Healthy One Pot Beef Stroganoff
This Healthy One Pot Beef Stroganoff is a delicious 30-minute dinner idea that is also freezer-friendly. Packed with veggies, this lightened-up stroganoff is perfect for busy weeknights!
Move on over Hamburger Helper, we've got a new favourite one pot dinner in town: Healthy One Pot Beef Stroganoff!
Honestly, I don't even know why Hamburger Helper became such a thing back in the day. While I can definitely be a sucker for all things processed food (I'm known to eat a whole box of Kraft Mac n Cheese to myself every once in a while…), I just don't even understand what the convenience factor was behind it.
Like isn't that the point of most boxed/frozen food? The fact that it's super easy and basically takes zero time to prep dinner on a busy weeknight?
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To me, having to cook a whole pound of ground beef in addition to potentially throwing in extra veggies on top of a boxed dinner actually seems like a lot more work than is necessary. You're honestly better off cutting out the middleman and using simpler, less processed ingredients like beef broth, red wine and sour cream.
Because really, those three ingredients are the secret to this Healthy One Pot Beef Stroganoff. Aka, there is no secret to cooking from scratch. And yes I know these are kind of “indulgent” ingredients but a tiny bit goes a long way, and I can guarantee you it's a lot better than using a dried, packaged sauce mix.
The thought of boxed dinners is also funny to me because I'm really not the average person when it comes to weeknight cooking.
Every day of my life I'm determined to have a delicious, mind-blowing dinner with enough leftovers for the next day (or week). It's true that I don't like making my lunches, so because I'm mostly living on my own it's easy to just make a giant serving of dinner and eat the leftovers for lunch the next day. I love making giant slow cooker chili and stews for that reason. It's such a genius way of meal prepping when you think about it. Cook once, eat twice (or three times even!)
It's so hard to make anything that is just single serving anyway because you always end up overestimating how much you need of something and it's easy to chop up a whole red pepper for one meal without even thinking about it.
I figure you're always bound to have leftovers or more than one serving of something no matter what, and it's definitely more efficient to cook this way whether you're cooking for just yourself or others.
So as I was saying, me being the crazy person that I am, every meal has to be gourmet and fancy. That's just the way it is.
And let me tell you that this Healthy One Pot Beef Stroganoff does not disappoint, especially if like me you've had a long ass week and you just wanna kick back with a glass of wine and watch Scandal. Yes, I'm super sad it's ending this year in case you were wondering 🙁
With fall starting, you're bound to feel less motivated to cook and take care of yourself and that means dinners have to be beyond easy, and take no time, and give you meals and meals for days.
And it helps, this Healthy One Pot Beef Stroganoff is freezer-friendly too. Freeze in little foil containers you can find at the dollar store to make healthy “TV dinners” – take em out of the freezer about an hour before you wanna eat and heat them up in the oven for about 45 min to an hour while you kick back and relax.
Can't you just feel the heat of the oven and the aroma of comfort food filling the house while you're bundled up watching your fave shows after work? Now THAT'S worth the time it makes to put together this one pot meal.
Will you be making this Healthy One Pot Beef Stroganoff?
I swear this stuff is way better than any of that boxed stuff and it's a super easy way to get a ton of veggies in all at once – no side salad even required so say goodbye to a ton of dirty dishes and lots of clean up with this recipe!
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One Pot Healthy Beef Stroganoff
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 small yellow onions or shallots, diced Go with shallots for a richer flavour if you have some on hand
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup chopped mushrooms
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 2 Carrots finely chopped
- 2 stalks celery finely chopped
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 small red pepper, diced
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 cups beef broth
- 2 cups cooked egg noodles
- 1/2 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- 2 cups chopped fresh spinach
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook egg noodles for 3-4 minutes, then drain and set aside. Noodles should be semi-hard still (we don't want them to be too soft or they will disintegrate later on)
- Heat olive oil over med-high heat in large pot. Add onions/shallots and garlic, sautéing for 1 min until fragrant. Add mushrooms, carrots and celery, cooking for about 3-4 min until mushrooms start to release liquid and veggies are tender.
- Add ground beef and cook until browned, then add red wine, salt and pepper and flour, tossing to combine.
- Add beef stock and cooked noodles, bringing to a boil and cooking for 1-2 minutes until mixture starts to thicken. Stir in sour cream, red pepper and spinach, then remove from heat. Serve and enjoy!
- Freeze leftovers in individual portion sizes in glass bowls or foil containers. If using foil, reheat in 375F oven for 45 min. If using glass bowls, reheat in microwave on high for 5-6 minutes, stirring halfway through and adding 1-2 tsp of water or milk to add more moisture.
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Ami@NaiveCookCooks says
October 20, 2015 at 10:51This looks so yummy!!
Taylor Stinson says
October 20, 2015 at 17:54Thank you!! 🙂
Kristen Lafitte says
May 22, 2016 at 23:11Making this because it looks awesome….but had to guess on the garlic and egg noodle amounts as they are not listed in your ingredients list!
Taylor Stinson says
May 24, 2016 at 11:31Oh no! So sorry Kristen – I will be revising the recipe to include those amounts. Thanks so much for pointing that out for me and hope you love it! 🙂
Karly says
November 18, 2017 at 02:13I am so beyond excited right now. FINALLY a way I can eat “hamburger helper” without feeling totally guilty afterwards. Saving right now!
Jill Roberts @ WellnessGeeky says
January 9, 2018 at 07:30I finally got to make this healthy beef stroganoff this past weekend and it was such a hit!! Can i post it on my blog? Thanks for sharing!
Taylor Stinson says
January 9, 2018 at 07:54Hey Jill! I’m so happy to hear that!!! If you remake it with your own photos feel free to post away with credit 🙂 If you’d like to repost it you can to use a photo of mine and post the ingredient list only then link to the instructions on my blog. Thanks so much and so glad you liked it!
Linnea says
April 19, 2018 at 17:18I’m trying to meal prep… If I was to make this ahead, do I completely make everything and then reheat?
Taylor Stinson says
April 24, 2018 at 08:15Hey Linnea! Yes, that’s what I usually do 🙂
Bella Hardy says
May 23, 2018 at 05:36This beef stroganoff looks absolutely fantastic. Beautiful photos, too. I look forward to trying this. Thanks for sharing, Taylor!
Dayna says
July 27, 2018 at 19:38Have you tried this one in the Instant Pot?
Taylor Stinson says
July 27, 2018 at 19:39Dayna you read my mind!!! I’m going to be developing an Instant Pot update for this recipe soon. Thinking it will be up next month 🙂
Laura says
August 12, 2018 at 19:13My picky teenage daughter picked out this meal and I made it. She loved it. Matter of fact, everyone did. I will be making it again. Only question, when do you add the red pepper?
Taylor Stinson says
August 13, 2018 at 08:29Yay I’m so happy to hear the family loved it Laura!!! Sorry for the lack of instructions about the red pepper…I usually stir it in at the end with the sour cream and spinach since it’s cut up small and tenderizes fast (updated the recipe to reflect this) but you can add it in when you’re cooking the other veggies too.
Tammy says
August 22, 2018 at 21:57Can you make ahead and freeze
Taylor Stinson says
August 23, 2018 at 08:01I freeze most of my pasta recipes so I’m sure this recipe is no exception 🙂
Caitlin says
September 5, 2018 at 22:03Hi, is red pepper a red bell pepper?
Taylor Stinson says
September 6, 2018 at 09:07Hey Caitlin! Yes it is!
Anna says
November 3, 2018 at 13:16Hi! This recipe looks so delicious!! My boyfriend is kosher, so we try not to eat dairy and meat together. Any suggestions for how to make this without the sour cream/greek yogurt? Should I just look for DF versions or could the cream be skipped altogether?
Taylor Stinson says
November 5, 2018 at 08:45Hey Anna! You could try leaving out the dairy altogether, it would still probably taste pretty good without it 🙂
Dina says
November 6, 2018 at 07:10I made this for Sunday dinner. I want to stress the outcome
Is really a homemade Hamburger Helper tasting meal, rather than beef stroganoff. The ground beef and added veggies took away from the quintessential stroganoff taste. It wasn’t what I expected. It tasted fine. My brother had two helpings, just know that it’s more Hamburger Helper tasting than anything.
Taylor Stinson says
November 6, 2018 at 07:50Hey Dina – I definitely mentioned in the blog post that this is reminiscent of the Hamburger Helper version of beef stroganoff. I know it’s not necessarily the traditional version but hopefully still tasty, sounds like your brother loved it 🙂
Dina says
November 6, 2018 at 09:10Oh yes he gobbled it down. No complaints at all. I just wanted to provide a review from a reader who prepared it so others aren’t preparing this delicious meal with classic stroganoff in mind and possibly feel let down. My mistake – you did in fact make reference to Hamburger Helper. . I admire you – sharing your recipes for ppl to critique. Keep up the good work.
Taylor Stinson says
November 6, 2018 at 11:27Aww thank you so much Dina – I really appreciate your kind words and definitely love all comments 🙂 So happy you guys enjoyed!
Dina says
November 6, 2018 at 17:39You know what, I redact anything negative I posted. Because I just warmed this up after being in the fridge for 2 days – and guess who had two helpings? Yours truly! It’s delicious dear. Definitely a dish that gets better and better.
Taylor Stinson says
November 7, 2018 at 14:18Hahahah you are so sweet Dina – so happy you liked it so much!!! That makes my day! 🙂
Paulette N. says
November 25, 2018 at 07:15This looks great, and I want to prepare the dish. However, the sodium is really high. Is there any way this can be made diabetic and high blood pressure friendly? Thank you.
Taylor Stinson says
November 26, 2018 at 08:20Hey Paulette – you could try cutting out the salt entirely as the broth may be enough! I’m not specialized in making any recipe diabetic-friendly but that is one way to reduce the sodium level. Hope that helps!
Courtney says
March 8, 2019 at 16:49How much is “one serving” from the nutrition label?
Taylor Stinson says
March 8, 2019 at 17:35You will need to divide the recipe into six portions and each one is a serving. Unfortunately I can’t provide serving size by specific measurement.