{"id":4009,"date":"2025-10-15T20:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2025-10-15T20:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:59:55","slug":"ground-beef-mashed-potato-bowl-the-ultimate-comfort-dinner-%f0%9f%a5%94%f0%9f%8d%9b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=4009","title":{"rendered":"Ground Beef &amp; Mashed Potato Bowl (The Ultimate Comfort Dinner) \ud83e\udd54\ud83c\udf5b"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This meal tastes like pure comfort \u2014 creamy mashed potatoes topped with savory ground beef and rich gravy. Everyone asks for seconds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 lb (450g) ground beef<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 small onion, finely chopped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 cups beef broth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 tbsp flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 tbsp butter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Salt &amp; pepper to taste<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tsp garlic powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 tsp thyme or rosemary (optional)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 cups mashed potatoes (fresh or leftover)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cook the beef:<\/strong> In a large skillet, brown the ground beef with chopped onion. Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Drain excess fat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make the gravy:<\/strong> Push beef to one side, melt butter on the other, then stir in flour until golden. Slowly pour in beef broth while stirring constantly until thickened. Add herbs if using.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Combine:<\/strong> Mix the beef and gravy together and let simmer 3\u20135 minutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Serve:<\/strong> Spoon hot mashed potatoes into bowls and top generously with beef gravy mix.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Rich, cozy, and ready in minutes \u2014 this is one of those recipes your family will beg for again and again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This meal tastes like pure comfort \u2014 creamy mashed potatoes topped with savory ground beef and rich gravy. Everyone asks for seconds! Ingredients: Instructions: Rich, cozy, and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}