Meat loaf with sauce

Meatloaf

3 lbs ground beef
1 onion, chopped
½ of 8 oz can tomato sauce
1 cup breadcrumbs or oats
2 eggs
1 ½ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper

1. Mix together ingredients for meatloaf. When well mixed shape into a loaf in a deep baking dish.
2. In separate bowl, mix together sauce ingredients. Pour over the meatloaf.
3. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Sauce
2 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
4 TBSP brown sugar
4 TBSP mustard
2 cups water
4 TBSP vinegar

submitted by Tiffany Fletcher

Porcupine Meatballs

1 box Beef rice a roni

1 pound ground beef
1 egg

1. Mix together beef, rice from box and egg and form into meatballs.
2. Simmer meatballs in a pan with 2 ½ cups water and sauce paket until rice is cooked. (when rice has absorbed most of the water it will be done)

3. Serve with mashed potatoes and brown gravy.

submitted by Tiffany Fletcher

Shredded Beef for Tacos or Burritos

1 (4 lb.) frozen rump roast

1 c. chicken broth

2 (7 or 8 oz.) cans Mexican style hot tomato sauce (I've used plain tomato sauce, and it is good, too)

3 T. crushed garlic

salt and ground black pepper to taste

1 bunch green onions, chopped

1 c. chopped fresh cilantro

Place the frozen roast in the slow cooker.  Pour the broth and tomato sauce over the top.  Season with garlic and salt and pepper to taste.  Cover and cook on low for 9 hours.  When done, the roast should shred into the juices.  Mix in the chopped green onion and cilantro, and serve with your favorite taco toppings.   

Sausage Stroganoff

This is really easy and good.

1 lb. sausage
1/2 chopped onion
1. 8oz basket of fresh mushrooms ( I am sure you could use canned too)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
3/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup milk
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1/4 tsp pepper
12 oz egg noddles, cooked

Brown meat in skillet with onions. When meat is almost browned, add mushrooms and saute with the meat and onions. Stir in soup, sour cream, milk, garlic salt and pepper until heated through. Pour on cooked noddles and serve.

Taco Soup

I know EVERYONE has this recipe already but I am posting as a reminder at how YUMMY and SIMPLE it is to make! My recipe is slightly different than the others that I have seen so maybe you haven't seen this one yet.

1 lb hamburger meat (I love Costco's lean 1 lb rolls already packaged)

2 cans corn (not drained)

2 cans petite diced tomatoes (not drained)

1 packet taco seasoning

1 packet burrito seasoning

4-5 cups water (depending on what consistency you like, I prefer it "soupy" not thick)

1 can sliced olives (drained)

TOPPINGS:

crushed corn chips

shredded cheddar cheese

sour cream

avocado (sliced or diced)

cilantro (finely chopped)

dash of hot sauce (or 15 dashes of hot sauce if you are like me and LOVE SPICY)

Oh, So Yummy Meatballs!

We were introduced to this meal when Kara Nelson brought us dinner one night; of course, it was delicious! She gave us her recipe and we make it regularly. These are very yummy!

1 egg, beaten

5 oz. evaporated milk

1 c. quick oats

1/2 c. chopped onion

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. chili powder

1/4 tsp. pepper

1 or 1 1/2 pounds ground beef

1 c. ketchup

3/4 c. brown sugar

1/4 tsp. garlic powder

rice

Mix the egg, evaporated milk, quick oats, onion, salt, chili powder, pepper and beef together in a mixing bowl. Form the mixture into 1-inch balls. Bake in a 9 x 13 ungreased pan, uncovered, for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, bring the ketchup, brown sugar, and garlic powder to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Pour over the meatballs after they have cooked for 20 minutes, and cook again in the oven for 12 minutes more. Serve over rice.

Baked Ziti

This recipe is from my friend Melanie. It is easy and so delicious.

Makes 10 servings

INGREDIENTS:
1 (16 oz) pkg dry ziti pasta
1 onion, chopped
1 lb. lean ground beef
1/4 lb. italian sausage
1 (26 ounce) jar traditional spaghetti sauce
1 (26 ounce) jar Italian Sausage & Garlic spaghetti sauce
1 (8 ounce) pkg provolone cheese, sliced
1 (8 ounce) pkg mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 1/2 c sour cream
1/8 c grated Parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS:
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add ziti pasta and cook until al dente (about 8-10 minutes); drain.

In a large skillet, brown onion and ground beef over medium heat. Add spaghetti sauce, and simmer 15 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a deep 9x13 inch baking dish. Layer in the following order: 1/2 of the ziti, provolone, mozarrella, sour cream, and sauce mixture. Then top with the remaining ziti, provolone, mozzarella, sour cream, and sauce mixture. Top with grated Parmesan cheese.

Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheeses are melted.

*This recipe makes a large dish so make sure that you use a deep 9x13 dish or a larger baking dish. Also, I have always just used cheddar or mozarella cheese, because that is what I have on hand. I'm sure the provolone would be delicious though!

Reagan's Special-Ab's Burger

We had this again tonight and it really is a family favorite. It came from Good Things Utah and it is yummy. Don't be afraid of the spinach.

1 pound leanest ground beef
1 cup fresh spinach
2 tablespoons lowfat mexican blend shredded cheese
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup whole oats
1 egg
**soy sauce
**Montreal Steak Seasoning

Fry onions in a little soy sauce. Chop the spinach and mix all the ingredients togther. Shape into burgers and grill or fry.
**these are the key to the burger! And according to my package Montreal has less sodium that the leading season salt!
I don't have any type of "nutritional values" on this recipe but I think it's pretty reasonable.

Beef Taco Rice

I got this one from Cooking Light and we tried it the other night. It's pretty easy to assemble when you're in a hurry and tasted great. We had plenty of left-overs for lunch the next day and it almost tasted better re-heated. Sorry I don't have a cool picture like Laura!

Ingredients
4 cups water
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 (1.25-ounce) package taco seasoning, divided
4 cups uncooked instant rice
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 pound ground beef
Cooking spray
1 (16-ounce) can fat-free refried beans
1 cup package shredded Mexican blend or cheddar cheesee

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine first 5 ingredients in a large saucepan; add half of the taco seasoning. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Stir in rice; cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in tomato sauce.
Cook meat in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until browned, stirring to crumble. Drain; return meat to pan. Stir in remaining taco seasoning.
Spread half of rice mixture in bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Spread beans evenly over rice mixture; top with beef mixture and half of cheese. Spread the remaining rice mixture over cheese; top with remaining cheese. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until the cheese melts.
Yield
10 servings (serving size: about 1 1/4 cups)
Nutritional Information
CALORIES 371(18% from fat); FAT 7.5g (sat 3.6g,mono 2.5g,poly 0.4g); IRON 4.4mg; CHOLESTEROL 42mg; CALCIUM 221mg; CARBOHYDRATE 51.2g; SODIUM 696mg; PROTEIN 23.7g; FIBER 3.8g
Cooking Light, JULY 2001

*we ate it with a little bit of light sour cream on top.