Beef Ramen Noodle

Ingredients:
Chuck roast or chuck shoulders
Ramen noodles (throw away flavor packet)*
Beef broth (wing it with amount, I used about 1.5 of the larger cartons)
Ginger
Garlic 
Green onion
Pepper
Red pepper flakes
Soy sauce
small splash of rice vineger (or apple cider vinegar)
couple scoops sambal oelek
couple scoops red curry paste
Basil
Honey (or brown sugar)
Lime
Brocoli 
Carrots
Mushrooms (if you want, I do not)

*for gluten free, use rice noodles

Topping options:
Jalapeno
Basil
Lime
Cilantro
Sriracha 
Toasted sesame seeds

Directions:
(Optional: sear the sides of the roast on a skillet with olive oil before beginning) Place roast into crock pot with a little broth (don't submerge it) as well as some fresh ginger, garlic, green onion, and soy sauce. Cook on high for about 3-4 hours (crock pots vary). Once cooked through but not falling apart, remove from crock pot and slice into bite size strips (and give the fat to your dog). Pour broth from crock pot into large stock pot and add sliced beef back into it. Cook on high and add all remaining seasoning, as well as more of what you had already added to he crock pot if desired. Add all to taste. (it's best to get the broth flavor right before adding the veggies to cook). Once boiling, toss in the veggies and ramen noodles. They both cook very fast!  Serve and enjoy with whatever toppings you prefer. 

  

Taco Bowl

Ingredients:

Ground beef

1 Can diced tomatoes

Black olives

Onion

Kale

Salsa

Avocado

White cheddar cheese

Plain greek yogurt

Chips (GF if desired)

Jalapeno

Cilantro

Lime

Cumin

Chili powder

Cayenne pepper

Oregano

Salt

Directions: Cook ground beef and drain. Use pan to cook onions then return beef to pan with onions. Add can of tomatoes (with juice) and a 1/4 cup of water, along with all the seasoning. Let that all cook down for about ten minutes. Line bottom of bowl with tortilla chips. Add beef mixture, shredded cheese, salsa, chopped kale, black olives, and jalapeno. Squirt avocado with lime and add to side of bowl, and add a dollop of greek yogurt to other side. Top with cilantro and another squirt of lime and enjoy!

Mongolian Beef Noodles

Ingredients:

Rice noodles

Sliced steak

Red pepper

Broccoli

Carrot sticks

Cabbage

Chopped kale

Garlic

Cilantro

Onions

Peanut oil or avocado oil (best for high heat cooking)

Sesame seeds

Sauce:

1/4 cup Coconut aminos (or soy sauce but not GF)

3 tbsp rice vinegar

1 tbsp Sesame oil

Sriracha

2 tbsp Brown sugar

Red pepper flakes

1/4 cup Water

Directions:  Place rice noodles in bowl or water and set aside. Using a wok (or large pan) heat peanut oil then add very thinly cut steak strips. Sear each side (doesn't take long to cook) then remove from wok.  Add more oil and add onions, cook until almost brown, then add peppers, carrots, garlic, kale, cabbage, and cook together on high heat. Turn down slightly and add sauce and rice noodles. cook until noodles cooked to desired texture, add beef, stir up and enjoy! (top with cilantro and sesame seeds)

Mini Meat Loaves

Ingredients:

2 lbs very lean ground beef

Chopped spinach

Panko bread crumbs (or leave out for GF)

Sauted chopped onion

Garlic

2/3 canTomato sauce

Dash Worcestershire sauce

1 egg

Salt

Pepper

Rosemary

Thyme

Sauce: 

Rest of can of tomato sauce

1/4 cup BBQ sauce

1/8 cup ketchup

Dash of Worcestershire sauce

1/3 cup brown sugar

Directions: Mix everything up in a big bowl, and then pack into greased muffin tin.  Cover each one in the sauce. Bake at 375 for 35 minutes until 160 degrees inside. 

Sriracha Guac Burgers

Ingredients: 

Organic hamburgers

Guacamole 

Lettuce

Sriracha 

Whole wheat ciabatta buns

Directions:  Cook hamburger patties on skillet until done. Cook ready to bake ciabatta buns in oven until done, cutting in half and adding guac to top half.  Add burgers to buns, top burger with sriracha and lettuce, enjoy!

Asian Burgers

Ingredients: 

Burgers (turkey or beef)

Pineapple rings sliced

Leafy greens of choice

Broccoli slaw mixture

Toasted Sesame Ginger dressing (or asian dressing of choice)

Wheat english muffin

Directions: Self explanatory, see picture and make it happen. 

Simple Lettuce Tacos

Ingredients:

Full leaf lettuce

Ground beef

Black olives

Grape tomatoes

Garlic

Onion

Cheese

Cumin

Chili powder

Directions: Cook ground beef adding onions near end, drain. Add some some water along with the cumin, chili powder, and garlic. Cook down for ten minutes. Add meat to lettuce boats, add toppings, enjoy!

Shredded Beef Fajitas

Ingredients:

Chuck roast

Organic Tortillas 

Salsa

Avocado

Cheese

Red pepper

Green pepper

White onion

Lime

Cumin

Chili powder

Garlic powder

Red pepper flakes

Salt 

Pepper

Directions:
Cook chuck roast in crock pot with chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper (can also add fresh onion and garlic).  Using cast iron skillet for best results, heat olive oil and saute onions and peppers, adding a little seasoning to these as well. Once cook thoroughly, add shredded beef and stir, allowed to cook for about a minute before turning off heat (skillet stays hot). Heat tortillas on skillet briefly with olive oil, flipping after about 30 seconds on each side. Fill with the fajita skillet concoction and add avocado, salsa, cheese, and lime squirt!

Veggie Beef Noodles

Ingredients:

Ground beef

Whole wheat or brown rice noodles

Red Pepper

Onion

Garlic

Spinach

Cabbage

Green onion

Basil

Oregano

Rosemary

Cayenne pepper

Turmeric

Red pepper flakes

Pepper

Salt

Directions:
Cook beef in skillet. Add chopped onion, garlic, red pepper, spinach, cabbage, and seasoning.  Add some water and cook covered for a while.  Top with green onions and cheese.  

Open Face Mexi-burger

Ingredients:
Hamburger patties
Avocado
Lime
White Cheddar
Ciabatta rolls
Chipotle salsa


Directions:
Cook burger in pan (or however you like).  Cook ciabatta roll in oven while cooking burger (mine were the partially baked kind took 10 min).  Spread salsa on burger, add cheese, avocado, and squirt of lime on the avocado.

Healthy Tostadas

Ingredients:
Ground beef or turkey
Garlic
Spinach
Cabbage
Lime
Pico
White Cheddar
Tostada shells (GF optional)
Avocado


Taco seasoning:
cumin
chili powder
oregano
pepper
salt
cayenne pepper




Directions: 
Cook the ground beef and drain.  Add seasoning about 1/2 cup water, and some diced up cabbage, spinach, and garlic.  Let that cook down a bit.  Shred some cheese on the tostada, add meat, shred cheese, add pico, and squirt lime over whole thing.  (I would add avocado on top but mine weren't ripe!)  Could also add beans too.

French Dip Style Sandwiches

Ingredients:
Chuck roast
Onions
Onion power/seasoning mix
Pepper
Salt
Garlic powder
Green pepper
Shredded zucchini
Provolone (or pepperjack?)
Oregano
Bread

Directions:
Cook meat in crock pot with onions, onion powder, pepper, salt, and shredded zucchini.  Sautee onions and peppers.  Add cheese to bread and put under broiler, remove and sprinkle with oregano, add meat and veggies, bam.

Beef & Broccoli Mash Potatoes

Roast
Grapeseed oil
Onions
Honey
Rosemary
Thyme
Broccoli 
Baby Reds
Garlic
Chives
Salt
Pepper

Green Bean and Beef Caserole

Ingredients:
Ground beef
Diced carrots
Garlic
Onions
Frozen green beans (lots)
Quinoa
Thyme
Rosemary
Milk
Chives
Cheddar cheese
Baby red potatoes

Directions:
Brown beef and cook with carrots, garlic, and onions, and green beans.  Drain.  Cook Quinoa and add milk and cheese to thicken into a sauce.  Add to beef mixture.  Add seasoning and stir well.  Coat glass pan with olive oil spray and throw in mixture.  In mixer, mash up some baby reds with a little butter and chives.  Use mashed potatoes as a top layer on dish.  Bake at 400 for 15 min.

Nacho Skillet

Ingredients:
Ground beef (or turkey)
1 1/2 cups water
4.5 oz. spanish rice
1 can diced tomatoes & green chilies undrained
Frozen corn
Red pepper
Onion
Green pepper
Jalapeño
Quinoa
Shredded zucchini
Chili powder
Cumin
Pepper

Directions:
Cook ground beef and veggies, drain.  Add water, quinoa, and can of tomatoes, cover and cook 5min. then add rice and cook additional 10-15min until rice is soft. Stir in and top with some cheese. 

Veggie Beef Potato Pile

Ingredients:
Ground beef
Broccoli
Garlic
Carrot sticks
Zucchini
Quinoa
Thyme 
Oregano
Rosemary
Olive oil
Natural BBQ sauce
Potatoes

Directions:
Cook ground beef in skillet with onion and garlic..  Cook veggies in pot with a little boiling water to soften slightly, then add to beef mixture.  Add a little natural BBQ sauce to mixture as well as seasonings. Put olive oil, rosemary, pepper, and thyme in a bowl and rub onto potato.  Loosely wrap potato in foil and cook at 425 for 50-60 minutes.

Cut open potato however you like and smother with beef and veggie mixture.  Add some cheese on top if you'd like.  

Enchilada Casserole

Ingredients:
1 lb. Ground beef (or turkey, or shredded whatever)
1 can Enchilada sauce
Tortillas
Cheese
Corn
Black beans
Black olives
Onion
Zucchini
Garlic
Oegano
Cumin
Chili powder

Serve with: Avocado & lime

Directions:
Cook meat with onions, garlic, and zucchini (I always add shredded zucchini to ground meat, why not), season with chili powder, cumin and oregano.  Drain any excess juice (or just buy lean).  Cook tortillas briefly in pan on each side and slice up into pieces.  Spread bottom of a pan with some sauce, and add some tortilla pieces.  Layer on beef, corn, beans, cheese, etc.  Repeat layers another time.  Top with more cheese and oregano!  Cook about 30 min at 350.  (squirt avocado with lime!)

Veggie Quinoa Tater Tot Hot Dish

Whole grain, beef protein, all kinds of veggies, not bad!

Ingredients:
Ground beef
Tater Tots (I like organic ones)
Garlic
Onion
Green beans
Carrots 
Zucchini 
Red pepper
Veggie broth
Quinoa
Cream (half & half)
Cheese
Rosemary
Thyme
Pepper
(all veggies are more whatever you want/have)

Directions:
Warm broth in sauce pan and cook quinoa in it.  Add half and half and some cheese.  Stir and melt into a nice sort of sauce.  Cook ground beef and veggies on large skillet (cut veggies very small).  Add creamy cheese sauce stuff you made and stir up (doesn't need much sauce at all, don't over do it!)  Spray glass pan with non-stick olive oil spray and pour in mixture.  Top with frozen tater tots or potato of choice.  Cook at 425 for 25 min.

Veggie & Beef Chili

1 lbs Ground beef (or turkey)
1 can Black beans
1 cup Cooked lentils
Chopped spinach
Shredded carrots
1/2 Chopped onion
Zucchini
2 bulbs Fresh garlic
Red pepper
1 can diced tomatoes 
1 can Fire roasted tomatoes
3 cans Tomato sauce 
Chili powder (lots)
Garlic powder
Brown sugar (couple spoons)
Rosemary
Thyme
Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy
Basil
Paprika
Cumin (more for more Mexican flavor)
Oregano
Greek Yogurt & Cheese on top!

Directions:  Sautee onions, garlic, peppers, etc. before adding.  Cook beef before adding.   Cook all in large pot for a while, enjoy.

If lentils dry, cook them first.  Black beans too.

Asian Beef Broccoli

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Ingredients:

Chuck roast
broccoli
garlic
onion
soy sauce
Sesame oil
ginger
sesame seeds

Serve with - Asian noodles, rice, ramen


Directions:

Put beef, onions, and garlic in crock with a little water.  Cook all day.  Add broccoli and everything else for about the last 2 hours.  Cook rice or noodles (could do ramen noodles minus the nasty flavor packet of sodium doom).