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Feed Your Family Cheaply with this Beef and Chili Macaroni Recipes

There can be little doubt that beef is one of the most popular meats in the world, and this is not likely to change any time soon.

In recent times, there has been a good deal of debate on the question of whether beef is a nutritious food to be eaten frequently, or a health risk to be avoided as much as possible.

So what are we to believe?, even in scientific circles, there are many views, but during the course of this column we will submit a few helpful factual tips on beef, disprove many well-known fallacies and ensure that you get the correct information needed to form your own opinion.

However, before we do that, here is a flavorful recipe that you can cook for your children.

This is a really tasty recipe for ‘macaroni and beef chili’. It is quick to make and is an easy and cheap meal for a growing family.

Ingredients:
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Uncooked Macaroni – one cup
Low fat Ground Beef : 0.5 pounds
Garlic powder : 0.5 tsp
Hot cayenne or chili Powder : one tsp
Salt : one sm. pinch
Ground peppercorns : 1 x pinch (to taste)
Tomato soup : 1 Tin
Quality cheddar cheese : 1 x oz. (finely grated)

Instructions:
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Bring a good sized saucepan of water to the boil and cook the macaroni about 7 minutes.
Fry the meat until browned in another good sized pan and very carefully drain off any fat that has been produced.
Add the garlic, chili powder, salt and pepper and then mix well.
Reduce the heat and fry gently for approximately 5 mins.
Mix in the cooked macaroni and tomato soup, and increase the heat.
Cook for a few more minutes until soup and macaroni are heated through.

Before you serve, add the cheese, and heat briskly till it melts.

Ladle into bowls and serve with nachos.

This is a great beef recipe to cook in volume as left overs can be kept in the fridge and served the next day.
If you scale the recipe up, you can leave the cheese out and freeze portions for later. Just before serving add the grated cheese, and heat briskly till it has melted.

Now you have a tasty beef recipe here are some detailed nutrition facts:

1/. The zinc that is found in beef is necessary for healthy growth, strengthens the body’s immune system, has been proven to help heal wounds, controls appetite and can influence your ability to taste food.

2/. Many folk think that you must stay away from beef as thinking it includes increased levels of saturated fat. Even though this may have been true in the past, beef produced now is much healthier than it was previously, and over half of the fatty acids present in today’s beef are monounsaturated fats which are widely considered to be not as damaging as other fats.

3/. Some so-called dieticians believe that dieters should steer clear of beef. This is completely untrue, the good news is that the 80g serving of quality beef that most nutritionalists advise as a sensible daily limit, is actually less than ten percent of the general 2000 calories per day diet.

4/. If you think about it on paper, beef is nearly as beneficial for you as expensive multivitamins as it is a first-rate provider of iron, niacin, phosphorus, vitamin b6, protein and vitamin b12.

5/. Even a 3 ounce serving of lean beef can deliver more than ten percent of ones required daily requirement of phosphorus, vitamin b6, protein, vitamin b12, zinc, iron, and niacin.

6/. Beef is rich in Important ‘b’ vitamins, which are believed by nutritionalists to assist in preventing strokes and coronaries and also help the body to manufacture red blood corpuscles.

7/. Taking the uncooked weight,, 100 grams of beef provides:

* approximately 200 calories
* 12.15g of fat.
* 319mg of Potassium.
* 3.8mg of Zinc.
* 20.71g of Protein.

If this beef recipe is not for you, why not try something completely different? By searching online, you can easily find a good selection of chicken recipes or fish recipes that should satisfy those who don’t like beef, and if you have any non-meat eaters in you family, there are just as many vegetarian recipes to enjoy.

I hope this has given you a better comprehension of the good and bad aspects of eating beef, and also left you with a really tasty new recipe for your cookbook.

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