If you’re looking for creative and healthy recipes with leftover ground beef, you’ve come to the right place! These meals are not only nutritious but also packed with flavor, helping you transform leftover ground beef into hearty, satisfying dishes that your whole family will enjoy.
What is more, these recipes will work even if you have leftover ground sausage.
Now, let’s cook!
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Sweet Potato Ground Beef Casserole
This cheesy sweet potato casserole combines hearty ground beef with the natural sweetness of sweet potatoes. It’s a great balance of comfort food and wholesome ingredients, perfect for any dinner table.
Sweet Potato Ground Beef Casserole
Cheesy, sweet potato ground beef casserole is super easy to make. This hearty dish is the ultimate, healthy-ish comfort food and something the whole family will love.
Mexican flavored zucchini boats are a perfect way to use leftover ground beef. Just mix the beef with taco seasoning, beans, corn, and your favorite salsa or spices, stuff the zucchini halves, top with cheese, and bake until bubbly. It’s a delicious, easy way to turn leftovers into a fresh, flavorful meal!
Stuffed Mexican Zucchini Boats
These Stuffed Mexican Zucchini Boats are a fun, flavorful way to enjoy summer’s best veggie, perfect for a weeknight dinner or a festive gathering. Try this recipe for a crowd-pleasing meal that’s as healthy as it is delicious!
Burger Salad (With Burger Leftovers or From Scratch)
Easy and delicious salad recipe that will leave you full and satisfied. This recipe is versatile and perfect for a family dinner.
Burger Salad (With Burger Leftovers or From Scratch)
This Burger Salad is a fresh, flavorful way to enjoy burger vibes without the bun, perfect for a quick weeknight dinner or a casual summer lunch. Try it for your next meal—it’s easy, delicious, and a great way to use up leftovers or impress your friends with a healthier twist!
These vibrant peppers are stuffed with a flavorful taco filling, making them a nutritious and colorful way to use up ground beef. Serve them with a dollop of sour cream or avocado for a delicious touch.
Taco Stuffed Peppers
These Healthy Taco Stuffed Peppers are made with a seasoned taco filling and topped with plenty of melty cheddar cheese!
Low-carb and packed with flavor, these mushroom pizzas are a fun way to enjoy pizza without the guilt. Add your favorite toppings for a meal that’s both healthy and indulgent.
Easy Portobello Mushroom Pizzas
These Easy Pizza Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms are a delicious low-carb way to enjoy pizza, and they’re ready in under 40 minutes – you can also make them ahead of time or freeze them!
Zucchini halves stuffed with taco-seasoned ground beef and baked to perfection make a wonderful low-carb meal. They’re a hit with kids and adults alike!
Taco Zucchini Boats
Taco Zucchini Boats – A low-carb dinner recipe for the whole family! Stuffed with ground beef and taco seasoning, baked to cheesy perfection.
This hash combines tender sweet potatoes with Tex-Mex spices for a breakfast or dinner option that’s flavorful and filling. Pair it with eggs or enjoy it as-is.
Tex-Mex Sweet Potato Hash (Whole30)
Make good use of leftover taco meat by giving Tex-Mex Sweet Potato Hash a try. A tasty and hearty breakfast or weeknight dinner option! Egg-free option.
These tostadas are a perfect option for busy weeknights. Top crispy tostada shells with shredded ground beef, refried beans, and your favorite toppings like salsa and sour cream. They’re quick, customizable, and great for a family dinner.
Shredded Beef Tostadas
Shredded beef tostadas are the best meal for a busy weeknight! This quick dinner is made with leftover beef, refried beans, shredded cheese and toppings like sour cream and salsa. It’s always a great choice when there isn’t much time to spare or you just don’t feel like spending lots of time in the kitchen. I love having protein prepped and ready to go, and making a big batch of shredded beef is super easy!
This hearty casserole layers ground beef, rice, and plenty of cheese for a comforting dish that’s perfect for feeding a crowd. It’s a great freezer-friendly meal, too!
Taco Rice Casserole
Taco Rice Casserole is a hearty ground beef casserole loaded with instant rice, condensed cheddar soup, corn, salsa, taco seasoning, ranch dressing mix, chopped green onions and a shredded Mexican cheese blend.
A quick take on the classic comfort dish, this shepherd’s pie is made with ground beef and a creamy mashed potato topping. It’s ready in less than 30 minutes!
Easy Shepherd’s Pie
This Easy Shepherd’s Pie recipe is made with ground beef, brown gravy, and frozen vegetables in less than 30 minutes on the stove top.
Sweet and savory ground beef served over rice (or cauliflower rice) makes for a quick and delicious meal. Top it with sesame seeds and green onions for a pop of flavor.
20-Minute Korean Beef Bowl
A homemade Korean beef bowl in 20-minutes flat! The BEST quick and easy family meal made with ground beef to eat with white or cauli rice.
This ground beef and broccoli stir fry is a healthier twist on fried rice, using protein-packed quinoa for a nutritious base. It’s ready in under 30 minutes.
Ground Beef And Broccoli Fried Quinoa
Ground beef and broccoli fried quinoa is a healthy easy ground beef dinner recipe that is much like fried rice, but different! Ready in less than 30 minutes
Loaded with vegetables and tender ground beef, this one-pot soup is hearty and comforting. It’s perfect for a weeknight dinner that the whole family will love.
Easy Hamburger Vegetable Soup
Hamburger vegetable soup is a weeknight dinner hero! It’s a healthy, easy one pot meal the entire family loves – even picky eaters!
This quick skillet meal is loaded with colorful vegetables and flavorful ground beef, making it a fantastic healthy dinner option that’s ready in just 20 minutes.
Healthy Ground Beef And Vegetable Skillet
20 minutes to make this healthy ground beef and vegetable skillet! Easy and flavorful healthy dinner idea with ground beef that you’ll love.
This creamy taco soup is a warm and satisfying dish that can be made with ground beef, pork, or turkey. Serve it with your favorite toppings like cheese and avocado for extra flavor.
A huge thank you to the talented recipe creators for inspiring us with these amazing ways to make the most of our leftovers. Your creativity makes every meal a delicious adventure!
Creamy Taco Soup
This Creamy Taco Soup is budget friendly and can be made with ground beef, pork, or turkey. It’s gluten free with dairy free options.
Laura Bais is the owner of Julie's Cafe Bakery food blog. From a young age, she had a passion for cooking, and at the age of 13, she made her first meal. After finishing high school, she undergraduates in Cultural Studies at the University of Rijeka, and graduates in Journalism at the University of Zagreb. At that time she honed her cooking skills, but also worked in marketing. Since her love for cooking never faded, in 2021 she finally decided to share her recipes with the world. Laura turned her hobby into a career and loves every moment of it. Now she writes about common mistakes in the kitchen and how to avoid them, about adding twists to traditional meals, etc. Her love for trying new foods often leads her to visit restaurants and attempt to recreate the meals at home. She has been featured on F and B Recipes and BOXROX, to name a few.
