3 Meals in 30 Minutes!!!

Salisbury steak was on the menu for this week. I had 5 lbs of ground beef in the freezer from last month when it was on sale. So after it had thawed, I browned 1/3 of it for tacos for tonight. I just sprinkled salt, pepper and garlic powder to season it.


While the beef was cooking, I put together the Salisbury steak.
1 egg
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs (these were made from left over buns we didn't use. I just let them sit for a day or 2 until they were dry and then crushed them)
1/2 chopped onion
1/4 can cream of mushroom soup (save remainder for the gravy that goes over the steak)
1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper
2 pounds ground beef
Beat egg in mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients and squish with hands until mixed well.



Form into 8 patties on waxed paper. I will only be using 4 steaks, so the other 4 I froze flat on a cookie sheet and then put them in a freezer bag when they were frozen. Make sure you label with date and contents. When you are ready to cook them, broil on rack until brown, about 4 minutes. Turn and brown on other side until done. You can also use a panini pan or George Foreman grill.

I used the last 1/3 of ground beef to make a meat loaf for next week.

1 egg

1 package onion soup mix (I didn't have any so I made my own..recipe to follow)

1/2 cup tomato sauce

10 saltine crackers, crushed

1 1/2 pounds ground beef

Beat egg in mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients and squish with hands until mixed well

Form into a loaf and wrap in foil. Double wrap if freezing. Label with date and content. Otherwise, place in baking dish and bake at 375 for 1 hour.

Yeah! Now I have 3 (because I made twice as much Salisbury steak, I can count that as another meal...so actually, I made 4 meals) meals ready to go for another time.

Here is the recipe for onion soup mix.

1 cup minced dry onion

3/4 cup beef bouillon powder

1/2 cup onion powder

1 tablespoon salt (use less if you need to limit your sodium...that's the beauty of making things from scratch...you control the ingredients that go in it)

1/2 teaspoon pepper

Measure ingredients into a container with a lid or storage bag. Shake until well mixed.

1/4 cup equals 1 package

Check back tomorrow to see what sides I fix with the Salisbury steak...