| Often we only think of poultry and pork when we | | | | Beef vegetable soup with barley |
| want to cook cheap and nutritious meals, but if we are | | | | This is a nice hearty soup that is great to eat any time. |
| honest, we still crave the flavour that beef alone can | | | | You could even set this up to cook in your slow |
| offer. | | | | cooker for the day. |
| Most of us lack imagination when thinking of ways to | | | | You will need: |
| cook the beef, we mostly stick with the boring and | | | | 1 pound of ground beef |
| well-known methods, meat loaf, hamburgers, meat | | | | 1 cup chopped carrots |
| balls, tacos and burritos. | | | | 1 cup chopped celery |
| But wait, have you ever thought of creating a salad | | | | 1 cup chopped yellow onion |
| featuring beef? There are a surprising number of | | | | 1 cup peas |
| wonderful recipes available that you can make with | | | | 1 cup corn |
| beef. | | | | 1 cup lima beans |
| Here are two that have been created recently that | | | | 1 cup chopped potatoes |
| your whole family are sure to savour. | | | | 1 1/2 cup barley |
| Spring Beef Salad | | | | 2 cups beef stock |
| You will need: | | | | 4-6 cups water |
| 1 pound of ground beef | | | | 1 teaspoon garlic powder |
| 1 head of leaf green lettuce | | | | 1 teaspoon basil |
| 1 head of red leaf lettuce | | | | 1 teaspoon oregano |
| 1/4 pound of fresh spinach | | | | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 1-3 green onions | | | | 1 teaspoon black pepper |
| 1-2 carrots | | | | Directions: |
| 1-2 stalks of celery | | | | In a large pan, begin by browning your ground beef, |
| 1 tablespoon of fish oil | | | | sprinkle a small amount of salt and pepper while meat |
| 1/2 teaspoon of ginger | | | | is cooking. When the meat is browning, add in the |
| 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce | | | | onion, let cook for a minute or two, this will allow some |
| 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder | | | | of the oils to sweat from the onion and provide |
| 1/4 teaspoon salt | | | | additional flavor to the beef and the soup. Now toss in |
| 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper | | | | remaining vegetables, allow to good mixing constantly |
| 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar | | | | for about 10 minutes, this will help the softening process |
| 1/4 cup water | | | | on the vegetables and also release additional flavors |
| 1 teaspoon parsely | | | | for your soup. Add in the stock, water and spices, |
| 1 teaspoon tarragon | | | | cover with a lid let cook on medium heat for about an |
| 1 teaspoon of reserved green onion | | | | hour, checking occasionally to make sure it doesn't boil |
| Directions: In a pan, brown your ground beef, while you | | | | over. Then lower to simmer for about 30-40 minutes. |
| are browning the beef add in, fish oil, ginger, soy sauce, | | | | Your soup is ready to serve. |
| garlic powder, salt and pepper. | | | | If you prefer not to use ground beef for these recipes |
| In a large bowl, rip up your lettuce leaves and spinach. | | | | you can used chopped up beef of your liking. Just |
| Chop up carrots and celery to your size liking. Then | | | | remember to to brown the meat before any of the |
| chop up the green onions into small pieces reserving 1 | | | | other steps. |
| teaspoon for your dressing. | | | | Don't forget, there are a wide variety of different cuts |
| In a small bowl, mix together rice wine vinegar, water, | | | | of beef - also quality types of beef, like Aberdeen |
| tarragon, parsely and reserved green onion, set in the | | | | Angus - so if you are confused over which cuts of |
| fridge to chill for approximately 15 minutes. | | | | beef to use, ask your butcher, they are usually all to |
| When the ground beef is done, drain off any fat that | | | | happy to offer you advice. You can find many |
| may have come out of the beef, now put into the | | | | delectable beef recipes by using the the internet - |
| bowl with your salad greens. Mix together. Take the | | | | there are plenty of free recipe collections up there, |
| dressing you created and pour all over the top of your | | | | almost all of them will have a collection of recipes for |
| salad, toss some more. | | | | beef. If they don't have a specialist beef recipe section, |
| Your salad is ready to serve. This is a great spring or | | | | you will probably find them in the meat recipes |
| summer salad. | | | | category. |