Colorful Beef

Where's The Beef?
5 MINUTE PREP  
(45 minutes to bake)
Milk-free, Egg-free, Nut-free, Wheat-free

Items Needed:
casserole dish with lid
olive oil
fresh or frozen vegetable - broccoli, mushroom, diced tomato
pasta sauce - preferably something organic with personAlity
lean ground beef - uncooked
salt
helpful tween

Helpful tween in the kitchen:
1.  Pre-heats oven to 350.
2.  Drizzles olive oil in bottom of casserole dish.
3.  Drops a couple of handfuls of vegetables on the bottom.
4.  Distributes uncooked lean ground beef on top of the vegetables.
5.  Plops contents of pasta sauce jar on top of beef.
6.  Sprinkles in salt, stirs gently, and puts on the lid.
7.  Places in oven (careful, it's heavy!) to bake (45 minutes).

MAKE IT A MEAL:

No time?  French bread dunkers.  Cut loaf and serve on a plate in the center of the table.

No time?  Breadstick dippers!  Place on a plate in the center of the table.

Pasta time?  Make and serve over pasta.

Garnish time?  Riff off one of the ingredients listed on sauce (ex. mushroom, tomato, onion...). Or sprinkle with cheese, as able.

COLORFUL CHARACTER LINKS

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Where's The Beef? Clara Peller

(This week's posts are dedicated to a friend who finds it impossible to find time to make dinner.  She works full-time and has several kids.  “Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.”)