Ground Beef Dishes

I created this tab at the request of my good friend Barber. His request was for recipes that were made with cheap ingredients. I have done a little more and did two recipes that share the same main ingredient. Also, these are made to serve 1-2 people depending on how big of a serving you like. Just enough for the bachelor!!!!

Day 1- Spicy Stuffed Bell Peppers


Ingredients
1 Tbs oil
2  Large Green Bell peppers
1 pound ground beef
1 small onion- chopped
1 cup cooked rice (1/2 c. uncooked rice and 1/2 c. water or stock)
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. chili powder.
1 tsp Hot Sauce
1/2 c. grated pepper jack cheese
Salt and Pepper


Pre-Heat oven to 375. In a large frying pan add oil and heat over medium heat. Add chopped onion and sprinkle with about 1/4 tsp of salt. Cook for about 5 minutes. Add ground meat, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Cook until meat is brown. Meanwhile, cut the tops off of bell peppers and remove seeds and ribs from inside.
***Pour half of the meat mixture into a mixing bowl and the other half to a storage container to cool. When mixture is cool, cover and refrigerate. This meat mixture will be used for another recipe.


When remaining mixture has cooled for about 5 minutes, add rice, chili powder, hot sauce and 1/4 cup of the cheese. Mix.  Divide mixture into the two bell peppers. Place peppers in a small baking dish. Cover peppers with the rest of the cheese. Add a 1/4 cup water or stock to bottom of baking dish. Place peppers in dish and cover with foil. Cook for 20 minutes.
Day 2- Easy Sheppard's Pie

Ingredients
Reserved meat mixture from above
1/4 c beef stock
1 can mixed vegetables- what ever you like
***2 servings prepared mash potatoes

*** Dried potato flakes are a great staple for any bachelor's pantry. If your feeling wild, try different flavored variations of the flakes. If your feeling like a culinary expert, make your own mashed potatoes.

Pre- heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a small baking dish with non-stick spray. Add meat mixture and stock to a large and heat to a small simmer. Add vegetables and cook 2-3 minutes until veggies are heated. While mixture is cooking, prepare mashed potatoes. Make sure that you season them with plenty of salt and pepper. Transfer meat mixture to baking dish. Cover mixture with potatoes in an even layer. Use a fork to "rough up" the potatoes to form peaks. Cook for 20 minutes or until peaks become slighlty browned.