Beef is a favorite around Home-Ec101. Whether it’s ground beef for an easy weeknight recipe or a chuck roast for a company-worthy pot roast, we can’t get enough.
Scroll through the recipes below for Home-Ec101’s favorite beef recipes, and if there is something you can’t find try the search box or ask to see if Heather has a favorite she just hasn’t gotten on the website yet. She’s always happy to share.
Vegetable Beef Soup Recipe – Like Mom Used to Make
Updated by Heather in October 2022. Bobbie Laughman added this recipe to Home-Ec101.com back in February of 2012. I’ve updated it slightly with new images and the adjustments my family…
All About Beef Chuck
What is beef chuck? Beef chuck is a weird phrase, right? Doing a little etymological digging, it seems that the term chuck started out as “chunk” and slowly evolved into…
Budget-Friendly Ground Beef Stroganoff Recipe
A while ago, I shared a recipe for one of my family’s favorite comfort foods, ground beef in brown gravy. Several people commented or sent an email saying that it…
Pot Roast with Balsamic Gravy
This recipe is a riff on Wicked Noodle’s Chuck Roast with Balsamic and Dijon. It was originally posted on this site back in 2015, but has been updated in 2022.…
Make a Good Impression Pot Roast
First of all, everyone hates a meandering recipe introduction, even for pot roast. I know this. This is not an introduction. This is the methodology, not a story about how…
Albondigas Soup, Simplified for Weeknight Ease
Heather says: I absolutely love albondigas soup, it’s a family favorite, but sometimes I just don’t have the energy to mess with rolling the meatballs. Sometimes I just can’t bring…
Simple Philly Skillet
Updated 2022 – Please note that while I absolutely view learning to cook as a critical life skill, I have learned over the years that rigid thinking about nutrition is…
Turkey or Beef Taco Skillet
Taco Skillet? Yep. We’re Home-Ec 101 here, and one of my goals for this year is to go back and share those simple recipes that we assume everyone already knows…
Getting past the ick factor: Boiled Beef Tongue – a Fearless Friday Post
We haven’t done it for a while, but Fearless Fridays are where readers of this site share their culinary adventures. For some, it’s simply the act of preparing a meal…
Quick Beef and Cabbage Skillet Recipe – Hearty Winter Fare
Bobbie Laughman’s Quick Beef and Cabbage Skillet Recipe Winter was almost ignoring us here in south-central Pennsylvania: not too frigid and hardly any snow, and heck, I even wore shorts…
Beef Stroganoff, Gluten Free and for the Slow Cooker
Heather says: Beef stroganoff is not attractive comfort food, which is why it has taken me nearly five years to get around to posting this slow cooker recipe. It’s not…
What Is the Difference Between Cube Steak and Round Steak?
Dear Home-Ec 101, I’m really trying to cook more at home, but sometimes I’d like to make substitutions, but I’m just not sure when it’s ok to substitute round steak…
Spaghetti Sauce Recipe
My inner twelve-year-old is having a field day as I try to describe this spaghetti sauce recipe without sounding like a pervert. In fact, I give completely up, snicker away.…
Country Fried Steak
Heather says: I can’t remember the last time I made country fried steak for dinner. Heck, it’s been a long time since I’ve fried anything, the last frying adventure was…
How to Cook Steak Properly
Brian says: As I mentioned in my last post, there are a great deal of people out there who cook their steaks half to death with the slightest bit of…
Cheeseburger Macaroni
Some meals are so simple that I’ve forgotten to include them in the recipe files here on Home Ec 101. This easy recipe for Cheeseburger Macaroni is one of the…
A Take on Albondigas, a Mexican Soup Recipe
Heather says: This is my family’s version of the spicy Mexican meatball soup, often called Albondigas. The recipe came from my mother, who grew up in Tucson, Arizona. I think…
Sloppy Joes
Heather says: I know a can of sloppy joe sauce is easy, but it’s often loaded with high fructose corn syrup, something we work hard to avoid. This recipe is…
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Hi Heather, love your recipes! I’m looking for a good Beef Stroganoff recipe that doesn’t call for cream of mushroom soup. (Bechemel sauce instead?) Got any suggestions? Also, do you have a beef recipe that comes with a nice gravy to serve with fresh mashed potatoes like beef tips and gravy or Chopped Steak and gravy?
@ajacksonmom Hey, I’m currently on vacation. My stroganoff recipe is at home in South Carolina. I’ll get it up for you when I get home. I keep procrastinating that one as saucy beef pics are a little difficult. However, now that it’s been requested, I just have to do it. And you’ll be relieved to know my version does not contain cream of mushroom.