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Grilled Beef Club with Southwestern Mayo
This updated club sandwich is dressed up with a lively spice rub and matching Special Sauce. The toasted bun can be topped off with a prepared pesto sauce and some crumbled feta if desired. For a recipe short-cut, substitute some of your favourite smokey barbecue sauce instead of making the spice rub.
Texas-Style Beef Brisket Sandwiches
This down-home favourite recipe for Texas-Style Beef Brisket Sandwiches uses hickory-flavoured barbecue sauce to add a rich, smoky flavour.
Fantastic Beef Fajitas
For serving ease of this recipe, set out a variety of toppings and wraps and let each person build their own beef fajitas.
Beef and Broccoli Rigatoni
Who doesn’t need another speedy after-work dinner recipe idea? Beat the clock with this hearty beef and pasta dish that can be on the table in just about 20 minutes. If you don’t have any leftover roast beef, use cooked, drained ground beef instead.
Asian Beef and Bean Stir-Fry
For a speedy second meal from this recipe, double the batch of the cooked ground beef mixture and freeze in sealed container for up to 3 months. To prepare the meal from the frozen cooked ground beef mixture, just thaw and cook with the green beans and red pepper.
Baked Beef Spring Rolls
These awesome appetizers start off with a delicious ground beef base mixture that you can also use to make a simple stir-fry.
Asian Beef Pot Stickers
These awesome appetizers start off with a delicious meat base mixture that you can also use to make a simple stir-fry.
Clever Ground Beef Quesadillas
These mildly spiced, nutrient-packed beef quesadillas are more of a meal than the traditional cheese recipe.
Beef Empanadas De Picadillo
Serve as a tapas course or make larger-sized versions for a main course. You can skip the pastry in this recipe and enjoy this Spanish-style ground beef as a filling in taco shells or as a topping for baked potatoes or rice.
Barbecue Style Beef Pot Roast
To enjoy as a speedy weeknight dinner recipe, use the Make Ahead Plan: Cook beef pot roast and refrigerate overnight in the sauce it was cooked in. Next day, skim any fat from sauce and thinly slice roast crosswise; place slices of meat in an ovenproof casserole. Heat sauce and pour over meat. Cover with foil or casserole lid; heat in 350°F (180°C) oven for about 25 minutes.
Barbecue Beef Hand Pies
Reminiscent of Jamaican patties or Spanish empanadas, these hand-held pies are the perfect after-school snack, lunch or light dinner.
Summertime Slow-cooker Pulled Beef
The slow-cooker in summer is the perfect way to keep your kitchen cool. Use it to cook beef pot roast for amazing pulled beef that's great for topping buns or baked potatoes. Make ahead for the ultimate convenience.
Taco Ground Beef Salad
A tasty salad version of the traditional taco-in-the-shell, this recipe makes a great lunch to get kids through their day. Beef's naturally rich in several key nutrients that help young and old minds alike learn, concentrate and remember better. Their report card, and their teacher, will thank you!
School’s OUT Taco Salad
A quick dinner doesn’t mean you default to take-out! Stock beef-friendly ingredients in your pantry for satisfying from–scratch suppers in a snap! Sampling tonight:
The Better Taco Salad
This pretty salad is a healthy alternative to the traditional nacho platter. Makes eight 1-1/2 cup (375 mL) servings.
Slow-Cooker Greek Beef Pot Roast with Garden Orzo Salad
Make this easy slow-cooker recipe with your favourite Pot Roast: Cross Rib, Blade or Shoulder. If you want to make in the oven, brown and cook the roast in a heavy covered Dutch Oven pot or cast-iron roaster at an oven temperature of 325°F (160°C) for 3 hours or until fork-tender.
Beef Taco Construction
Lean Ground Beef Sirloin simmers in mild Mexican flavours to make this easy family-pleasing recipe. Add some fun by letting the kids assemble their own – just serve the meal as components on a large tray or platter. It means less work for you and more fun for them!
Grilled Beef Burritos with Monterey Jack
Kids will love to make their own dinner, working their way through the "burrito assembly line! ”You'll love the fact that each burrito has all 4 of Canada Food Guide food groups represented!
Pint-Size Beef Sirloin and Pasta
Now here’s a beef steak that’s served up for junior appetites. It’s a complete meal-in-one recipe with all four food groups represented. You can substitute 1 lb (500 g) lean or extra lean ground sirloin or ground beef for the diced steak if you like.
Beef ‘n Cheese Pinwheels
If left unsliced, this recipe makes 4 delicious wraps that are perfect for a light dinner or lunch. Canadian beef paired with cheese makes them so good and so good for you.
Asian Beef Bites with Speedy Slaw
APPETIZER BITES: Serve one or 2 meatballs on toothpicks in a cocktail glass with the slaw or on bread and butter plates as a tapas-style course; serve with plum sauce on the side. NOTE: Make the slaw recipe ahead to allow time for flavours to blend. Kids love these brochette-style Beef Bites. You can also make the Beef Bites recipe into burgers and serve with the slaw as a topper.
All Kinds of Beef Meatballs
The grated carrot in this recipe keeps these lean beef meatballs juicy and gets kids to eat vegetables without them even knowing it.
Italian Beef Meatball Soup
If using plain tomato paste, increase Italian seasoning to 1 tsp (5 mL) in the beef meatballs. The meatballs in this recipe may look slightly pink inside even when thoroughly cooked because of the tomato paste.
Minestrone with Mucho Meatballs
This hearty minestrone comes with a multitude of meatballs! To avoid toughening meatballs, use your hands for mixing meatball ingredients and SHAPE GENTLY when forming the meatballs.