Ground Beef Ideas for Easy Family Dinners
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It’s been four years since originally posting this. I’m republishing with several new recipes. Enjoy. I will continuously add new ground beef recipes as I make them.
I think I might be a little blessed because while the Spinach Tiger loves steak, I have a crush on ground beef and never seem to run out of ground beef ideas. If you have some great ideas, leave them in the comments.
Good ground beef has fat and flavor which is quite satisfying, and as long as I can get my hands on grass fed, high quality ground beef without sticker shock, I’d rather eat ground beef than just about anything.
My crush has led to many ground beef ideas over the years, from fast and easy to slow and fussy and even recipes for a party. You could use ground turkey in these recipes, keeping in mind, you will need to add in more flavor, more fat (olive oil), and you could substitute ground lamb. Play around and always be sure to tell me if you have a great ground beef recipe.
The Fast and Easy Ground Beef Ideas
Personal Favorite
Our all time favorite dish is Ground Beef with Peas and Sauteed Onion. You can choose to add in a starch such as rice, potatoes or pasta, but we like it just like this.
Eventually, I jumped off into other ground beef stir fries, using kale or spinach and even adding in pancetta in this Italian Stir Fry
Meatballs
Meatballs are just as classic as the cheeseburger, and did you know they don’t have to swim in tomato sauce? You can skewer them as is, serve in pastry shell, or naked on pasta. They can be stuffed inside crusty rolls or taken to a party.
Meatloaf Three Ways
Ground Beef in Soup/Chili
- Italian Meatball Wedding Soup
- Italian Meatball Soup in Tomato Broth
- Ground Beef Five Bean Chili
- No Bean Chili
Ground Beef Ideas for Dinner
- Ground Beef Stroganoff
- Spaghetti Squash with Bolognese
- Picadillo
- Ground Beef Taco Meat
- Easy Shepherd’s Pie
- Crack Slaw with Comeback Sauce
- Easy Hamburger Steaks
- Hamburger Steaks with Wine Mushroom Sauce
Italian Dinners with Ground Beef
- Three Cheese Spaghetti Squash Lasagna with Meatballs and Sausage
- Bolognese Sauce (Five Different Recipes)
Ground Beef Ideas for Your Next Party
Meatballs with Blueberry Pear Compote a recipe from La Cucina Italia, an Italian Magazine and it’s so delicious and a great demonstration that meatballs can travel down many roads in Italy.
Stuff it Ground Beef Ideas
Stuffed Peppers, one of the dishes we make a lot!
Feta Stuffed Lamb Meatballs with Pistachio Pesto
These are just some of my ground beef recipes. I make meatloaf, burgers, stuffed cabbage, lettuce wraps and other ground beef dishes, but for some reason I’ve never posted their recipes. Once I do, I’ll add them in. If you have a good ground beef link (not a tater tot type recipe), leave it in the comments.
Ricotta Stuffed Meatballs
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 tablespoons parsley chopped finely
- 3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese or pecorino romano
- 1 egg
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1 teaspoon salt or more
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Mix beef with 1 tablespoons parsley, 2 tablespoons cheese, and egg.
- Mix Ricotta cheese with remaining parsley, cheese
- Season both meat mixture and cheese mixture with salt and pepper.
- Use about a tablespoon of meat mixture, Flatten and place ricotta cheese in middle. Form into meatball.
- Continue making small meatballs.
- Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes.
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I made this last night, but don’t have many herbs to use (I could have used oregano oil and cumin perhaps as I have that), and i forgot he chili flakes. It’s hearty and simple. And, I am single, so it’s leftovers for me. Yay!
Wow you really do have some amazing ideas for ground beef! I’m going to share this on twitter Angela! 😀 x
Thanks so much Lorraine.
I’ve never thought of doing a ground beef stirfry, great idea! I love ground beef but don’t buy it too often. I need to master meatballs…they’re one of the few things I still cheat on and buy premade 🙂
Anna
Thanks, try those stir fries. But homemade are so good, totally different than store-bought.
I love ground beef, too, as long as it’s good-quality and not crazy expensive, like you said. Your round-up of recipes is FANTASTIC! I’m especially intrigued by the mini shepherd’s pies – what a great idea for a party!
Thanks, Amy. They were cute and good. Maybe a pot luck for blogger’s soon.
While we enjoy a good steak,by far most of the beef we eat is ground and I like having more ways to try it.
thanks for featuring my french onion stuffed meatballs! My website name is actually “Or Whatever You Do”. 🙂 have a great weekend! Great roundup!