Beef and Pasta Meal Prep Bowls
A simple, high-protein meal prep recipe featuring ground beef, pasta, and tangy barbecue sauce, perfect for busy weeks.
Ingredients
- 3 lbs 96/4 ground beef
- Honey Hog BBQ seasoning
- 1 box elbow pasta
- 1 red onion
- sugar-free barbecue sauce
- Colby Pepper Jack cheese
Preparation
- 1
Place the ground beef into a large electric skillet, season generously with the barbecue seasoning, and cook until half-way done.
- 2
Meanwhile, bring a separate pan of water to a boil and cook the elbow pasta according to package instructions.
- 3
While the beef and pasta are cooking, finely dice the red onion.
- 4
Add the diced red onion to the electric skillet with the beef and continue cooking until the beef is fully browned and cooked through.
- 5
Once the pasta is cooked and drained, add it to the beef mixture and stir in the sugar-free barbecue sauce until everything is well combined.
- 6
Distribute the mixture into meal prep containers and top each with slices of Colby Pepper Jack cheese. For a melted finish, reheat individual portions in the microwave for 1 minute before serving.
