My hubby will tell you that he hates turkey.....BUT we eat it every week and he rarely knows. He thinks it is pork. I season it and it does not have that bland turkey taste he doesn't like.
My husband hates poultry also. So, we have a lot of ground beef here too. We also have pork tenderloin, pork chops, tenderized round steak (as in salsibury steak--yummy), roast-both beef and pork, eggs, ham, ring bologna (not real figure friendly but fried with potatos, onion, peppers and carrots-yum),.
Weeks menu...
Thank you Kaye! I do meal plans for 2 weeks most of the time, sometimes just a week at a time. I need to just remember to over make on the meats, but I never seem to.
I make a turkey Marsala using turkey cutlets that is great. I use turkey cutlets a lot. I also try to do a vegetarian meal once a week, and I use beans a lot for that. For example we had black bean and corn quesadillas last night. Very yummy! When I do fish, I use frozen tilapia a lot. You're right Deanna, salmon is so expensive! Adena mentioned allrecipes.com. That is my all-time favorite recipe website! I use it ALL the time!
We use cookinglight.com all the time for healthier recipes.
Thanks, Yvonne! I'll check it out.
I will also Yvonne, and will check out the turkey cutlets too Michele!
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