My wife and I don't plan menus. We keep the basics onhand in the freezer and fresh produce in the vegetable bins of our refrigerator. When it's time to cook, we look at what we have and determine what to make. You don't really need too many basics to have a huge variety of meal choices available to you. Ground beef, ground pork, and a beef round steak alone will afford you hundreds of recipes, if you have the rice, potatoes, tomatoes, green beans, cheese, etc to go with it.
A favorite of ours is a simple cooked ground beef with garlic and then mixed with cooked rice at the last minute. Serve with a salad or steamed vegetable. It's easy, and if you use a lean beef, it's not fatty.
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