
Bring to a broil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 15 minutes until the macaroni is the tenderness that you desire. Add in the Worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, water and macaroni. What about you? Do you have any tips or recipes to quickly turn a pound of hamburger into a complete meal on a weeknight? Let us know in the comments below and please give this recipe a rating down in the comments area. Brown the ground beef in a large skillet with the onions, bell peppers, garlic, salt and pepper. This big pan should serve up to five people, maybe six if stretched with a side salad and some bread on the side.Īnd all without out the preservatives, MSG, artificial colors, and other additives typically found in the premixed boxed stuff. Stir in the cooked macaroni and voila! Dinner is served. Once the flour is well incorporated and the sauce is well mixed, add the can of diced tomatoes. Add the flour, tomato sauce, and milk, and stir well. Step 5 – Build the SauceĪdd the spices and then add the cream cheese and cheddar. If it is too lean, you’ll actually have to add extra oil to the pan to fight sticking.Īdd the onions and fry over medium heat until they are translucent. Today I had no diced tomatoes so mine was a strictly beef gravy. I typically like to use a lean cut of burger meat, but not extra lean. I prefer to use stainless rather than nonstick when browning meat as the Maillard Reactionworks much better – meaning it gets browner easier and has a better flavor. Step 4 – Brown the Meat I’m using the beautifully made All-Clad Weeknight Pan that we featured in this article.Īdd your hamburger to a large frying pan. You can also use your electric pressure cooker to prepare the pasta. Once it’s done, drain well in a colander. It’s made in the USA by Made-In, a small company headquartered in Austin, Texas with manufacturing facilities and partners within other parts of the USA.īoil the pasta in a medium-sized stockpot according to the instructions on the package. Step 3 – Boil the Pasta This stockpot is an interesting new brand that we’re in the process of testing. Lay out all of your ingredients so that you can easily get to them. A Guyoto is a type of Japanese kitchen knife.ĭice up your onions. Tag on Instagram and hashtag it #EatFoodal Cooking by the Numbers… Step 1 – Prep the Onions and Measure Ingredients I love this chef’s knife. Let them believe you are a cooking genius. Tell no one that you were just throwing in the ingredients based on what was in the icebox and pantry.

Name it something that sounds delicious, like, I dunno, an Easy Cheesy Hamburger Skillet. Brown some hamburger in a skillet, throw in some onions, pasta, cheddar cheese, cream cheese, and a can of diced tomatoes, and voila! You are the next Gordon Ramsey. But you’ve got that pound of hamburger meat sitting in the fridge that needs to be used up (from when you where on the “I’m going to make everything from scratch” kick over the weekend).īut what to do? What to make? Grilling off gourmet hamburgers will take up way to much time. You start reaching for your phone to order in a pizza. When’s dinner?” The absolute last thing you want to do is cook. Chores, chores, chores, take care of the kiddos, take care of the significant other, more chores. I’m guessing that you could also sub sour cream for a little bit of the cream cheese too.Work, work, work. of cream cheese so I added a big spoonful of cottage cheese to make up for the missing ounce and it ended up being very tasty. 🙂Īnd don’t be scared to experiment! Recently, I only had 2 oz. That is until I discovered this recipe! Now, leftover cream cheese is just my sign that it’s time to make this super easy ground beef recipe.
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( Clearly, I need to do better at following my own advice regarding how to avoid food waste!) Anyone else struggle to know what to do with just a couple of ounces of cream cheese? Unfortunately, more times than I care to admit, mine would end up getting thrown out because it got moldy. It’s is also a great recipe for using up leftover cream cheese. Other than frying up the ground beef, it’s really a hand’s off dish. I actually considered calling it Busy Day Beef and Rice Skillet because it’s one of those recipes that I find myself falling back on when I’m having a crazy day, don’t have much time for dinner prep and just need a simple, family-friendly meal.

This Ground Beef and Rice Skillet is another one of the recipes that has been getting made a lot too. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink drain.
