Found a way to stretch ground beef with mushrooms last Tuesday

I was making spaghetti sauce and only had half a pound of ground beef left in the fridge... not enough for my family of four. My neighbor told me about grating mushrooms really fine and mixing them in with the meat. I grabbed a pack of white mushrooms for like $1.50 at Aldi and grated them up with a box grater. Cooked them down with the beef and you honestly couldn't even tell the difference in texture. The sauce ended up being way heartier and my kids ate it without complaining once. I figure I saved about $3 on that one meal and used way less meat. Has anyone else tried this trick with other veggies like lentils or zucchini?

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kaib1824d ago

That Aldi mushroom hack is genius for real. I've had solid luck swapping in half a cup of cooked red lentils for ground meat in tacos and it stretches way further than you'd think while barely changing the taste.

blair_gibson7824d ago

No lie the lentil swap in tacos is such an underrated move, I've been doing it for years and nobody ever notices unless I tell them lol. Cooked red lentils basically just melt into the seasoning and add that kinda meaty texture without being weird about it. Honestly between the mushroom hack and the lentil trick it makes taco night way cheaper and still hits the spot every time.