mysydneykitchen: beef

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Cheeseburger and fries casserole

This is a classic twist on the has-brown casserole. We are really not huge casserole eaters but they freeze well and sometimes they are just plain handy to have ready to toss in the oven.

I had some leftover hash browns and so on my freezer cooking day I made this. It is quick, simple and easy.

8 hash browns
500g beef mince
1 onion
1 tin tomatoes
1/2 cup tomato sauce/ketchup
1/2 cup mustard sauce or American mustard
1 cup grated tasty cheese

1. Soften onion in olive oil in fry pan. Add ground beef and brown.
2. Add tinned tomato, tomato sauce and mustard and allow to simmer 5-10 minutes until cooked through.
3. Line base of baking dish with hash browns (mine took 6). Cover with sauce.
4. Slice remaining hash browns into french fry shapes/sticks. Place on top of meat mix. Cover with cheese.

5. Freeze or bake 30-40 minutes. (As you can see mine went in the freezer).

Enjoy!

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Taco Meat

Today my lovely husband is out in a fishing competition. Apparently they are to target Flathead today. It is a competition organised in support of Prostate Cancer so he gets to fish and help someone. That's all good. Lucky for him it's a nice Autumn day out there.

None of that of course guarantees that he will be bringing home any fish. We hope so of course. Also he is fishing with a mate who has a family. Will there be enough fish for seven? Will they be all coming here for dinner? Will we be going to their place? None of these things really bother the fishermen.

So I am going to make a lovely trip to the nearby Organic Markets with my daughter shortly and then I will come home and make taco meat and throw it in the slow cooker. If needed I can make tacos for seven. If not I can freeze it.

So what are some great ways to use taco meat:

Obviously tacos.