429 Recipes. The Weeknight Kitchen’s Most Reliable Ingredient.
Ground beef is the workhorse of the home kitchen — affordable, fast to cook, and endlessly versatile. From a perfectly seared burger to a slow-simmered Bolognese, from quick weeknight tacos to a hearty stuffed pepper, it never lets you down. The Ground Beef Cookbook brings you 429 recipes that make the most of it — one satisfying meal at a time.
Every recipe is written for the home cook: simple ingredients, clear instructions, and food the whole family will actually eat.
Inside you’ll find:
Burgers — classic, smashed, stuffed, and stacked
Meatballs — Italian, Swedish, Asian, and baked
Pasta sauces — Bolognese, meat sauce, baked ziti
Tacos, burritos, and Tex-Mex favourites
Meatloaf, stuffed peppers, and casseroles
Soups and stews — chilli, beef barley, minestrone
Asian ground beef dishes — Korean bulgogi bowls, lettuce wraps
Meal-prep recipes that reheat perfectly
Author’s note:
“My father taught me that cheap cuts, cooked right, beat expensive cuts cooked wrong every time. Ground beef is the proof. This book is built around that philosophy — great cooking isn’t about spending more, it’s about knowing what to do with what you’ve got.”
— John Joy
429 recipes. Full table of contents. Ground beef, done right.
