Sandwiches

• Sandwiches are a quick way to create a full meal from leftover beef and soup. Add a hamburger patty to a bun, cover it in mushroom soup and slide on an onion slice to create a creamy hamburger. Mound a mixture of the hamburger and soup onto a hoagie and top with Swiss cheese for a sub sandwich. Spread the soup over whole-wheat bread like mayonnaise, spoon the meat onto the bread and top with lettuce, onion, pickles and tomato for a healthy sandwich.

Casseroles

• Hamburger and cream of mushroom soup are classic staples when it comes to creating a casserole. Brown the beef to a safe temperature before throwing it into any casserole. Toss the burger and soup with corn and tomatoes to create a Southwest mushroom casserole. Mix the meat, soup, rice, celery and water chestnuts for a creamy Asian casserole. Add broccoli and cheddar to the ground beef and mushroom soup for an extra-creamy broccoli casserole. Throw the soup, burger and assorted vegetables together and top with biscuits to create a pot-pie casserole. Cook the casserole until the internal temperature reads 165 degrees F.

Potatoes

• Fried or baked, potatoes are a budget-friendly way to round out hamburger and mushroom soup. Mix the mushroom soup with the burger and serve it over mashed potatoes like gravy, or spoon it into an open baked potato. Toss the meat with fried potato wedges and drizzle the soup over the mixture for a hearty breakfast. Spoon the meat, soup and assorted vegetables into a dish, cover with mashed potatoes and bake to create a shepherd’s pie.

Pastas

• Nothing says simple like throwing meat and soup over cooked pasta. Mix the hamburger and cream of mushroom soup with bowtie noodles for an easy stroganoff. Toss the meat and soup with fettuccine noodles and Parmesan for a mushroom fettuccine Alfredo. Stir the meat, peas, carrots and soup together and serve over macaroni noodles for a creamy goulash.

Soups

• Soup is the easiest thing to create from beef and mushroom soup. Throw the two together and you have a beefy meal in minutes. Stir the beef, soup, carrots, peas, corn, celery and lima beans together to make a creamy vegetable beef soup. Combine sauteed portobello mushrooms, sauteed button mushrooms, hamburger and mushroom soup to create a mushroom lover’s soup.