Recipes with ground beef, extra lean
62 recipes
Crusty Beef Casserole
Layered ground beef and noodle casserole baked under a crusty cheddar top with mushroom spaghetti sauce. Five-ingredient budget comfort food from the church cookbook era.
Alphabet Noodle Soup
Hearty beef and vegetable soup with alphabet pasta, loaded with frozen veggies and simmered in a savory tomato-beef broth. Kid-approved comfort in a bowl.
Beef Enchilada Pie
Layered beef enchilada pie with seasoned ground beef, kidney beans, pinto beans, green chiles, and sharp cheddar stacked between corn tortillas and baked until bubbly.
Momos (Tibetan Steamed Dumplings)
Momos, Tibetan steamed dumplings with spiced ground beef, ginger, daikon, and cilantro wrapped in homemade flour dough. Served with fresh tomato tsal salsa and hot sriracha dip.
Beef-Barley Stew
Beef and barley stew bakes in one casserole with ground beef, pearl barley, tomatoes, water chestnuts, and frozen mixed vegetables. Hearty, hands-off oven dinner.
Cowboy Chili
Cowboy chili with ground beef, pinto beans, stewed tomatoes, beef stock, and a classic chili-cumin-oregano spice trio. A no-frills cattle drive bowl, cooked low and slow.
Greek Burgers
Greek-seasoned burgers with oregano, cumin, lemon juice, and fresh tomato tucked into whole wheat pita pockets with romaine and red onion. Low-fat and diabetic-friendly.
Fluffy Meat Loaf
Classic American meatloaf made fluffy with a milk-soaked white bread panade, blended ground beef and pork, and a savory mix of sage, mustard, and Worcestershire. Optional ketchup glaze.
Favorite Texas Venison Chili
Texas venison chili browns cubed venison and beef, then simmers them with jalapenos, tomatoes and a masa harina thickener for deep, corn-rich body and real heat. A hearty wild-game chili with black beans.
Minestrone Soup (Diabetic)
Diabetic-friendly minestrone with extra-lean ground beef, kidney beans, kale, zucchini, cabbage, and just a half-cup of macaroni for controlled carbs. The classic Italian vegetable soup adapted for sugar control.
Italian Meatball Sandwich
Italian meatball sandwich: pork-and-beef meatballs simmered for an hour in a long-cooked red wine tomato sauce built on salt pork, garlic, basil, and marjoram. Piled in a crusty roll with Parmesan and roasted peppers for a proper Sunday sub.
Bisquick Beef Potpie with Vegetables
Bisquick beef potpie with vegetables tops a savory ground beef, mushroom and pea-carrot gravy with split Bisquick biscuits, then bakes golden. An easy, comforting weeknight potpie with no pastry to roll.
Best Spicy Meatball Soup
Best spicy meatball soup simmers tender salsa-and-cumin beef meatballs right in a Tex-Mex broth of tomatoes, kidney beans, corn, and salsa. Poached, not fried, then loaded with cilantro, scallions, and sour cream.
Delectable Meat Loaf
A moist meatloaf made with ground beef, onion soup mix, cream of wheat, and V-8 juice. Glazed with ketchup halfway through baking and finished with a second pour of V-8 for extra flavor.
Layered ground beef and noodle casserole baked under a crusty cheddar top with mushroom spaghetti sauce. Five-ingredient budget comfort food from the church cookbook era.
Hearty beef and vegetable soup with alphabet pasta, loaded with frozen veggies and simmered in a savory tomato-beef broth. Kid-approved comfort in a bowl.
Layered beef enchilada pie with seasoned ground beef, kidney beans, pinto beans, green chiles, and sharp cheddar stacked between corn tortillas and baked until bubbly.
Momos, Tibetan steamed dumplings with spiced ground beef, ginger, daikon, and cilantro wrapped in homemade flour dough. Served with fresh tomato tsal salsa and hot sriracha dip.
Beef and barley stew bakes in one casserole with ground beef, pearl barley, tomatoes, water chestnuts, and frozen mixed vegetables. Hearty, hands-off oven dinner.
Cowboy chili with ground beef, pinto beans, stewed tomatoes, beef stock, and a classic chili-cumin-oregano spice trio. A no-frills cattle drive bowl, cooked low and slow.
Greek-seasoned burgers with oregano, cumin, lemon juice, and fresh tomato tucked into whole wheat pita pockets with romaine and red onion. Low-fat and diabetic-friendly.
Classic American meatloaf made fluffy with a milk-soaked white bread panade, blended ground beef and pork, and a savory mix of sage, mustard, and Worcestershire. Optional ketchup glaze.
Texas venison chili browns cubed venison and beef, then simmers them with jalapenos, tomatoes and a masa harina thickener for deep, corn-rich body and real heat. A hearty wild-game chili with black beans.
Diabetic-friendly minestrone with extra-lean ground beef, kidney beans, kale, zucchini, cabbage, and just a half-cup of macaroni for controlled carbs. The classic Italian vegetable soup adapted for sugar control.
Italian meatball sandwich: pork-and-beef meatballs simmered for an hour in a long-cooked red wine tomato sauce built on salt pork, garlic, basil, and marjoram. Piled in a crusty roll with Parmesan and roasted peppers for a proper Sunday sub.
Bisquick beef potpie with vegetables tops a savory ground beef, mushroom and pea-carrot gravy with split Bisquick biscuits, then bakes golden. An easy, comforting weeknight potpie with no pastry to roll.
Best spicy meatball soup simmers tender salsa-and-cumin beef meatballs right in a Tex-Mex broth of tomatoes, kidney beans, corn, and salsa. Poached, not fried, then loaded with cilantro, scallions, and sour cream.
A moist meatloaf made with ground beef, onion soup mix, cream of wheat, and V-8 juice. Glazed with ketchup halfway through baking and finished with a second pour of V-8 for extra flavor.
