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Healthy Beef Recipes

Find healthy, delicious beef recipes including ground beef, roast beef, stews and beef brisket. Healthier recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.

Beef Tenderloin with Cabernet-Mushroom Sauce

For this classic roast beef recipe, cremini or white mushrooms are delicious in the sauce. But if you want to get fancy, mix in some wild mushrooms, such as oyster, maitake or porcini.

Beef & Watercress Maki Rolls

For this healthy appetizer, make sure you don't get paper-thin roast beef--it's harder to work with. Instead, ask at the deli counter for medium-thick slices (number 3 on most meat slicers).

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Super-Simple Beef Stew

Beef stew meat, potatoes, carrots, and onion are simmered with cream of mushroom soup in this super simple, slow cooker beef stew recipe.

Texas-Style Chili

This Texas-style chili is made with cubed meat and without beans or canned tomatoes, creating a quick and easy chili for weeknight dinner.

Beef Stew with Red Wine Gravy

In this slow cooker main dish recipe, beef, parsnips, carrots, and artichokes simmer in a wine-beef broth. Tomatoes, raisins, and vinegar further flavor the one-dish meal.

Classic Marinara Meatballs

You can't go wrong with these classic marinara meatballs filled with applesauce, zucchini, and green onions.

4-Way Beef Roast

This versatile pressure cooked beef roast can be eaten immediately or used to create beef tacos, barbecue beef sandwiches, or beef and noodles.

Beef and Red Bean Chili

A slow cooker brings out all the flavors in this easy bean and beef chili recipe.

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Fireside Beef Stew

This low-calorie main dish stew gets its lively flavor from a tantalizing mix of mustard, allspice, and Worcestershire sauce.

French Beef Stew au Pistou

This classic beef stew with tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, zucchini, green beans, and spinach is served with a basil-cheese-garlic sauce.

Enchilada Tostadas

It's easy to make your own lower-sodium enchilada sauce to add rich flavor to these fresh and light tostadas.

Beef-Broccoli Stir-Fry

Reduced-sodium soy sauce and beef broth limit the sodium in this stir-fry, keeping it healthy and fresh-tasting.

Classic Diner Meat Loaf

Here's a traditional recipe for a family favorite. Buy the leanest ground beef you can find for this home-style meat loaf.

Steak & Pepper Tartines with Arugula Salad

These open-face, knife-and-fork steak sandwiches are topped with Gruyère cheese to make them reminiscent of a Philly cheesesteak. If you can't find shaved sandwich steak in your grocery store, try slicing a flank steak very thin.

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Roast Beef, Arugula, and Pickled Onion Wrap

Quick-pickle some onions the night before to put a delicious twist on your healthy lunch wrap.

Hearty Beef Chili

For a fall open house, make this beef chili in the slow cooker. As guests arrive, set out chips and cheese and let them help themselves to a bowl.

Polenta Beef Stew

A richly flavored wine sauce coats seasoned beef chuck steak and vegetables in this hearty main dish recipe.

No-Chop Skillet Chili

This dump-and-simmer recipe is terrific for camping--or for dinner on a busy weeknight.

Meat Loaf with Sour Cream-Mushroom Sauce

This made-over classic boasts whole-grains and plenty of veggies for a really satisfying comfort-food dinner.

Hearty Vegetable Beef Stew

The slow cooker makes this veggie-packed beef stew super-easy and extra-savory.