Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Ground Meat Recipes My house Loves

I am a ground meat lover. I love hamburgers, meatloaves and more. I do rotate between ground beef and ground turkey when I cook as my daughter prefers the poultry over the beef.

While I love to cook, I also like to put in order dinner in under an hour, eat and then have the rest of the evening to do the things I want to do.

Meat Casseroles

I'd like to share three ground meat recipes with you, all that my house loves.

I remember having meatloaf as a child. It was one of my least popular meals. Then about a year ago, my dad was in the hospital and the restaurant served a turkey meatloaf. It was excellent. I knew I wanted to try and make this at home. What I ended up with was a Parmesan meatloaf that we loved. I do use ground turkey to make this, so it does come out very soft. Here is the ingredient list:

1/2 cup spaghetti sauce
1 pound ground turkey
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 egg, beaten

Set aside 1/4 cup sauce and 1/4 cup cheese. Mix remaining ingredients together and form into loaf. Place into loaf pan and cover with remaining sauce and cheese. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.

I make this in just 10 minutes, then bake it for the 45 minutes. This dish is ready in under one hour.

We make our own quick and easy sloppy joes. My kids like ground beef mixed with barbeque sauce and served on a roll. I crumble the meat into a skillet and slow cook the beef. After draining the beef I add the barbeque sauce and simmer for ten minutes. When I make this for myself, I chop up some onion and garlic and saute that right in. We toast the buns, serve with a salad and this is a very quick and easy meal.

I happen to love Mexican food. We make a taco casserole that is very quick to put in order and quite tasty. Here's a list of the ingredients needed:

1 pound ground meat
1 cup Monterey jack cheese, shredded
1 cup Colby cheese, shredded
2 cups crushed tortilla chips
1 cup prepared salsa
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoon chili powder
1 tomato, chopped
1 small can sliced black olives
2 cups shredded lettuce
1/2 avocado, sliced

Brown and drain ground meat. Add in the mayo, salsa, and chili powder. Mix well. Pour half the meat into a casserole dish. Place one cup of the chips on top and half of the two cheeses. Repeat these layers and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Cut into portions. Once on plate, add lettuce, tomato, olives and avocado on top.

We buy the multi packs of ground turkey at Costco. I'm a happy camper to have at least a few meals a week with ground beef/turkey.

Ground Meat Recipes My house Loves

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