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three quick and easy things to do with leftover roast beef
Recently I’ve been having good luck finding roasts on sale at a decent price in the supermarket. Roasts are really appealing to me right now. They take very little preparation and cook with little intervention from me. And a good roast can make quite a few meals. Especially for Sophie, the meatasaurus baby who can never seem to get enough protein.
But after a few days of roast beef sandwiches the leftovers can start to weigh on me and then I have to think outside the box. I thought I’d share a few of the things that have worked for getting rid of that last bit of beef:
1. Steak salad
Pile up a bunch of lettuce, top it with tomatoes, cucumbers, avocados, thin sliced radishes, goat cheese crumbles or shredded cheddar, and thin slices of roast beef. Add your favorite dressing and a side of bread and you have a complete meal. (For extra fun heat up the meat with taco seasoning, see soft tacos at #2.)
2. Soft Tacos
Or call them burritos if you will. I thinly slice the roast beef and cut it into pieces that are about 1-2 inches long and about half an inch wide. Then I heat some taco seasoning* in a pan on medium heat for a minute or two to roast the spices a little and when it smells really fragrant toss the meat until it’s warmed through. Serve with flour tortillas, refried beans, diced tomatoes, sliced avocado, salsa and shredded cheese. Everyone puts together his own taco and preparation is pretty fast and painless, just chopping a few vegetables and opening and heating a can of beans.
*Taco Seasoning: 1-2 teaspoons cumin, 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon onion powder, 1 teaspoon oregano, 1 teaspoon salt, ground black pepper.
3. Shepherd’s Pie
This one is a little more work, but not much. Dice the roast beef finely. Mix with frozen veggies, especially peas corn and carrots. Add a few tablespoons of broth. Place in casserole and top with mashed potatoes and then sprinkle with shredded cheese. Bake in the oven until it’s heated through and the potatoes get golden in places. This recipe is especially tempting to make if you made a big pot of mashed potatoes to go with the beef in the first place and have a lot leftover. I suppose you could plan for the shepherd’s pie and make extra potatoes in the first place.
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