Goodness in every bite.

Recipe Summary

Difficulty: Easy
Preparation: 10 min
Cooking: 25 min
Makes: 10 cups (2.5 L) servings
Best Suited for: Cook once eat twice,

Nutritional Information

Per Serving (Per cup (made with Extra Lean Ground Beef): 333 calories, 42 g protein, 15 g fat (6 g saturated fat, 32 mg cholesterol, 0.5 g trans fat), 4 g carbohydrate (2 g fibre), 120 mg sodium. Excellent source of iron (4 mg, 28% DV), zinc (9 mg, 96% DV) and 5% DV s)

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Scratch Big Batch Beef

Scratch Big Batch Beef is not only a speedy supper solution, it’s a nutrition bonus too – stir in a scoop as an easy way to enrich soups, spaghetti sauces and more. Add in some diced sweet pepper or grated carrot along with the onions and garlic as an easy way to sneak in more veggie content.
4 lb (2 kg)Extra-Lean or Lean Ground Beef or Lean Ground Sirloin, Chuck or Round
4EACH onions and cloves garlic, minced
  1. Cook ground beef in Dutch oven over medium-high heat for 9 to 10 minutes, breaking into small chunks with back of spoon, until browned and completely cooked. Drain, and return to pot. Add onion and garlic simmer for 12 to 15 minutes until vegetables are softened.
  2. Spread mixture in a single layer on several foil or parchment paper-lined baking trays; freeze just until meat is firm, about 1 hour.
  3. Loosen beef mixture into chunks; scoop meal-sized portions into freezer bags. Freeze for up to 3 months.
  • Cook’s Notes: You can simplify Big Batch Beef by using the food processor to mince the onions and garlic – just pulse quartered onions and peeled garlic cloves a few times to mince.

Ground Beef Shepherd's Pie

Mushrooms add a depth of flavour to this recipe. If your children are squeamish about mushrooms you can finely chop them and put them in with the beef. They’ll never know they’re there. You can sneak in some carrots too, if you finely grate them first.

Beef Empanadas De Picadillo

Serve as a tapas course or make larger-sized versions for a main course. You can skip the pastry in this recipe and enjoy this Spanish-style ground beef as a filling in taco shells or as a topping for baked potatoes or rice.

No-Bake Beef and Veggie Lasagne

Here’s an easy-on-ya lasagne that’s bound to become a weeknight staple – it’s ready in a fraction of the time of a frozen purchased lasagne and is packed with the goodness of Canadian beef, veggies and cheese. If you want to skip making the Scratch Big Batch Beef, use 1 lb (500 g) fresh ground beef, browned with 1 EACH onion and clove garlic, minced.

Speedy Beef Sloppy Woes

No more 'woe is me' dinner dilemma -- with Big Batch Beef in the freezer, it's so easy to get a good-for-you super speedy weeknight meal! For singles in the kitchen, just divide ingredients by 4: 1/2 cup Big Batch Beef, 1/4 can of the pizza sauce, 1/3 cup frozen veggies, 1/2 tsp Worcestershire and a tablespoon of water. As a pantry staple, make up some Big Batch Beef for the first year college student in your life so you're sure they start off eating right.

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