Minced beef (not bolognese, chilli or cottage pie)

[EatPrayYoga]

I got some minced beef out of the freezer and I really don't fancy bolognese or chilli as I've had them both in the last week

Not sure I fancy cottage pie but that is top option at the moment.

I have made a nice ginger stir fry recipe with minced beef but it's not my favourite.

For me and DH

Any ideas welcome - ideally quick and easy

Angela Hartnett made meatballs on This Morning last week.
www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/angela-hartnetts-meatballs-in-tomato-sauce

As always with her they looked

You could do the meatballs in a cream sauce like Ikea

We use the Hairy Dieters Meatballs recipe:

pin.it/51nLDml

Alternatively, mince, onion & potato pie; burrito?

I usually make Nigella's meatballs - www.nigella.com/recipes/meatballs or I had this email today for a lamb pilar but you could use beef mince - twochubbycubs.com/2020/10/20/quick-lamb-pilaf/ and it looks quite tasty.

It's meatball night in this house tonight!

How about a pie? Mince, onions and whatever veg you have kicking around.

My recipe:

Sauce first.

• cup of milk, olive oil in a large pan. Add oregano, salt/pepper, carton of passata, a massive squirt of tomato purée and a cup of water.

• then I blitz an onion and celery in the blender and add. The sauce will be quite thin but will reduce on cooking. Get that to a simmer point and do meatballs.

• slice of white bread in cubes. Soak in milk until a mush. Salt/pepper/oregano. One egg. A good handful of grated Parmesan. Meat. Use your hands to combine and shape into meatballs of what size you fancy (tonight I'm making "big balls" that have mozzarella inside but you can do small ones).

• add to the sauce and simmer for ideally 2 hours for "big balls" or an hour for "golf balls".

Job done

I love mince stuffed peppers in homemade tomato sauce. Absolutely gorgeous.

My children love minced beef wellington, mince, onion, herbs, mushrooms, peas held together with beaten egg all wrapped up in pastry.

Koftas!

www.gousto.co.uk/cookbook/beef-recipes/crispy-chilli-beef-coriander-noodles

Meatballs a very small amount of gràvy powder water (cold to make them stick or Cobblers.

Cook it with a dried pack of minestrone soup mix and serve with Worcester sauce and mash, and it’s mince and tatties!

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/five-spice-beef-sugar-snap-noodles

This was a big hit with the whole family when I was having the same dilemma. I didn't have sugar snap peas so I improvised with thinly sliced carrots and frozen peas.

I had a lovely mince dish the other night that had ras el hanout in it served with couscous.

Lasagne??

Macho Nachos.
We make them with mince cooked with fajita spices, grated cheese, Sour cream.

@Raera we have about 5 Sainsbury's cookbooks from that era (Mexican/Thai/Vegetarian)! The mince one had an upgrade a few years ago (original on the left).

They were great little budget books at a time when books were really expensive.

Mince and gravy over mashed potatoes.

Thank you so much. I will look into all of these.

I finished work after 7 so went for a quick Gousto recipe - sticky beef ginger noodles. It's supposed to take 10 minutes but it took me slightly longer and I marinated the mince in fresh ginger, a little bit of garlic and soy sauce.

I will post the recipe if anyone is interested.

Meatballs are so easy. Mince, breadcrumbs, seasoning and I mix in a veggie burger mix to take the red meat content down a bit. Bake in oven in a bolognese sauce.

Jamie Oliver's super hash is good for change.

Can I have the recipe please @EatPrayYoga

Pastitsio (like a Greek lasagne with bucatini pasta)