A couple of things about the ground meat which you probably already know. If it is just ground with no fat added then you will need a table spoon or so of cooking oil in the pan when you brown it. I tend to use olive oil but it has a taste that is noticeable unless you are making tacos or chili. Obviously one pound of lean meat is more meat than 80/20 hamburger. If you wish you can mix one pound of ground elk with one pound of 80/20 hamburger to get about 90/10 hamburger and sometimes I do that. Aside from Tacos, chili and so forth I will make meatloaf. Once again, add regular corn oil as the olive oil gives it a weird flavor. Add enough eggs and oil to glue it together so it doesn't crumble apart when cooked.
Elk steaks are much like venison and should only be cooked enough to kill bugs and such. It will be tough if cooked well done. For stir fry just slice it up thin and brown it in oil and add vegetables and a half bottle of stir fry sauce. For beef stew cube it up and throw it in the slow cooker with a tablespoon or so of oil, two large potatoes cubed, a large onion cubed, a package of baby carrots cut up, a can of diced tomatoes and a package of Lipton's onion soup. Add salt and pepper to the extent that your blood pressure will allow. Near the end throw in some additional vegetables that you like
