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Barbecue Sirloin Stir-Fry

Here's a great way to balance your meat and veggies — this recipe is just like having a stir-fry from the grill! You can substitute a thick-cut marinating steak for the grilling steak. Just increase the marinating time to 12 to 24 hours.

Pan-Seared Beef Bavette with Chili-Maple Sauce

Bistros serve up fancy foods fast at affordable prices. Bring the bistro home with this pan-seared steak featuring Bottom Sirloin – it tastes like a million but won’t break the bank. Pan-searing is a technique that’s perfect for last-minute entertaining, requiring little effort and time to prepare and cook.

Steak and Berry Salad

More than just leafy greens, this beef steak salad recipe has substantial staying-power, built on economical Marinating Steak that’s been grilled and cut into thin slices.

Southwestern Beef Steak and Kidney Beans

This Southwestern Beef Steak & Kidney Beans recipe is much like having a stir-fry without the complicated cooking urgency that a stir-fry demands. For dinner in 20 minutes, start by making rice. As it cooks, you can get everything else made and ready to serve.

Beef Curry Stir-Fry

You can slice your own beef stir-fry strips from a Grilling or Fast-fry steak for this recipe or better yet, get the staff at the meat counter to do it for you.

Beef Stir-Fry Barbecue Style

With a barbecue wok you can take this beef stir-fry recipe outside to the grill!

Orange Ginger Beef Stir-fry

Who needs takeout? With convenient ready-to-use stir-fry vegetables, this delicious beef recipe can be ready in a flash. Serve with rice. Look for Chinese Five Spice and hoisin sauce in the Asian sections at your grocery store or at Asian markets.

Thai Style Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

Vary the vegetables in this colourful beef stir-fry recipe according to your family’s tastes; snow peas, sweet peppers and bean sprouts are all good additions. If you can't find Stir-fry Beef Strips just ask the meat counter staff to cut any Beef Grilling Steak into strips for you to make this tasty Thai Style Beef & Broccoli Stir-Fry.

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.

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.

Hearty Beef Minestrone Soup

Minestrone is a thick soup of Italian origin made with vegetables, often with the addition of pasta or rice, sometimes both. This version features alphabet pasta. With the addition of ground beef this stew-like minestrone is hearty enough to be a main course. Both kids and parents will love this recipe.

Slow Cooker Spiced Beef Brisket

With the slow cooker started in the morning, dinner is ready when you are!

Slow-Cooker Beef Goulash

Serve this hearty dish with a dollop of sour cream if you like and steaming hot egg noodles or mashed potatoes. This recipe makes enough for casual entertaining or make the Small Batch Version (below) to serve a small family (serves 2 with leftovers).

Corned Beef Dinner with Marmalade Glaze

This recipe is a perennial favourite for St. Patrick's day. Use a large slow cooker (20 to 24 cup or 5 to 6 L) for this recipe. If you have a smaller one, cut the corned beef brisket to fit. The cabbage is cooked separately after meat is finished so it won't impart its strong flavour to the other vegetables. Serve with your favourite mustard.

Slow Cooker Pulled Beef Barbacoa-style

The slow-cooker is great to use all year-round. Use it in summer to help keep your kitchen cool and ensure that you are out of the kitchen enjoying summer-fun! If you find Ancho chili paste in the grocery store, you can substitute it for the canned chipotle peppers.

Steak and Broccoli Stir-Fry

A quick stir-fry that combines flavourful steak with colourful vegetables.  This recipe will quickly become a weeknight favourite.

Slow-Cooker Beef Poutine

This super-simple crowd-pleasing recipe uses basic pantry ingredients that come together in a snap - you're free to play all day as dinner simmers in the slow cooker!

Beef Kibbeh Sliders with Harissa Mayo

Chef Anna Olson makes the take on these Middle-East inspired sliders interesting with a unique spice blend and texture that defines Kibbeh.  Soaked bulgur wheat added to the beef mix adds a crunch to the sliders. And, rather than making the sliders with ground beef, Flat Iron Steak is cut by hand to make the patties, giving them a ‘steak-y’ quality.

Beef and Pasta Pronto

An easy, satisfying dinner recipe that's perfect for every-night cooking. Beef is what makes Beef and Pasta Pronto best!

Beef’n Cheese Stuffed Potatoes

Here’s a meat'n'potatoes appetizer or paired with a salad, a light family meal the kid's will love. The small potatoes micro-bake in minutes and with Big Batch Beef, they're ready in a flash! If you want to skip making the Big Batch Beef, pan-fry 1 lb (500 g) fresh ground beef with 1 EACH onion and clove garlic, minced – take what you need for the recipe and save the rest to add to pasta sauce for next night's dinner.

Korean Quick Roast with Super Simple Stir-fry

Here's a small roast that's a big idea! Perfect for small families, Quick Roasts are 1 lb (500 g) fresh beef roasts that are cut from traditional Oven Roasts. Since they cook in less than an hour, they are perfect for dinners during the week. Serve this not-so-traditional roast beef recipe with steamed rice and the Super Simple Stir-fry.

Meat Loaf with Herbs

This Anne Lindsay extra-lean ground beef recipe appears in the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada cookbook: Lighthearted at Home.

Quick Beef Pot Pie

Turn leftover roast beef into an easy and delicious pot pie perfect for any weeknight meal. The puff pastry adds a flaky top layer to the rich beef filling. Customize to your liking by adding in any of your favourite vegetables. The ultimate comfort food dinner idea.

Campfire Coffee Rub

This rub works great with thick, tender and juicy steak cuts from the top sirloin, rib or strip loin.  The resulting sweet, savoury and charred flavours bring out the best in your beef and work beautifully with bold red wines and dark craft beers like black lagers, porters and stouts - a perfect pairing to summer evenings at home with family and friends.