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Ginger Beef and Mushroom Stir-Fry
A variety of textures and colours are a feature of most stir-fries. Here, the goodness of beef pairs up with delicious crisp-tender vegetables and velvety mushrooms. For convenience you can slice or chop ingredients and refrigerate for up to one day ahead.
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 Beef Hand Pies
Reminiscent of Jamaican patties or Spanish empanadas, these hand-held pies are the perfect after-school snack, lunch or light dinner.
Top Sirloin Cap Au Natural
There is nothing quite like a simple meal of barbecued steak with a garden salad and Garlic Smashed Potatoes. Use Grilling Steak such as Top Sirloin, Strip Loin or Tri-tip if you like.
Grilled Culotte with Caramelized Shallot and Blue Cheese Compound Butter
Compound butters are easy to make - flavour them with minced fresh herbs from the garden such as chives, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme and some minced garlic, shallot or leeks. Good on baked potatoes or steamed corn on the cob, broccoli, cauliflower or asparagus.
Eggplant and Beef Caponata
If you want to skip making the Big Batch Beef, use 1/2 lb (250 g) fresh ground beef, browned with 1 EACH small onion and clove garlic, minced. If you're looking to change up the flavours, substitute toasted slivered almonds for the pine nuts and diced dried apricots or sliced green olives for the golden raisins.
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!
Warm Orange Beef Salad
Experience Asian flavours at home with little effort and time. Top sirloin is a lean cut of beef and turns this salad into a satisfying meal.
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.
Teriyaki Surf and Turf Beef Salad
A fast and flavourful meal, this Teriyaki Surf & Turf Beef Salad can be easily scaled back to serve just two, by dividing the recipe ingredients in half.
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 Noodle Bowl
Noodle bowls are a traditional comfort food in Asian cuisines. Made with a ginger-infused broth and Beef Stir-fry Strips, this delicious meal-soup recipe is low in fat and high in flavour.
Cowboy Ground Beef and Bean Casserole
Round up your posse with this yummy quick and easy one-pot casserole. This retro-inspired recipe packs in some serious nutrition. Top with grated cheese to get all four food groups in each serving. Each serving is an excellent source of zinc and a very high source of fibre.
Speedy Spaghetti Sauce
With Big Batch Beef in the freezer, made-from-scratch meat sauce has never been so quick to make!
Spaghetti Beef Pie
Do the chopping and cook the beef and pasta in advance. That way the kids can take over the kitchen, making this recipe for Spaghetti & Beef Pie themselves by simply assembling and heating in the microwave. This recipe's a handy way to use up any leftover spaghetti.
Speedy Mexicali Beef Chili
This is a snap to pull together with simple pantry ingredients. Use it to fill tortillas and bake as a casserole (see Chili Enchiladas below) or just serve from the pot with wedges of baked tortilla. If you prefer a fiery version, add a teaspoon or so chopped canned chipotle peppers.
So Simple Trendy Tortilla Beef Pie
By cooking up Big Batch Beef, this contemporary meat pie can be ready in a flash!
Tortilla Beef Pie
Now here’s a contemporary version of the classic meat pie – no pastry to make, reduced fat and super easy. With lean Canadian ground beef and a few pantry-ready ingredients, this recipe for Tortilla Beef Pie is always ready to make.
Orient Express
Make this speedy soup for a so simple after work dinner.
South-of-the-Border Beef Tacos with Guacamole Dip
When making this beginner-level recipe with your kids, you can take take care of the steps that involve using a knife or the stove and let them take care of the rest.
Strip Loin Surf & Turf
Grilled beef steak and shrimp — an easy but elegant surf and turf recipe.
Quick Beef and Barley Soup
This hearty soup is easy to make with leftover pot roast or oven roast beef.
MMMMM-Minestrone
Nothing says home quite as well as enjoying a bowl of this hearty homemade soup. Spaghetti is the perfect pasta for speedy soup since it cooks in just minutes. Each serving is an excellent source of zinc and vitamin A.