Express Meal Starters

Get Dinner Done In 30 Minutes or Less...

With these great meal starters available from your local grocer.

If you think you don't have the time to create a great dinner tonight, think again! Use any of these great fully-cooked or ready-to-cook beef items to get the hard part of dinner done while you simply throw together a few extra ingredients and maybe even a fresh salad. We've listed those beef products that we think are the best tasty time-savers. Incorporate these beef products into your favorite recipe or try one of our own fabulous thirty minute or less beef meals.

Harris Ranch®
•Beef Pot Roast
•Beef Sirloin Tri-Tip
•Beef Stew with Vegetables
•Beef Short Ribs

•Carne Southwest
•Thin-sliced Beef Short Ribs

Hormel®
•Meat Loaf with Tomato Sauce
•Beef Tips with Gravy
•Roast Beef Au Jus

Lloyd’s Barbeque Company®
•Beef Back Ribs
•BBQ Sauce with Sliced Beef

Marie Callender’s®
Complete Dinners™
•Roast Beef
•Old Fashioned Beef Pot Roast
•Beef Tips in Mushroom Sauce
•Chicken Fried Steak
•Beef Stroganoff
Pot Pies™
•Beef Pot Pie

Double R Ranch®
Pre-seasoned Steaks
•Spicy Chipotle Petite Tender

•Chili-Lime Flat Iron Steak

•Savory Center Cut Filet

•Garlic & Herb Center Cut Filet

No Name Steaks®
•Original Sirloin Steak
•Petite Cut Sirloin Steak
•Quick & Tender Beef Filet

Old El Paso®
•Taco Sauce Seasoned Ground Beef

Stouffer’s®
Skillet Sensations™
•Homestyle Beef
•Broccoli & Beef
•Beef Stroganoff Family Meal
 

Lean Cuisine® Skillet Sensations™
•Beef Teriyaki & Rice Oven Sensations™
•Yankee Pot Roast
•Beef with Potatoes & Peppers

KC Masterpiece®
•Original Barbeque Sauce with Seasoned Shredded Beef

Tyson®
•Steakhouse Grillers (Flat Iron Steaks)

For more options be sure to look in the fresh meat case as well as the frozen foods section!

Colorful Mexican Carne

1 package (1-3/4 to 2-1/2 pounds) fully-cooked boneless beef pot roast with gravy

1 jar (16 ounces) prepared taco sauce

1 can (15 ounces) red kidney beans, drained

1-1/2 cups frozen mixed red, yellow and green bell pepper strips, defrosted

4-6 packaged tortilla bowls

1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Remove beef pot roast from package. Measure 3/4 cup gravy; place in Dutch oven. (Discard any remaining gravy.) Stir in taco sauce; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-high; cook 5 minutes or until thickened.

2. Cut pot roast into 1/2-inch pieces. Add beef, beans and bell peppers to Dutch oven. Heat through over medium heat, stirring occasionally.

3. Place tortilla bowls on baking sheet. Bake in 350°F oven 3 minutes or until golden. Add cilantro to beef mixture. Serve in tortilla bowls.

Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Cook's Tip: Pre-baked tortilla bowls are usually found in the ethnic food section of the supermarket. If not available, serve over tortilla chips.

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