Category: Beef

  • Mongolian Beef using Leftover Steak

    Mongolian Beef using Leftover Steak

    I had some steak left over from the other night. Usually I would have made fried rice and added the chopped steak but I decided to cook up some Mongolian beef using a recipe from Simple Chinese Cooking as my starting point.  She has you use ground beef and marinade it before cooking, but my…

  • Soy and Sesame Steak Marinade Recipe

    Soy and Sesame Steak Marinade Recipe

    I didn’t measure this but am recording the “idea” so I can fine tune the measurements later. I marinated the steaks overnight due to a change in plans at the last minute. Actually, I bought a max pack at the grocery since they were on sale, so I marinated more than we needed for one…

  • Call It Goulash or Slumgullion or … ?

    Call It Goulash or Slumgullion or … ?

    Whatever you call it, it’s good, fast, easy, and flexible. I saw this and then this plus a few recipes in various cookbooks, including Feed Your Family Fast, Healthy Meals on $10 a Day (only available used but a great book!). I was thinking something with noodles and ground beef. This must have been the…

  • Taco Salad Recipe

    Taco Salad Recipe

    When you cook taco meat, either serve a taco salad a few days later or freeze the leftover meat and then thaw and heat some night when you need a pretty easy dinner. Mix up some: Heat up: Serve in small bowls for garnishing at the table: You don’t really need any salad dressing for…

  • Lazy Pot Roast

    Lazy Pot Roast

    I started with the Lisa’s Lazy Pot Roast recipe from The Complete Meat Cookbook but I modified it by adding more vegetables after the pot roast had cooked. First, the basic pot roast, which is FANTASTIC! I used a 7-blade roast, which was on sale at my local grocery. I did the rub, let it…