Leftover foods from holiday meals shouldn’t have to go to waste! With a little creativity, you can reduce food waste and serve your family another tasty meal using foods that you’ve already prepared. This shepherd’s pie is a filling dish that features mashed potatoes- a side dish that you may already have prepared for your main holiday meal.
Beef Skillet Supper
This one pan dish is sure to make dinner simple and quick tonight.
Ingredients
- 1 pound extra lean ground beef 3% fat, 97% lean
- 1 16 ounce can unsalted pinto beans rinsed and drained
- 1 14.5 ounce can unsalted stewed tomatoes un-drained
- 1 cup uncooked long grain rice
- 1 cup water
- 2/3 cup salsa
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Instructions
- In a large skillet, brown the ground beef.
- Cook until no longer pink; drain.
- Add the remaining ingredients.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until rice is tender.
Recipe Notes
Skinny Sloppy Joes
These tasty Skinny Sloppy Joes are a healthier twist of the classic! It’s a quick and easy recipe for dinner tonight! Click for this recipe and many more!
Ingredients
- 12 ounces extra lean ground beef chuck or round
- 1 large onion finely chopped
- 1 15 ounce can no-salt-added diced tomatoes un-drained
- 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup chili sauce
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 8 whole-wheat hamburger buns
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- Crumble beef into a large nonstick skillet; cook over medium heat until it starts to sizzle, about 1 minute.
- Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon until the onion is soft and the moisture has evaporated, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Add tomatoes and flour; stir to combine.
- Stir in water, chili sauce, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce and bring to a simmer, stirring often.
- Reduce heat to a low simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is thickened and the onion is very tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Serve on warm buns. Enjoy!
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Roast Beef and Blue Cheese Salad
Roast Beef and Blue Cheese Salad is great as a side or main dish! It’s simple, healthy, and only 5 ingredients! Click to see this recipe by Dinner Tonight!
Ingredients
- 5 cups packed European-style or spring mix salad greens
- 8 ounces thinly sliced lower-sodium, well-trimmed deli roast beef
- 20 cherry tomatoes
- 4 tablespoon crumbled blue cheese reduced fat preferred
- 1/3 cup fat-free or low-fat raspberry vinaigrette
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- Arrange salad greens evenly on each of 4 plates.
- Divide roast beef into 2 stacks; roll each stack, jellyroll fashion and cut crosswise into 1-inch slices.
- Arrange beef, tomatoes, and cheese over greens.
- Drizzle evenly with vinaigrette.
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Not Your Mom’s Meatloaf
Not Your Mom’s Meatloaf is a simple and tasty version of the classic. It takes little time but has a lot of flavor!
Ingredients
Meatloaf
- 1 pound extra lean ground beef
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted tomato sauce
- 1 cup bread crumbs or cracker crumbs
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Topping
- 1/2 cup unsalted tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons Vinegar
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- Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Mix beef, onion, salt, tomato sauce, bread crumbs, egg, and pepper.
- Make into one large island and place in the baking dish.
- In a separate bowl, mix all topping ingredients and pour over meatloaf.
- Bake at 350˚F for 45-50 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 160˚F.
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