Tasty Tuesday: Beefy Turkey Day Side Dish

Beef up your Thanksgiving dinner with this elegant #TastyTuesday side dish recipe! It will have you craving beef...even on Turkey Day! Turkey may get to be the centerpiece on this holiday, but add some zing to that plate with beef! Get this recipe and many more like it at www.BeefItsWhatsForDinner.com. 

Beef and Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

Time: 40-50 minutes

Makes 36-40 mushrooms

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound Ground Beef
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 36 to 40 small button or cremini mushrooms
• 1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 1/4 cup soft whole wheat bread crumbs
• 3 tablespoons minced chives
• 1/2 teaspoon steak seasoning blend
• Minced fresh chives (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Remove and reserve stems from mushrooms. Season mushroom caps with salt; set aside. Mince stems to yield 1/2 cup; discard remaining stems.
2. Combine Ground Beef, minced stems, blue cheese, bread crumbs, 3 tablespoons chives and steak seasoning. Spoon beef mixture evenly into mushrooms.
3. Place stuffed mushrooms on rack in broiler pan. Bake in 375°F oven 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with additional chives, if desired.

Tasty Tuesday: Southwestern Crescent Pie

            Add some flavor to this dreary week! 

Add some southwestern flare to your Tuesday night dinner with this #TastyTuesday recipe for Southwestern Crescent Pie! 

It’s quick. It’s easy. It’s delicious.

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Southwestern Crescent Pie

Total Recipe Time: 35 minutes

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 pound Ground Beef (80% to 85% lean)
• 1 can (15 to 16 ounces) chili beans in chili sauce
• 1 can (14-1/2 to 15 ounces) chili-seasoned stewed tomatoes, undrained
• 1/2 cup frozen or drained canned Mexican-style corn
• 1 package (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar-Jack cheese with jalapeño peppers

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 375°F. Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Add Ground Beef; cook 8 to 10 minutes, breaking into 3/4-inch crumbles and stirring occasionally. Pour off drippings.
2. Stir in beans, tomatoes and corn; bring to a boil. Cook about 10 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated, stirring occasionally.
3. Meanwhile separate crescent roll dough into 8 triangles. Line 9-inch pie plate with dough triangles, placing narrow tips toward center. Firmly press edges of dough together to form crust. Bake in 375°F oven 10 minutes. Remove from oven.
4. Spoon beef mixture into crust. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges of crust are golden brown and cheese is melted.

Beef Fact Friday: Got Ground Beef?

It's no secret that planning meals is sometimes a no-fun, not-simple task! It's hard to please everybody in your family with every meal, but you can't go wrong with a meal made from a pound of Ground Beef. It's easy, versatile, tastes great and is packed with nutrients that will keep your family strong and healthy!

This week’s #BeefFactFriday is lighter on the fact and heavier on the beef! It provides 25 easy and delicious meals you can make with one pound of Ground Beef! Stews, popovers, skillet meals and more…you’re sure to have your family running back for seconds, and by serving #BEEF, you can also be sure that you’re serving a nutritious meal! Get some ideas with the awesome Buzzfeed article below and #LiveAFlavorfulLife!

      

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Tasty Tuesday: Bacon, Egg and Cheese Burger

It's not everyday that our Junior Cattlemen compete in a Build-A-Better-Burger contest, but during July's AJCA Round-Up they did, and boy, oh boy have we got a recipe for you!

Courtney, Catherine and Emma Bryson competed in this fiery contest as a trio of sisters! They left with a panel of happy (and full!) judges and an award-winning burger recipe! The trio sent us their recipe for their Bacon, Egg and Cheese Burger, and since grilling season is slowly wrapping up for the year, we wanted to share a great grilling recipe with our followers! 

So check out the girl's #TastyTuesday recipe, get grillin' and #EatMoreBeef!

Tasty Tuesday: Back-To-School Cheeseburger Mac

Reading and writing and arithmetic....

Photo: Beef, It's What's For Dinner

Oh yes! It's that time again...time for the kids to hit the hallways and homework! Now that their schedules are picking up with sports, clubs and other extracurricular activities, that means yours is too! Don't get so bogged down in planning and cooking dinner that you can't enjoy helping your kiddos get ahead in the classroom. Instead, serve up beef in a way that they're sure to love and is easy on you!

This kid-friendly meal is packed with nutrition disguised in a flavor they'll love! What kid doesn't love macaroni and cheese? And by adding beef, your adding protein, B-vitamins, iron, choline, selenium, zinc, phosphorous, niacin and riboflavin (to name a few!) to their diets to help them have healthy minds and bodies! 

So if you're into have healthy kids who do well in the classroom as well as having time to take care of yourself, serve up this great recipe for cheeseburger mac! It's #Tasty. It's packed with #Nutrients. It's #Beef.

Beef, It's What's For Dinner. For recipe tips and nutrition information visit the Beef, It's What's For Dinner website.

INGREDIENTS

1 pound Ground Beef
1-1/2 cups water
1 package (7-1/4 ounces) macaroni and cheese dinner
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup milk
8 to 10 dill pickle slices (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Add       Ground Beef; cook 8 to 10 minutes, breaking into 3/4-inch crumbles and stirring occasionally. Pour off drippings.

2. Stir in water and macaroni; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 7 to 8 minutes or until macaroni is tender.

3.Stir in contents of cheese sauce packet, butter and milk. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally.

4. Serve beef mixture topped with pickle slices, if desired.

Tasty Tuesday: Skillet Meals

Skillet meals are a win-win! They taste great and keep the dirty dishes at a minimum! Serve up this #TastyTuesday recipe for Chuck Wagon Beef and Pasta Skillet and #LiveAFlavorLife. 

And remember- Beef, It's What's For Dinner. 

Movie Monday: Ground Beef Do's and Dont's

Ground Beef is a common ingredient for meals in American households. In fact, it’s so common that Ground Beef accounts for 51 percent of beef purchases in one year! 

More common than it’s appearances in family dinners is the mishandling of Ground Beef by consumers. Check out Southern Living's video on five tips for correctly handling Ground Beef for this week’s #MovieMonday.

Beef, beer and bacon- talk about a tasty trio! 

While the summertime weather is heating up, your grill should do the same to make this #TastyTuesday burger. 

Serve this Maple Bacon Beer Burger so you can     #LiveAFlavorfulLife!                                                          

Get the grilling tips and nutrition facts at http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/recipe.aspx?id=5288.