That is a LOT of veggies!
I made Vegetable Stir Fry for dinner tonight using all of the yummy veggies hubby cut.
While hubby was finishing cutting all of the veggies I started browning the ground beef to be used for Shepherd's Pie (or Cottage Pie as Erin who lives Down Under tells me is what it is really called!). When I brown ground beef I hardly ever just brown the meat by itself. I usually add stuff to it...like the wonderfully cut veggies!
This is the ground beef as I was browning it. I opted to used the carrot "sticks" I had bought from the farmers market since the meat is going to be used for Shepherd's Pie anyway. I also added diced onion, celery, and red/yellow/green peppers to the beef.
My Tupperware Potato Masher is really a good tool to use for mixing up the ground beef. And Alton Brown calls things like this uni-taskers!
Kind of steamy, but you can see that there is a LOT of grease in the pan so it will need to be drained. And I mean poured into a colander (NOT just "scooping out" the grease).
If you look closely you can see the white handle of my Tupperware Small Thatsa Bowl sticking out on the left side. The next couple of pictures I will show you WHY you drain the ground beef!
Ummm...YUCK! FYI, that is a 2 Cup capacity Tupperware measuring cup...and it is past the 2 cup mark....that folks is why you drain the ground beef! If you did not drain it, that grease would be in your food! (excuse the cup, it was already dirty when I put the grease in to measure it, lol)
I always spray the ground beef a little bit too...just to be sure to get all the grease out!
All done and ready to use in the Shepherd's Pie. This was a 3 pound roll of frozen ground beef from Aldi (I believe it is 80/20.)
And lest you think that I am super organized and have everything together...I am not! My house is a HUGE mess as usual. There are about 3 loads of laundry in the living room on the love seat and chair...waiting to be folded. My coupons are several weeks past needing to be cut. The kitchen floor is a mess...like sticky in parts mess. The trash needs to be taken out. My room needs a ton of TLC....well, you get the idea, lol. Another day this week I will post the recipe and steps to make the Shepherd's Pie. Right now I am going to finish watching some Sunday evening shows and either fold the clothes in the living room or cut my coupons. (Most likely I will play Words with Friends and Song Pop, Pin some great things on Pinterest, log onto Facebook, well, you get the idea...
