{"id":1329,"date":"2026-01-28T00:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T00:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2026-01-28T00:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T00:21:22","slug":"cheesy-baked-ground-beef-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/cheesy-baked-ground-beef-casserole\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Cheesy Baked Ground Beef Casserole"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Cheesy Baked Ground Beef Casserole<\/h2>\n<p>A rich, juicy ground beef casserole topped with golden melted cheese \u2014 easy, comforting, and family-favorite!<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 lb (450 g) ground beef<\/li>\n<li>1 large onion, finely diced<\/li>\n<li>2 tomatoes, diced (or 1 can diced tomatoes, drained)<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon olive oil<\/li>\n<li>Salt, to taste<\/li>\n<li>Black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon ground ginger<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon ground coriander<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon cumin<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon paprika<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the topping:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\u00bd\u20132 cups shredded cheese (mozzarella, cheddar, or a mix)<\/li>\n<li>Butter for greasing the baking dish (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to <strong>350\u00b0F (180\u00b0C)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and saut\u00e9 until soft.<\/li>\n<li>Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Add ground beef and cook, breaking it up, until browned.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in tomatoes, salt, pepper, ginger, coriander, cumin, and paprika.<\/li>\n<li>Simmer for 5\u20137 minutes until thickened and flavorful.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the beef mixture to a greased baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle shredded cheese evenly over the top.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>15\u201320 minutes<\/strong> until cheese is melted and lightly golden.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with fresh parsley and serve hot.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Serving Suggestions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Serve with bread or dinner rolls<\/li>\n<li>Pair with a green salad<\/li>\n<li>Delicious with fries or roasted potatoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just tell me \ud83d\ude0d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Cheesy Baked Ground Beef Casserole A rich, juicy ground beef casserole topped with golden melted cheese \u2014 easy, comforting, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329\/revisions\/1331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}