Tag: Beef

Bush’s Baked Bean Hot Dish

This was one of my kid’s favorite recipes and mine, too, because it was so easy and they were always excited when I made it. It’s simple, but tasty. It was just known at our house as “favorite hot dish”.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1/2 green pepper, chopped (optional)
  • 1 can Bush’s baked beans, 28 ounces
  • 1/2 cup catsup
  • 2 Tablespoons mustard
  • 1 Teaspoon Oregano
  • 1 Teaspoon Basil
  • salt & pepper, to taste

Directions
Brown the ground beef, onion, and green pepper in a large skillet. Add the beans, catsup, mustard and seasonings. Cover and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Serve!

Best Ever Lasagna

Best Ever Lasagna
Best Ever Lasagna
I think I got this recipe off the web, but have no idea who originally posted it. It is excellent. Although it takes a little time to put together, your family and friends will love you for it! It is my favorite recipe for lasagna.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb sweet Italian sausage, cut into bite size pieces and casing removed. (Turkey sausage works well too.)
  • 3/4 lb. lean ground beef
  • 1/2 cup onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 tbsp white sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp dried basil
  • 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 tsp Italian seasonings
  • 1 tsp salt (or to taste)
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 4 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • 12 lasagna noodles, cooked
  • 16 ounces ricotta cheese
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 3/4 lb mozzarella cheese, sliced (fresh is best)
  • 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Directions

  1. In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until browned.
  2. Stir in crushed tomatoes,tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water.
  3. Season with sugar, basil, fennel seeds, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, 2 tbsp parsley.
  4. Simmer covered for about 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
  5. In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta cheese, egg, remaining parsley and a dash of salt.
  6. Spread 1 1/2 cups meat sauce in bottom of 9×13 inch pan.
  7. Arrange 1/2 of noodles lengthwise over meat sauce.
  8. Spread with 1/2 of ricotta cheese mixture.
  9. Top with 1/3 of mozzarella slices.
  10. Spoon 1 1/2 cups meat sauce over mozzarella and sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
  11. Repeat layers and top with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan.
  12. Cover with foil that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
  13. Bake @ 375 degrees for 25 minutes, remove foil and bake for 25 minutes more.
  14. Cool for 10 minutes.

Pizza Burgers

Here’s another old family favorite recipe. This was the recipe to fix when the kids had friends over. Everybody loves these easy to make pizza burgers.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb hamburger
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1 tsp sweet basil
  • salt, pepper, garlic to taste
  • 1 can tomato soup
  • 1 pkg (8 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 pkg hamburger buns, halved

Directions

  1. Brown together the hamburger, onion, oregano and basil.
  2. When browned, add the salt, pepper, garlic, and tomato soup.
  3. Cook over low hear for 20 min.
  4. Let cool slightly and add cheese.
  5. Spoon pizza mixture open-faced on buns.
  6. Bake for 15 to 20 min @ 350 degrees.

My Mom’s Best Meatloaf Recipe

This is the meatloaf that my Mom always made and I think she probably got it off of the Lipton Onion Soup package. In fact it may still be there. I’ve tried many different meatloaf recipes, but this one is still my favorite and it is so easy.

My Mom’s Best Meatloaf

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs ground beef
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups soft bread crumbs
  • 1 envelope onion soup mix
  • 1/3 cup catsup
  • 3/4 cup water

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. In large bowl, combine all ingredients.
  3. Shape into a loaf and place in a baking pan.

Baking time (duration): 45 minutes or until done.