What to do with 1 lb of ground beef?

[starfish]

So I bought a pound of ground beef the other day. My thinking was that I would make hamburgers. Now I'm not in much of hamburger mood this week.

Looking at the panty/freezer. I have

Corn Flakes
Various Frozen vegetables
Brown Rice
Canned Peas
Canned Corn
Fresh Broccoli*
Refried Beans
Flour Tortillas
Various spices/condiments

I'm not limited to these items. I can stop at the grocery store to pick up anything.
Of course I could do Tacos, but I already have some fajita meat I plan to cook on Friday.

Here is what I am thinking.

Cook up the ground beef, brown rice, peas, and corn. Make some kind of a ground beef stir fry. Not quite sure about that. I am thinking there has to be something I can do with the beef and rice.

*The Broccoli is getting a bit old. It might be a write off.

[kiersten]

If you have flour tortillas, ground beef & various spices, then I say burritos!!!

[HazMattic_Force]

If ya got potatoes , shepards pie . Season rice and meat together and make a stir fry just add veggies . Also maybe a pasta with neat added ( spaghetti and meat balls or something )

[Danny19]

These are called Albondigas. Idk if you have ever heard of them but they are like mexican meatballs. I Dont know if this is how my mom does em but i got em offline. You should give em a try
This amount feeds 4 people
ingredients:
1 / 4 ground beef
1 egg
3 tablespoons bread crumbs
3 tablespoons rice
3 or 4 tomatoes
1 garlic
1 piece of onion
3 zucchini
1 serrano chile verde
salt to taste

Preparation: Mexican Meatballs

1 - Mix in a bowl the ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, rice and salt, mix until uniform mixture.

2 - Form balls of similar size egg (but little round)

3 - Place in a pot of boiling water for 20 minutes around

4 .- Place in blender the tomatoes, garlic, onion with a cup of water and blend, the results bring to the boil in a saucepan.

5 .- I boiled the balls off the heat out of the water and place in pan with tomato sauce, add the chile and cut the squash

[Sunandmoon]

I'd vote some sort of mexican dish as well

[FJ Cruiser]

I was going to say either shepherd's pie or burritos. Even if you're doing fajitas later, you could still have a Mexican-type dish of some sort. As a Texan, you're entitled to eat Mexican at least five times a week without facing any judgement. Speaking of, I'm really wanting to get some Chuy's...

[Snowflake]

Homemade vegetable soup with mini meatballs is always tasty. You'd have to go to the store in that case, though.

[lostinthought9]

Taco pie!

Brown the beef, and add kidney beans (if you have any). Cook down/drain any juices. Then, use the tortilla shells and place one at the bottom of a small pot, adding the beef/beans as a filling. Stack about 4 or 5 shells. Then, place in the oven at about 350F for about 10-15 minutes. It's really simple, and I love it!

(I also like to add shredded cheese in between the layers and on the top.)

EDIT: I just realized this thread was made yesterday. So, it's likely he's already made a decision. xD

[SlickyPants]

These are to die for. Unfortunately I'm too lazy to cook for myself so I rarely ever have them.

They are basically tortillas with some taco/spice seasoning for the ground beef and some cheese sauce that gets melted in with the beef and also spread on top. I usually top it with some salsa and occasionally some crushed doritos after baking to give it a little extra crunch.

[Steve]

Chinese, rice meat and broccoli win
! its best mexican is overrated

[Gerry]

I would say tacos or burritos or something since you have tortillas and beans.

[starfish]

I was going to make a meatloaf, but after work the past couple days I've been totally wiped out.

So I just had a sandwich for dinner. Figure I'll do something tomorrow.

[J Snow]

Originally Posted by HazMattic_Force

If ya got potatoes , shepards pie . Season rice and meat together and make a stir fry just add veggies . Also maybe a pasta with neat added ( spaghetti and meat balls or something )

THIS!!!

Best food ever. Mashed potatoes, hamburger, tomato sauce, corn, green beans, mmmmmm

[Falling]

Originally Posted by HazMattic_Force

If ya got potatoes , shepards pie . Season rice and meat together and make a stir fry just add veggies . Also maybe a pasta with neat added ( spaghetti and meat balls or something )

!! Yes, shepards pie is yummy

[TraceElement]

Chili?

[GuardianKitten]

Burritos or nachos

(you can toast or fry the tortillas)

[Coldwater]

Meat sauce for pasta. If you want to do it fast, just get some regular marinara sauce from the grocery store, brown the beef in a pan, add some Italian seasoning, salt and petter, mix in the sauce and let it cook on low for about 20 minutes. You can't go wrong.

[mnguy]

If you can't use the whole pound at once you can freeze some of it. Maybe freeze half of it for another day. Lots of great ideas above. I like meatloaf with garlic asiago mashed potatoes and carrots for a nice cold weather comfort food meal. I put a few peeled cloves of garlic in the pot while boiling the potatoes and then mash the garlic in a bowl before mashing the potatoes and mix together with butter, warm milk, shredded cheese, seasoned salt etc.

So what'd u end up making?

[Kenko]

Originally Posted by starfish

Of course I could do Tacos, but I already have some fajita meat I plan to cook on Friday.

Pfft, you can never have too much mexican in a week.

Maybe a pasta dish? I take bottled pasta sauce, beef it up, add some veggies, and a healthy serving of garlic powder.

[starfish]

I ended up going with Chili. It is in the crockpot as I type this. I decided if if I am going to make make chili I might as well make enough for a few meals next week. So I picked up some extra meat.

This is the recipe I used.

2lb lean ground beef.
2 cans chopped green chilis.
2 cans of Heinz chili tomatos. (Saw them at Wal mart and thought what the hell)
2 cans kidney beans
2 cans pinto beans
2 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper.

Now it has to cook for 10 hours. So will be late tonight, before I get to try it. I really like beans, which is why I added the pinto beans.