Between housesitting for ten days, looking for a new place to live, and packing, we have been insanely busy.
I haven’t taken the time to visit my little corner of the internet nearly as much as I’d like, so I thought I would at least do a favorite recipe post. We still gotta eat, right?
The main reason I love this recipe so much is it is so versatile.
Another reason it’s awesome is it has three different vegetables in it and half the time the kids don’t notice, (I’d love to say they never notice, but that is too big a claim.)
Lastly, I love this recipe because it freezes spectacularly, (that’s right, “spectacularly.”)
You will need:
1 pound ground beef (or ground turkey)
1/2 chopped bell pepper
1/2 diced onion
2 grated carrots
The smaller you cut everything, the better you hide it from the kids…
Throw everything in a pan and cook.
Depending on your plans for this mix determines your seasonings.
If you want to use it for taco night, add a taco seasoning packet (or your own taco seasoning.)
If you want to freeze it and have it handy for future meals, just simply add salt and pepper.
When I make it, I double or triple the recipe and freeze all of the leftovers in quart sized freezer bags. Label it clearly, flatten it out, and toss it in the freezer.
You can add this to anything you would normally make with ground beef. Spaghetti, chili, lasagna, quesadillas…you get the idea….
I’ve made this for many a Fantasy Football parties and it has always been a hit!
What’s your favorite go to recipe?
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Great idea! I always appreciate any recipe that helps me hide veggies from z. 🙂
Thanks! Me too! I’m always on the lookout for more!
I used to do that with spaghetti sauce when the kiddo still liked it. You can put all kinds of hidden stuff, squash and the like, in a sauce!
My kids still like it for now. Haha! I love it in spaghetti. I should try other stuff-haven’t tried squash yet!
Ooh, thanks for posting this idea! A great and easy way to get more veg into a dinner. 🙂
Absolutely! Whatever it takes! 😃
What a great idea to mix it all together! Yum!
Thanks! Its so good!
I love taco’s and I never really thought to freeze this!! It would awesome and so quick to make pretty much anything out this. Light bulb just went on in this little head of mine. Thanks for sharing.
Sure! I hope you like it! I always have a few bags in the freezer for last minute meals! 😄
Those carrots blend in very nicely. I’ll have to try this for the kids.
They do! They practically disappear!
This is perfect! I’m always cutting my meat to make it stretch farther, organic can get expensive!!
Very true! I forgot to include that part of it-the amount of meat seems to double! 😃
Tacos are my all time favieeeee food so omg these look fantastic ❤❤❤❤ now I’m hungry for tacos lol….
Looks super healthy and really yummy. Can’t wait to try this.
This is so simple I can’t believe I haven’t thought of it! We love tacos in our family, but we always keep everything separate for some reason. I’m not sure why! haha I’m definitely going to try it all together from now on.
The flavors of the veggies and meat are really, really good. And you feel like you’re being a little healthy on taco night. ha!
Yum, I was skimming your blog and I came across this article again. It was so appealing, I forgot I had commented here months ago!