From Dinner Plate to Lunchbox
Make busy weeks a little easier with meal planning that works twice as hard. With a little preparation, you can spend less time wondering what’s for dinner and more time enjoying delicious, satisfying meals with your family. Cook a flavorful beef dinner tonight and turn the leftovers into an easy lunch tomorrow—it’s a simple way to save time, make the most of your grocery budget and reduce food waste.
Meal Planning Tips & Tricks
Planning ahead in the kitchen can help take the stress out of busy weeknights. Start by checking your schedule and planning meals around activities, events and busy nights. Choose a few easy, versatile recipes your family will enjoy, then make a grocery list based on what you already have on hand.
When you have extra time, prep ingredients ahead by washing, chopping, portioning or cooking what you can. Look for meals that can do double duty by turning tonight’s dinner into tomorrow’s lunch or another easy meal later in the week.
Most importantly, keep your plan flexible. Life happens, so don't be afraid to swap meals around or use ingredients you already have. A little planning can go a long way toward making mealtime easier and getting the most out of every meal.
We've made a downloadable ingredients list to make grocery shopping easy too!
Beef and Vegetable Meatballs with Pasta and Zesty Meatball Sandwiches
Adding veggies to your meatballs is an easy way to add in extra flavor and nutrition.
Beef and Black Bean Burgers and 4 Way Burger Salad
Black beans add texture, flavor and extra fiber while helping stretch your ground beef further.
Confetti Beef Tacos and Crispy Taco Eggrolls
A flavorful, seasoned ground beef mixture can turn into tacos tonight and become tomorrow’s lunch with a little creativity.
Shredded Beef and Cuban Crispy Shredded Beef Bowls
This tender, flavorful beef makes it easy to create multiple meals from one recipe.
Bonus Recipe: Shredded Beef and Egg Quesadillas
Ingredients:
- 6 ounces cooked beef, shredded or chopped into bite size pieces
- 4 large eggs, slightly beaten
- 4 medium flour tortillas (8 to 10-inch diameter)
- 1 cup shredded reduced-fat Mexican blend cheese
- 1 can (4 ounces) chopped or diced green chilies, drained
- Toppings (optional): Sour cream, salsa, chopped cilantro, guacamole
Cooking:
- Heat large nonstick skillet over medium high heat until hot. Add beef and eggs; cook and stir until eggs are scrambled. Season with salt and pepper as desired.
- Top each of two flour tortillas with 1/4 cup cheese. Evenly divide beef mixture between two tortillas. Top each with half of the chilies and half of remaining cheese. Place remaining two tortillas on top.
- Wipe out skillet. Heat skillet over medium heat until hot. Cook quesadillas, one at a time, 2 minutes or until tortilla is lightly browned. Turn and continue cooking 1 to 2 minutes. Cut each quesadilla in half. Cut each quesadilla in half. Cut each half into wedges. Serve with toppings, if desired.
Meatball Meal Ideas
Featuring six easy, kid-approved meatball recipes made with budget-friendly pantry staples for quick, versatile meals the whole family will love.
5 with 5 Meal Plan
Let us show you how 5 pounds of lean ground beef and a little prep time can give you 5 tasty and nutritious meals to make breakfast, lunch and dinner easy throughout the week.
Kid-Friendly Fare
Easy, kid-friendly beef recipes made with simple ingredients and flavors the whole family will love.
Ground Beef Favorites
There’s almost nothing easier than a meal with Ground Beef. From fried rice to tacos, here are some of our favorite Ground Beef recipes.
