Another way of saving time and money is to use the same type of meat for different dishes, one pot, one technique but many different meals.
I happen to come across some ground beef on sale but they were in large family size packages, I went ahead and made three dishes, one better and easier than the next...
What we will be doing today is browning the ground beef and making one of the dishes.
You will need about one pound for each of these so make sure to separate it three ways and either freeze the rest or make the whole dish and freeze for later use.

Today we are having a dish we call Karmir / Gharmir Pilaf, translated, it is Red Rice...

Karmir / Gharmir Pilaf, Red Rice

Things you will need

Ground Beef one pound
Onions
Rice
Tomato paste
Oil

Ingredients:

1 LB. ground beef

1 chopped onion (I use pre chopped frozen)

Oil 

3 cups rice

4oz. can tomato paste

1 tsp. turmeric (not mandatory but tastes good)

Salt and Pepper

Directions:

Saute the onions until golden and add ground beef and cook until no longer pink.

** as mentioned before, go ahead and double or triple this to have ground beef ready for your other dishes, refrigerate or freeze** 

Add about 3/4 of the paste to the beef and add the turmeric and mix

Wash rice, measure out the water (usually, one cup rice to 1 1/2 cup water) and add to the beef.

I usually use Basmati rice and after adding to beef I let the rice mixture to come to a gentle boil on high 

and then reduce to low and cover and wait about 20 minutes, but do follow the directions for your particular rice.

That's it, one pan, less than half an hour and delicious!!!

We love to sprinkle some crumbled Feta cheese on the rice or eat with a side of cucumber salad...

Cucumber Yogurt Salad,

8 oz. yogurt (Greek works best)

1 cucumber (peeled and diced)

1 clove garlic (or 1/2 tsp. minced)

1 tsp. dried Dill

Salt and Pepper