Beefy Now And Later Recipes

BEEFY SPUDS

Steps:

• Bake potato in the microwave until done. Put potato on a microwaveable plate, split in half, and mash it a bit. Top with the soup. Place back in the microwave and heat until the soup is warm. (Put the leftover soup in a container in the refrigerator to eat later.)

BEEFY NOW AND LATER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large casserole dish.
• Bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil. Cook zucchini in the boiling water until soft but not falling apart, 10 to 15 minutes; drain and set aside.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef, onion, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper in the hot skillet until the ground beef is completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Add zucchini and chopped green chilies; cook and stir 1 minute more.
• Combine cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, and egg in a large bowl; add ground beef mixture and cooked rice. Stir mixture until evenly mixed; pour into the prepared casserole dish. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese over the casserole.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is bubbling and the cheese is melted and slightly browned, 30 to 40 minutes.

BEEFY BISCUIT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Brown ground beef, onion and garlic in an ovenproof skillet.
• Drain fat.
• Add green beans, tomato sauce, basil, salt and pepper, stirring to mix.
• Simmer meat mixture for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir cheese into meat sauce.
• Separate biscuits, and cut a hole in the center of each.
• Form biscuits to look like a donut, and place biscuits in a ring around the edges of the skillet, and brush the tops with melted butter.
• Sprinkle meat sauce with sesame seeds before baking.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until biscuits are golden.

BEEFY LAYERED BURRITO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a large skillet, brown ground beef with onion; drain. Return beef & onions to hot skillet off of heat and stir in rice, undiluted soup and taco seasoning. Mix together well.
• Lightly spray a lasagna pan/ 13" x 9" pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Line bottom of pan with 4 of the tortillas.
• Evenly cover tortillas with half of the meat/rice mixture, then 1/2 of the salsa, then sprinkle with half of the corn, half of the black beans and 1 cup of cheese.
• Cover again with 4 more of the tortillas and repeat these layers again.
• Finally, top with the last 4 remaining tortillas. Pour entire can of enchilada sauce over top. Sprinkle with remaining 2 cups cheese and cilantro.
• Bake at 350 for about 25 minutes.
• Serve with a dallop of sour cream, if desired.