Light Ground Beef Recipes

not necessarily a recipe but a tip: after you pan fry your ground beef, rinse it in a colander with warm water. gets the fat off. put it back in the pan and add your seasoning. difficult to log the calories you lose here, but what counts is what you actually put in your body, not what your diary says. I made italian and mexican lasagna over the weekend that were each about 360 calories per serving. Recipes came out of my head, though.

Make some chilli burgers!

Add some chopped spring onions, cumin, chilli powder and oregano and mix all together with your hands mushing it all together! Then shape into burgers and serve them in small pitta bread pockets with some low fat cheese and a side salad.... Yummy

I'm a beef eater, so I use ground beef a lot. I buy the leanest they have. It's easy to portion out and then freeze to use later. Because it's just me, I do quick easy meals, like tacos, taco salad, and I love a good burger. I love my George Foreman grill too. But instead of a bun, I like using english muffins and I jazz up the burger with spinach, onion, tomato and anything from mushroom to avocado and jalepanos.

not necessarily a recipe but a tip: after you pan fry your ground beef, rinse it in a colander with warm water. gets the fat off. put it back in the pan and add your seasoning. difficult to log the calories you lose here, but what counts is what you actually put in your body, not what your diary says. I made italian and mexican lasagna over the weekend that were each about 360 calories per serving. Recipes came out of my head, though.

Dear lord, is that a serious tip? Wash away the flavor and what keeps the meat moist?

Yes, it's a serious tip. If you're putting it in spaghetti sauce, chili, lasagna, etc. it really doesn't matter. You're adding other flavors and moisture. I certainly wouldn't rinse a hamburger pattie. Gross.

not necessarily a recipe but a tip: after you pan fry your ground beef, rinse it in a colander with warm water. gets the fat off. put it back in the pan and add your seasoning. difficult to log the calories you lose here, but what counts is what you actually put in your body, not what your diary says. I made italian and mexican lasagna over the weekend that were each about 360 calories per serving. Recipes came out of my head, though.

Dear lord, is that a serious tip? Wash away the flavor and what keeps the meat moist?

I seriously hope not. That is just disgusting and sad.

Tacos are the best with a great salsa & healthy veggies you can set that ground beef free indeed! Tasty! LOL you can even do a Taco salad brown your beef & a light salt Taco seasoning or fresh veggies & make a salsa Fresh romaine lettuce tomatoes green onion & just add the works of your favorite veggies! GOOD LUCK!

not necessarily a recipe but a tip: after you pan fry your ground beef, rinse it in a colander with warm water. gets the fat off. put it back in the pan and add your seasoning. difficult to log the calories you lose here, but what counts is what you actually put in your body, not what your diary says. I made italian and mexican lasagna over the weekend that were each about 360 calories per serving. Recipes came out of my head, though.

You do realize that you cross-contaminate your meat with bacteria when you do this, right? You also lower the temperature of the meat creating an even greater risk of exposure (yes, even when its cooked). Also, the fat in beef is not all bad. Beef has a lot of healthy fats that your body needs to regulate the hormones that make you feel hungry.

If you don't know how to deduct the calories from the recipe because you rinsed it, then why bother.

I eat ground beef, nothing wrong with fitting it into your calories for the day.

Chili
tacos
spaghetti served over spaghetti squash is a new favorite of mine
stuffed peppers
meatloaf

All good ideas. I eat ground beef regularly! Its really not all that bad on the calories if you go for 93/7 or 90/10

Some other ideas:

meatballs
burgers
lasagna (can use butternut squash or zucchini if low on cals)
casseroles