Recipe Index: Ground Beef

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Dad's Stuffed Bell Peppers
Dad's Stuffed Bell Peppers
A classic American dish that one can't easily find in restaurants (unless it is a cafeteria) is stuffed bell peppers. It's essentially meatloaf stuffed into bell peppers and baked in the oven. My mom and dad have their own different...
Easy Shepherd's Pie
Easy Shepherd's Pie
Shepherd's Pie is originally an English dish, traditionally made with lamb or mutton. Americans typically make Shepherd's Pie with beef, I think mostly because we are much more of a beef-eating culture than a lamb-eating one. The English (and Australians...
Hamburger and Macaroni
Hamburger and Macaroni
Rachael Ray has nothing on my mother. As far as this family is concerned, my mom invented healthful, delicious comfort food that one can cook in 30 minutes or less. This hamburger and macaroni dish has been served in our...
Hamburger Stroganoff
Hamburger Stroganoff
One of my favorite recipes on this site is our beef stroganoff made with strips of top sirloin that have been fried in butter. In the recipe several commenters offered their takes on the dish, including making it with ground...
Jim's Famous Hamburger
Jim's Famous Hamburger
Most summer grilling is done for large groups and as such is not too fancy - burgers, hot dogs, steaks, and the occassional kabob. For this recipe I've borrowed a tip from my good friend Jim Honniball - a way...
Mom's Stuffed Bell Peppers
Mom's Stuffed Bell Peppers
Stuffed bell peppers is one of those classic comfort food dishes that my family practically lived on when I was a kid. This recipe my mother got from Adele Davis as mom was teaching herself to cook in the 60s...
Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce
Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce
My mother made a pasta dish the other night that took everyone by surprise. My skinny-as-a-spatula 10-year old nephew who won't eat anything, ate his serving with gusto and asked for more. My carb-avoiding sister couldn't resist it. My father...
Quick Bolognese Sauce
Quick Bolognese Sauce
A traditional Bolognese sauce requires hours of simmering and careful attention. But sometimes we don't have hours and we just want a sauce that's maybe not as spectacular as it could be, but still quite good enough. This simplified Bolognese...
Swedish Meatballs
Swedish Meatballs
IKEA may have helped popularize Swedish meatballs in this country, but my first experience of them came in the form of room service at a hotel in Stockholm. I was traveling alone for business, holed up in my room in...
Talerine Beef Casserole
Talerine Beef Casserole
We've been in a nostalgic mood lately, thinking of some of our favorite dishes from years past. One that my father remembered that my grandmother used to make was a egg noodle ground beef casserole, with tomatoes, lots of cheddar...