Sloppy Joes

2 lb. ground beef
1 med. onion, chopped
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 1/2 to 2 tsp. curry powder
3 bay leaves
3 cups ketchup
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. chili powder

Brown ground beef, add other ingredients. Cover and simmer about an hour or put in crock pot in low until you're ready to serve it. Serve on buns.

Olive Garden Spaghetti Sauce

2 pounds ground beef
14 oz can diced tomatoes
1 pound jar prego spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup grape jelly
2 TBS oil
6 oz V-8 juice
1 envelope onion soup mix

Brown hamburger and drain the fat. Add all the ingredients and simmer, stirring often, for 15-20 min. until everything is blended and hot. Serve over hot spaghetti noodles with garlic bread and vegetables. Delicious!

Easy Cheeseburger Pie

Makes 6 servings

1 pound ground beef
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup Bisquick
1 cup milk
2 eggs

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 9 inch pie plate or 8x8 pan or pie plate. Cook ground beef and onion until beef is brown; drain fat. Stir in salt. Spread into baking dish or pie plate; sprinkle with cheese.
In another bowl stir together Bisquick, milk and eggs. Pour over meat and cheese.
Bake for 25 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.

Our Favorite Chili

Makes 8-10 servings

1 to 1 1/2 pounds ground beef, browned
2 med. onions, chopped
1 diced green bell pepper
2- 14 1/2oz cans diced tomatoes
2 cans beans (pinto or kidney)
2 -8oz cans tomato sauce
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons seasoned salt
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon dried basil
2 tablespoons brown sugar

Brown ground beef. Combine all ingredients in a crock pot. Cook on low for 4-6 hours.

Weight Watchers + 6 points per serving

Beef Enchiladas

1 pound ground beef
1 packet taco seasoning
grated cheddar cheese
Enchilada sauce of your choice (either a large can, or sauce made from a powder packet)
4 to 6 tortillas

Brown ground beef in skillet. Add a packet of taco seasoning and water as directed on the package. Add a little enchilada sauce to the meat to moisten.
Take each tortilla and spoon some of the meat into it, sprinkle some cheese, and roll up. Place in 8x8 baking pan. Pour remaining sauce over the top and sprinkle cheese on top. Cover with foil.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30minutes.
Serves 4 to 6

Lasagna

1 pound ground beef
1 jar premade spaghetti sauce
1 small container cottage cheese
1 beaten egg
1 can crushed pineapple, drained
grated mozzarella cheese
Lasagna Noodles

Boil lasagna noodles. Meanwhile brown ground beef in skillet. Add jar of spaghetti sauce to meat and heat through.
In separate bowl, combine cottage cheese, egg, and pineapple

In an 8x8 baking dish, pour a little of the meat sauce on the bottom. Then layer noodles, cottage cheese mixture, noodles, meat sauce, cheese, noodles..repeat until ingredients are gone ending with meat sauce and cheese on top.
Cover with foil and cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour at 350 degrees
Serves 4 or 5 (Can be doubled for a 9x13 pan)

Navajo Tacos

Make your favorite scone recipe, and fry up the scones.

Top with sauce:

1 pound ground beef, cooked
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 8oz can tomato sauce
1 15 oz can chili beans
Mix all together and simmer for 20 minutes

Then top with other toppings such as:

grated cheese
tomatoes
lettuce
olives
sour cream
salsa

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

1 pound ground beef
1 20 oz can pineapple chunks or tidbits
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon ketchup
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons minced onion
5 tablespoon teriyaki sauce
2 tablespoons cornstarch (dissolved in 1/4 cup water)

Hot cooked noodles or rice

Drain pineapple; save juice and mix with brown sugar, 3 TBS of the teriyaki sauce, vinegar and ketchup.
Mix ground beef with 2 TBS teriyaki sauce and minced onion. Shape meat mixture into small balls. Brown in skillet and drain fat.
Pour sauce mixture over meatballs and simmer 10 minutes; stir gently if needed and turn meatballs after 5 minutes.

Dissolve cornstarch in 1/4cup cool water and add to skillet. Stir until coated well and thickened. Add pineapple.
Serve over noodles or rice.

Meatloaf

1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup oats
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 chopped onion
1/2 cup milk
1 egg

Mix together and put into a bread pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile mix together the sauce:
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
3 TBS worchestershire sauce
3 TBS vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar

Take the meatloaf out of the oven and pour the sauce over the top. Bake for another 45-50 minutes. Delicious!

Shepherd's Pie

4 or 5 medium potaotes
1 pound ground beef
1 can tomato soup
1 can green beans (juice and all)
shredded cheddar cheese

Use the potatoes to make mashed potatoes to your liking (I use a couple tablespoons butter, a little milk, and seasoned salt in mine).
While the potatoes are boiling, brown the ground beef in a skillet. When the meat is cooked, add the tomato soup and the can of green beans with juice to the skillet. Salt and pepper and heat through.
Put meat mixture into an 8x8 baking dish. Scoop mashed potatoes over the top. Top with shredded cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

Fajitas

You can make these with steak or chicken.

Cut meat into strips and cook in skillet with about 1 tablespoon oil.
Meanwhile, cut 1 onion, 1 red bell pepper and 1 green bell pepper into strips.
When meat is cooked, add the vegetables and 1 packet of fajita seasoning mix and water as directed on the package.
Cook untill vegetables are crisp tender.

Serve with warm corn or flour tortillas and salsa & sour cream

Sloppy Joes

Brown 1 pound ground beef with chopped onion.
Add 1 sloppy joe seasoning packet with water and tomato paste as directed on package.

Serve on hamburger buns or bread.

Taco Salad

Brown 1 pound of ground beef with some chopped onion. Drain fat.
Add 1 packet of taco seasoning mix and water as directed on the package.

Pile these things on a plate as you like:
Tortilla Chips
Meat
Shredded Cheese
Chopped Lettuce
Diced Tomatoes
Olives

Sour Cream
Salsa
Ranch Dressing
Ketchup

Could also be made with Shredded Chicken