Eclectic Recipes

Ground Beef Recipes

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

meatballs

Spaghetti and meatballs, its so good and perfect for kids as well as adults. I am one of the few people that didn’t grow up enjoying spaghetti and meatballs as a kid though. My mom and grandmother always just cooked spaghetti bolognese. I didn’t even make meatballs until I was about 25. The first recipe [...]

Taco Pizza with Refried Black Beans

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Are you still on the fence about what to prepare for today’s big game? This taco pizza is an easy pizza that is perfect for game day. I first fell in love with taco pizza when I use to work at Pizza Hut. It was the only one of their pizzas I would eat when [...]

Lasagna Recipe

Friday, December 18th, 2009

lasagna

This is an easy lasagna recipe that uses no boil noodles. I like to usually use ground turkey in my lasagna. It is very economical, and healthy too. I like to serve lasagna around the holidays. Nothing is more comforting than a big pan of homemade lasagna. There are always lots of leftovers, and I [...]

Best Ever Meatloaf

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

meatlloaf

This is my turkey meatloaf, You can also do this recipe with beef, but since ground turkey is less expensive for me at my store, we are eating lots of ground turkey right now.  This meatloaf is full of vegetables to add extra moisture to the lean turkey. It also makes it healthier. My husband [...]

Stuffed Portobellos and Peppers

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

stuffed

This recipes started out as stuffed peppers.  Then I looked and realized I did not have as many peppers as I thought I did.  And there in the bottom of the fridge, I spotted some gorgeous portobello mushroom caps that looked like they also needed to be stuffed.  After they were done, we actually liked [...]

Spaghetti Bolognese

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

spaghetti_bolognese

I have tried many many recipes over the years until I perfected this spaghetti recipe. The secret I have found to really good sauce is the quality of the tomatoes that you use. Always use the best quality Italian tomatoes, or your sauce will suffer. San Marzano are the very best. I can not always [...]

Enormous Egg Rolls

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

egg_rolls

These are better than any take out you will ever have. The spicy mustard recipe that follows is probably more German inspired, than Asian, but it sure is tasty with these egg-rolls. This is a combination of one of my husband’s  dishes and my neighbor’s that I have improved on. My neighbor also made these [...]

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