One thing I have used before when out our ground beef is burger patties. thawing and chopping or cooking and chopping works great for replacing ground beef in your favorite dishes.
Burger patties make a great ground beef substitute for pasta dishes and chili.
You can use this trick to substitute veggie burgers for ground beef if that is what you can find.
Sliced steak or even a roast sliced thin makes for great tacos or additions to pasta meals. Generally more expensive this is best left to dishes you really love. We do this for making our own street tacos and other popular Mexican and Tex Mex dishes.
Bison is a great alternative to ground beef. Costly and not available in all stores it is generally left unsold because people have no idea what to do with this. Ground bison makes a great chili and amazing Bison burgers.
If you are looking for a pantry stable option for your ground beef substitute black beans make a great option. Black beans can be found dried and canned and can be found in most stores between the two options. This is a great food to stock up on if you are working on building your pantry.
Like other ground beef substitutes swap pound for pound with black beans. Depending on the recipe you can mash the beans to make the texture more like ground beef or use whole.
Sometimes the best way to deal with situations like being low on meat is to opt to use less meat. Cooking with less meat is a great way to save money when feeding your family. many pasta dishes can skip the meat altogether. We like to make pasta with tomato sauce and adding cheese on top then slipping into the over to melt the cheese for a fun meatless dish.
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