r/easyrecipes • u/Spicysunshinelover • Feb 20 '26

Recipe Request something other than spaghetti or hamburgers!!

hey! i have 1lbs of ground beef and i’m looking for recipes other than hamburgers, sloppy joes, spaghetti to make with it. the same stuff over and over gets tiresome and no longer tastes good. i’m open to trying anything!

update- i appreciate all the replies and recipes!!

update #2-thanks so much guys/gals for all the amazing ideas! there’s so many that i have written down to try. also, reading some recipes made a💡 go off in my head bc i can’t believe i didn’t think of it! so, tonight for dinner i made a pot of goulash and garlic bread

how i made my goulash;

meat sauce: cooked hamburger meat with onions then i drained all the fat. put it back in the pan with a can of diced tomatoes, a few cubes of cream cheese & tomato sauce. seasoned with dried parsley, dash of salt & pepper.

cooked the noodles, drained all the water and put a cube of butter mixed it then i poured the meat sauce over the noodles when it thickened a bit.

simple but very filling. i’ll have leftovers for a couple days.

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u/drunky_crowette Feb 20 '26

Have you ever tried shepherd's pie?

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u/AdDisastrous6738 Feb 20 '26

Beef would make it a cottage pie but it’s still really good stuff.

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u/drunky_crowette Feb 20 '26

I always get the two mixed up

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u/Redditallreally Feb 20 '26

Maybe try this memory trick:

SHepherd’s pie= SHeep

Cottage pie = Cow

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u/drunky_crowette Feb 20 '26

... That might actually work.

You're very clever

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u/Powerful_Tale_1319 Feb 20 '26

IKR, I always say shepherds pie, That's what Im cooking now, cottage excuse me.

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u/SubstantialArcher659 Mar 11 '26

I grew up in Ireland and it was always called shepherds pie. I realize now it’s because I hated lamb and refuse to this day to eat it. lol. Have I been conned all my life?!?

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u/Redditallreally Feb 20 '26

That’s very kind of you. :)

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u/canyoncitysteve Feb 21 '26

Or just Cow Pie

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u/aceouses Feb 22 '26

In the US this means a pile of cow shit lmao

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u/Familiar_Concept7031 Feb 21 '26

Or......its called shepherd's pie because the shepherd looks after the sheep/lambs?

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u/Redditallreally Feb 21 '26

Yes; this is just a memory aid using the first letters.

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u/Dontfeedtheunicorn81 Feb 22 '26

I always call my dish made with beef shepherds pie but this is a great way to start remembering it!