beef Archives | Wholefully https://wholefully.com/tag/beef/ Fresh Family Meals - Made for Everyday Life Fri, 31 May 2024 15:21:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wholefully.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/favicon-150x150.png beef Archives | Wholefully https://wholefully.com/tag/beef/ 32 32 Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs with Mushroom Gravy https://wholefully.com/swedish-meatballs/ https://wholefully.com/swedish-meatballs/#comments Fri, 31 May 2024 15:21:28 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=32364 When I first made these meatballs back in 2018, these Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs were an immediate hit. My husband requested them weekly. My daughter happily ate her mini meatballs. They feel like good stick-to-your-ribs comfort food. This dish is packed with so much flavor, and the Instant Pot makes it so fast and easy to make—it’s just an all-around winner-winner-meatball-dinner.Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/swedish-meatballs/feed/ 15 Loaded Burger Bowl Salads with “Special Sauce” https://wholefully.com/burger-bowl-recipe/ https://wholefully.com/burger-bowl-recipe/#comments Wed, 29 May 2024 06:59:00 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=49707 One of my husband’s favorite foods on the planet is a really good greasy cheeseburger. Unfortunately, he has some health issues that make him feel terrible whenever he eats one. We realized a few years back that it was the combination of the meat with the grain-filled bun that caused the issues—so we moved to bunless burgers, using sweet potato planks or lettuce leaves instead of buns. That worked, but it was messy and hard to control all the glorious burger toppings. A fork holds a bite of salad over a large bowl of a loaded burger bowl salad. Then, a few months back, I decided to put all the burger fixin’s into a big bowl salad instead. My burger-loving husband took one bite and then looked at me and said, “Can we please have these every week?” And since that day, we have! My husband gets to eat his “burger” and still feel great—the best of both worlds. So if your body feels better with a gluten-free, grain-free, paleo, or even Whole30 diet but you’re still missing your burgers—this is the recipe for you! Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/burger-bowl-recipe/feed/ 2 Sheet Pan Steak Fajitas Recipe https://wholefully.com/sheet-pan-steak-fajitas/ https://wholefully.com/sheet-pan-steak-fajitas/#comments Mon, 06 May 2024 06:39:00 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=77306 Enjoy a delicious and easy dinner with this one pan sheet pan steak fajitas recipe. Simply toss all the ingredients onto a baking sheet, bake, and enjoy a flavorful meal in no time!
Top view of sheet pan steak fajitas garnished with lime wedges and chopped cilantro.
Looking for a hassle-free way to satisfy those fajita cravings? Our sheet pan steak fajitas recipe is here to save the day! Picture this: tender, juicy steak mingling with colorful bell peppers and onions, all seasoned to perfection with our secret spice blend. The best part? It all cooks on one pan, meaning less mess and more time to enjoy these flavorful fajitas with the fam. Plus, it's customizable to suit everyone's taste—nestle the steak and veggies into tortillas, then load up on your favorite toppings like creamy guacamole and zesty salsa. Trust us, after one bite of these fajitas, your entire family will be asking for them on the regular! Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/sheet-pan-steak-fajitas/feed/ 1 Drunken Beef Stew with Red Wine https://wholefully.com/drunken-beef-stew/ https://wholefully.com/drunken-beef-stew/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:32:51 +0000 http://backtoherroots.com/?p=3845 This Beef Stew with Red Wine is studded with tender beef and wrapped in a rich and thick wine sauce. Get out your crusty bread—you’re going to need it! Drunken Beef Stew Beef stew with red wine is a classic comfort dish that never fails to satisfy. In a pot on the stove, chunks of beef tenderize alongside hearty vegetables like carrots, potatoes, and pearl onions. But what sets this stew apart is the addition of red wine, which adds a depth of flavor that elevates the entire dish. It's simple, hearty, and perfect for sharing with friends and family on a cozy evening. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/drunken-beef-stew/feed/ 20 Easy Vegetable Beef Soup https://wholefully.com/easy-vegetable-beef-soup-jar/ https://wholefully.com/easy-vegetable-beef-soup-jar/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:00:34 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=41440 I always make sure I have the ingredients on hand to make a pot of this nourishing, comforting Vegetable Beef Soup! This soup is packed full of flavor, and thanks to a few shortcuts (hello, frozen veggies), it comes together in just a few minutes. Combine this soup with some crusty bread and a wedge salad for a perfect nourishing meal. For me, there is something about this combo that makes me all kinds of nostalgic—it just feels cozy. Neither of these recipes are particularly fancy, and you probably wouldn’t serve them to guests. But they are warm, comforting, and über-tasty (like the best comfort food always is). A ladle holds a scoop of soup over a Dutch oven.

What kind of beef is in this soup?

To make things easy, we’re using ground beef here—it’s easy to source, affordable, and it helps you get nice beef flavor in each bite. If you prefer, you can use beef stew meat for meatier chunks.

What kind of vegetables will I need?

The biggest shortcut here? Frozen mixed veggies! They save you tons of chopping and cooking time on the soup—and bonus, they are mega-affordable. You can grab a bag of organic frozen mixed veggies for less than $2. Steal. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/easy-vegetable-beef-soup-jar/feed/ 1 How to Cook Corned Beef and Cabbage https://wholefully.com/corned-beef-and-cabbage/ https://wholefully.com/corned-beef-and-cabbage/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2024 07:46:00 +0000 http://backtoherroots.com/?p=22618 Corned Beef and Cabbage is an Irish-American dish typically served on St. Patrick's Day, but it is a savory delight all year round! Corned Beef and Cabbage
Looking for the best food to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Then let us show you how to cook corned beef and cabbage! Tender corned beef brisket is cooked with aromatic spices and paired with tender sweet cabbage. If you think you don't like cabbage, then you need to try this cooking method! Whether it's St. Patrick's Day or any day, our easy recipe promises a hearty, flavorful dish that's sure to become a family favorite.
Get the recipe »]]> https://wholefully.com/corned-beef-and-cabbage/feed/ 5 Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli https://wholefully.com/slow-cooker-beef-broccoli-quinoa/ https://wholefully.com/slow-cooker-beef-broccoli-quinoa/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2024 19:11:02 +0000 http://backtoherroots.com/?p=28034 Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli with QuinoaThis post is brought to you by a Wholefully partner I never liked Chinese food growing up. Every now and again, my parents would try to serve up some stir fry or fried rice in hopes that my tastebuds would have changed (they loved the stuff), and every time, I would get queasy at even the smell of soy sauce. It just wasn't my thing. Then, in high school, I started dating a guy who ate from a local takeout place all the time. Not wanting to be high-maintenance or bossy or any of those other things 17-year-old girls worry about when they are trying to impress a guy (none of which I worry about now, by the way—33-year-old Cass is way more self-assured than 17-year-old Cass), I went along with it. Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli with Quinoa I ended up not hating the food whenever we'd order it. I mean, it wasn't my favorite, but it wasn't so bad. At least, the taste wasn't. The worst part about it was how I felt after we ate. I always had a headache. My stomach was always super upset. I just felt plain yucky within a few hours of our takeout feast. The guy and I ended up breaking up when I headed off to college (you say you saw that one coming, what?), and the end of that relationship also ended my relationship with Chinese food. No one in my life really pushed the issue when I said that Chinese food makes me sick (writing credit to LFO for that one). So I didn't eat any Chinese food for a good decade or so. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/slow-cooker-beef-broccoli-quinoa/feed/ 15 One Skillet Steak and Vegetables Dinner https://wholefully.com/one-skillet-steak-potatoes/ https://wholefully.com/one-skillet-steak-potatoes/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:04:16 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=37064 Enjoy this bold one-skillet steak and vegetable dinner. The smoky seasoning on the steak and the caramelized edges on the veggies add so much flavor! Overhead shot of potatoes and Brussels sprouts in a cast iron skillet, topped with a sliced seared steak   As part of a larger strategy to help boost my basement-floor iron levels, my doctor asked me to eat a bit more red meat, and I've honestly been struggling with figuring out how to do that. I've never been much of a steak eater, and a girl can only eat so many hamburgers before dinnertime starts to become a snoozefest! So I set out to discover some more interesting ways to get my doctor-recommended fill of red meat— and this One Skillet Coffee-Rubbed Steak and Potatoes Dinner (with Brussels Sprouts) was born! I have to be honest, the entire inspiration for this meal goes to a local company out of Fort Wayne, Indiana called Fresco Spice Blends.  They are a small, family-owned company that started off by selling their spice blends at the local farmers' market. Their product became so popular that Meijer stores across the Midwest picked them up! I stumbled onto Fresco's Coffee Steak Rub when I was browsing at my local Meijer store the other day, and immediately knew it was time for me to try my hand at steak again. Jar of Fresco Spice Blends - Coffee Steak Rub flavorOverhead shot of open Fresco Spice Blends containers, with their lids nearby If a coffee-crusted steak sounds like a strange combo to you, let me tell you, it's a delicious marriage of flavors. When I seared the steak with the coffee rub, it got a beautiful smoky, sweet crust that really complemented the flavor of the grass-fed skirt steak I used. If you've never worked with skirt steak before, it's a bit of an odd looking cut of meat—it's long and thin and doesn't look at all like a typical "steak" shape (think: not the steak emoji shape). Since skirt steak is so thin, it absorbs dry rubs and marinades quickly and cooks in a jiffy (meaning this whole meal is done in right around a half hour). And when you cut across the grain, the bites are tender and rich. Because of how long and skinny the cut of meat is, you'll probably want to cut it into equal-size sections to be able to fit into your skillet and get a good sear. Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/one-skillet-steak-potatoes/feed/ 1 The Simplest Bone Broth Recipe https://wholefully.com/bone-broth/ https://wholefully.com/bone-broth/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:26:42 +0000 https://wholefully.com/?p=33145 Bone broth is a traditional treatment that's made a comeback in recent years. We'll show you how to make it on the stove, in a Crock Pot, or in an Instant Pot! Clear mug of bone broth held in two hands A few years ago, when I heard the term "bone broth" getting thrown around for the first time, my initial thought was um, isn't chicken broth already made with bones? It wasn't until about a year ago that I found out that bone broth is different from regular chicken stock because it uses a long cooking time to extract as much nutrition out of the bones as possible. Basically, regular chicken stock uses the bones for flavor. Bone broth uses the bones for flavor and nutrition. The resulting broth from long-simmering is totally delicious, of course, but even beyond that, it's a powerful nutritional supplement. In fact, I only started making bone broth regularly after two separate doctors (one crunchy granola doc and one decidedly not crunchy granola doc) recommended I start having at least a cup of it a day as part of my Lyme treatment protocol. Bone broth walks the line between food and medicine in a way that few other foods do. And it certainly tastes a lot better than most medicines do! Glass Pyrex measuring cup pouring bone broth into a glass jar

The Benefits of Bone Broth

The nutritional profile of bone broth depends widely on the kind of bones you use (you can use chicken, turkey, beef, pork, fish—anything!), your cooking time, and the way the animals were raised (grass-fed and pasture-raised animals will give you more nutrient density). But there are a few common things about bone broth that make it so awesome:
  • It's loaded with gelatin. The slow and low cooking helps to release the gelatin—which is a broken down version of collagen—that is in the connective tissues and bones you use. Why is this a good thing? Well, major important areas of our body (like the lining of our gut and our own connective tissues and joints) are made from collagen—in fact, about 25% of our body is made of collagen! Some folks use gelatin or collagen supplements, but bone broth is another effective (and affordable) way to get your gelatin and collagen. Making sure you get an adequate supply of collagen has a ton of health benefits like helping you sleep better, making your skin more supple, protecting your gut lining, and making your joints less achy.
  • It's easy to digest. Sometimes the roughage of a huge salad is good for you, but sometimes—especially if you are fighting digestive disorders or your immune system isn't up to snuff—easy-to-digest foods are the way to go. Bone broth is a wonderful marriage of easy-to-digest but still nutritionally powerful.
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Top view of a holiday roast topped with herbs and garlic on an oval platter with fresh rosemary and cranberries around it.
Get ready to spread holiday cheer with a mouthwatering roast beef recipe that's perfect for Christmas dinner or any other festive occasion. This tender roast beef is surprisingly simple to prepare (less than 10 minutes of active prep time!), and the results are sure to impress your guests. Our easy-to-follow instructions will help you create this show-stopping centerpiece for your holiday celebration. Let's get cooking! Read the post »]]> https://wholefully.com/roast-beef-recipe/feed/ 0