Easy Weeknight Dinners with Ground Beef

Jenny deRemer

Jun 10, 2025

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Ground beef makes dinners not only incredibly delicious, but also affordable and comforting. These easy weeknight dinners are family favorite dishes that always go down well. From good old Homemade Cheeseburgers, to Ground Beef Orzo, or Slow Cooker Ground Beef Meatloaf, there is something everyone can go for. And if you add Ground Beef Enchiladas and Irish Cottage Cheese to the mix, you know everyone will have a big smile on their faces.

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Homemade Cheeseburgers

A cheeseburger with a sesame seed bun, lettuce, cheese, beef patty, and sauce, served with crinkle-cut fries on a plate.
Image Credit: My Gorgeous Recipes

No need for a takeout tonight, we have Homemade Cheeseburgers on the menu! Juicy, packed with flavour, with a homemase burger sauce that is incredibly delicious, this is family-friendly dinner made easy!

To learn more: Homemade Cheeseburgers

Easy Ground Beef and Mash

Ground beef stew with carrots, peas, and onions atop mashed potatoes.
Image Credit: Daniela Apostol for My Gorgeous Recipes

Nothing comforts you better at the end of a long working day than a hearty Ground Beef and Mash. It’s the kind of dinner that the whole family enjoys and goes on repeat every week.

To learn more: Ground Beef and Mash

Ground Beef Enchiladas

A baking dish filled with enchiladas made with ground beef, topped with melted cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and chopped green onions.
Image Credit: Ground Beef Enchiladas

Who doesn’t like a comforting meal at the end of a long day? I certainly do! And these Ground Beef Enchiladas are exactly what we need when we want to make dinner special.

To learn more: Ground Beef Enchiladas

Stuffed Peppers with Ground Beef and Rice

A red bell pepper stuffed with rice and ground meat, topped with a sprig of cilantro, sits on a white plate.
Image Credit: Daniela Apostol for My Gorgeous Recipes

One of my favourite dinners to make with ground beef, these Stuffed Peppers are hearty and comforting, and packed with lovely flavors.

To learn more: Stuffed Peppers

Beef and Sour Cream Noodle Casserole

Close-up of a pasta casserole topped with melted cheese, seasoned ground beef, and a sprinkle of black pepper.
Image Credit: Not Entirely Average.

Beef and Sour Cream and Noodle Casserole, a family-friendly weeknight dinner that tastes like comfort and pure bliss.

To learn more: Beef and Sour Cream Noodle Casserole

Ground Beef Orzo

Close-up of a bowl of pasta with ground beef, diced red peppers, garnished with grated cheese and chopped parsley. A fork is resting in the dish.
Image credit: Daniela Apostol for My Gorgeous Recipes.

A comforting one-pot wonder, this Ground Beef Orzo is a dish that makes weeknight dinners so much easier. Delicious, easy to make, perfect for the whole family.

To learn more: Ground Beef Orzo

Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

Meatballs with spaghetti in a white bowl.
Image Credit: Daniela Apostol for My Gorgeous Recipes

One of the most requested dinners by kids has to be Meatballs in Tomato Sauce. Whether you serve with with the traditional spaghetti or you choose a different type of pasta, you know everybody will love dinner tonight.

To learn more: Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

Slow Cooker Meatloaf

A sliced loaf of meatloaf topped with a red tomato-based sauce, placed on a white plate garnished with fresh herbs.
Image credit: Daniela Apostol for My Gorgeous Recipes.

Slow Cooker Meatloaf made with ground beef, a simply delicious and easy-to-make recipe that is healthy and comforting, and perfect for your family.

To learn more: Slow Cooker Meatloaf

Slow Cooker Meatballs

A meatball slider.
Image Credit: Daniela Apostol for My Gorgeous Recipes

Whether you enjoy them as a slider, or with your favorite pasta or rice, these Slow Cooker Meatballs are incredibly comforting and delicious, and always a winner with the family.

To learn more: Slow Cooker Meatballs

Irish Cottage Pie

A plate with cottage pie casserole and a side of mixed greens on a white surface, accompanied by an orange-patterned cloth in the background.
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Sometimes, less in more. And this old-fashioned Irish Cottage Pie is a good example why simple dinners are the best.

To learn more: Irish Cottage Pie

Cheesy Mushroom Spinach Beef Pasta

A white plate with pappardelle pasta, ground beef, spinach, mushrooms, grated cheese, and black pepper, served with a fork.
Image Credit: Ambitious Kitchen

A delicious one-pot dinner, this Cheesy Mushroom Spinach Beef Pasta is guaranteed to go down well with the whole family. Hearty and comforting, and packed with flavor.

To learn more: Cheesy Mushroom Spinach Beef Pasta

Easy Homemade Bolognese Sauce

A ladle filled with chunky meat and tomato sauce mixed with herbs, held above a pot containing more of the same sauce.
Image credit: Daniela Apostol for My Gorgeous Recipes.

One of the most popular meat sauces that you can get, this Homemade Bolognese Sauce is made to feed the whole family. Simple, bold flavours that never fail to impress!

To learn more: Simple Bolognese Sauce

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About Jenny deRemer

I am a Charleston, South Carolina-based culinary novice, an ardent authority on all things travel, a designer by trade, and the creator of Not Entirely Average. I have a weakness for farmers' markets, delight in adventures way off the beaten path, enjoy documenting my many moods through photography, and have been known to conquer the occasional yard sale with gusto!

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