Ground beef?
kellielaroche
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Any simple healthy recipes using ground beef? Making tacos for my boyfriend tonight, and not sure what to make for myself..
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Taco salad !4
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You don't like tacos??!!
Things I used ground beef or ground turkey in: burgers, meatloaf, shepherds pie, chili, in the crock pot with gravy and mashed potatoes.1 -
I LOVE tacos! Looking for something a little healthier! Lol!!0
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Taco Lettuce Wraps! soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2013/08/taco-lettuce-wraps-with-creamy-mexican.html3
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Roast spaghetti squash, add cooked ground beef and tomato sauce, top with cheese, broil until bubbly.1
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I make chili with ground beef. Shepherd's pie, bolognese, burger patties, meatloaf, meatballs, albondigas. Tacos can even be kinda healthy if you are thoughtful
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What do you call a cow with no legs? Ground beef. Ill show myself out.10
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kellielaroche wrote: »I LOVE tacos! Looking for something a little healthier! Lol!!
What makes tacos less healthy than other dishes with ground beef?
I add beans and spinach to my tacos.
Cabbage rolls, ground beef stir fry, pasta and meatballs, taco soup/chili, stuffed peppers, Italian wedding soup
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Get grass fed beef 97% 3% or 93% 7% ... thats the healthiest choice as far as ground beef is concerned
I usually make these little stuffed pepper things, idk what they're called but they're super good,
Get those mini peppers, they're orange, red and yellow, and preheat the oven to like 325
Take a sliver off each the peppers lengthwise so you can scoop out the seeds and just open them up with your fingers
Put the peppers in the over so soften them up, usually about 10 or 15 mins
While thise cook, take the slivers and cut them up, also cut up like a 1/3 of an onion, and Sautee those in a pan with olive oil, add some seasoning, idk just whatever you like, i normally use creole seasoning, and onion and garlic powder and pepper
Cook that until the onions sweat, then add your beef ... cook until all the beef is brown, you want it to be juicy still lol
I usually take the peppers out about halfway through cooking the other stuff so they can cool a little bit
Stuff the peppers with the beef and then top with a little shredded cheese then pop them back in the over for about 5 or 10 mins, just want the cheese to melt really, then eat em up lol
Idk the macros or how to write a proper recipe but i know they are delicious and pretty low cal
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Meatloaf, meatballs, kafta, burgers, sheppard's pie. I don't know what you consider healthy, but I would qualify these uses of ground beef as delicious. Also wondering how tacos are unhealthy.2
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jennybearlv wrote: »Meatloaf, meatballs, kafta, burgers, sheppard's pie. I don't know what you consider healthy, but I would qualify these uses of ground beef as delicious. Also wondering how tacos are unhealthy.
Tacos can be very unhealthy, so can everything you just listed... just depends on how its prepared and what ingredients are used, definitely wouldn't consider tacos healthy though, unless you're using lettuce as a shell, lean beef, minimal amount of cheese and salt and no sour cream lol1 -
jennybearlv wrote: »Meatloaf, meatballs, kafta, burgers, sheppard's pie. I don't know what you consider healthy, but I would qualify these uses of ground beef as delicious. Also wondering how tacos are unhealthy.
Tacos can be very unhealthy, so can everything you just listed... just depends on how its prepared and what ingredients are used, definitely wouldn't consider tacos healthy though, unless you're using lettuce as a shell, lean beef, minimal amount of cheese and salt and no sour cream lol
I make my tacos with homemade tortillas (salt, water, masa), shredded smoked pork or chicken, salsa (vegetables and a little lime juice), a half ounce of queso fresco, and a little cilantro. Sometimes I add a slice of avocado or a little sour cream. What is unhealthy about tacos?2 -
Just eat the taco meat on rommaine lettuce and add extra sauteed onions, bell peppers and fresh tomato, cilantro and green onions. Add some avocado on top. Healthy and low carb.2
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jennybearlv wrote: »jennybearlv wrote: »Meatloaf, meatballs, kafta, burgers, sheppard's pie. I don't know what you consider healthy, but I would qualify these uses of ground beef as delicious. Also wondering how tacos are unhealthy.
Tacos can be very unhealthy, so can everything you just listed... just depends on how its prepared and what ingredients are used, definitely wouldn't consider tacos healthy though, unless you're using lettuce as a shell, lean beef, minimal amount of cheese and salt and no sour cream lol
I make my tacos with homemade tortillas (salt, water, masa), shredded smoked pork or chicken, salsa (vegetables and a little lime juice), a half ounce of queso fresco, and a little cilantro. Sometimes I add a slice of avocado or a little sour cream. What is unhealthy about tacos?
Just depends on your macros and goals i guess i can think of so much more i can eat for the calories and macros but hey different strokes for different folks i suppose0 -
Ok I don't see what's unhealthy about tacos. Just go light on the cheese and use corn tortillas/shells and not flour (or use low carb wraps).1
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darn it, now I want tacos at 9 am!3
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that's a great idea to use lettuce instead of a shell!0 -
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JaydedMiss wrote: »What do you call a cow with no legs? Ground beef. Ill show myself out.
A cow (a steer actually) with 2 legs is lean beef.
Besides, calling a cow with no legs is pointless as they won't come anyway.5 -
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Have a taco salad instead, skip the cheese (you can't taste it anyway) add beans and veg to your taco meat (peppers, onions, spinach) and load up on the raw veggies. Use greek yogurt instead of sour cream if you are trying to go low calorie. Weigh out 28 grams of tortilla chips and crush them up. Apply salsa as you like for dressing (naturally low calorie.) All in all I just skip the ingredients that give me minimal enjoyment and maximum calories when I'm trying to fit any food in. Usually this means skipping cheese. I've learned that very few things actually need cheese. It was a sad revelation for me.4
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I vote taco salad or sloppy joes. We'll typically brown the beef (usually 80 or 85% lean), then rinse it in hot water to remove most of the fat (so we can consider it somewhere around 90% lean) then use it in our recipes. You can make a taco salad without the tortillas although it's not as good if you ask me. We'll make sloppy joes using whole tomatoes, blanched, peeled, processed with raw onions, spices and seasonings, with less or no salt, then add it to the hamburger. Reduces sodium, which allows room for a slice of cheese as well on the sandwich.
Otherwise you could also use spaghetti squash, make an Italian bake out of it. Plenty of recipes out there. I've seen recipes for making taco shells out of cauliflower but it looks like a lot of work.0 -
Tacos. Just lean heavy on the vegetables. A fried taco filled with lots of greasy ground beef, beans cooked with lard, sour cream and lots of cheese is a calorie bomb. A baked taco filled with lean meat, beans without lard, greek yogurt, some cheese and lots of lettuce and salsa is not -- and is healthier to boot.0
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I love tacos! They can be very healthy or very... not. Depends on how you make them. I skip the cheese and go lite on the sour cream. Cook up black beans with some cilantro and lime, throw in some fresh corn and chopped tomato, maybe sweat some peppers and onions, wrap them in lettuce instead of tortilla, etc. Corn tortillas aren't too bad calorie wise either.
Ok now I need tacos today!1 -
kellielaroche wrote: »Any simple healthy recipes using ground beef? Making tacos for my boyfriend tonight, and not sure what to make for myself..
why don't you make a taco for yourself? A taco is pretty healthy...0
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