Ground Beef Meal Prep: Carnivore, GAPS, Keto

Ground beef- it’s not ribeye, but it’s amazing! Start dressing up this staple that gets a reputation for being boring and you’ll find yourself reaching for it even if you have ribeye in your freezer!

Ground beef is a favorite among families, as it’s easy for little mouths to chew, not to mention budget friendly! 

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Ground beef also lends itself super well to meal prep, which is a favorite for busy people everywhere, or even not busy people who just don’t enjoy cleaning up grease splatters each meal ;)

Ground Beef Instant Pot Meal Prep

To meal prep in the Instant pot or Stock pot, pre-heat to high heat in the Instant Pot using the Saute function, or medium-high heat in a big stock pot on the stovetop. 

5 lbs ground beef fits in the 6-quart Instant Pot well and can be used for many meals for one person, and one or two for a family of 4 or 5.  Add  1/2 teaspoon sea salt per pound.

Read: Instant Pot and the GAPS or SCD Diets

To cook, use the saute feature on Instant Pot, and high heat. Scrape up form the bottom with a big wooden spatula with a flat edge.

Store pre-cooked ground beef in glass containers, I like these containers by Pyrex/Snapware.

To eat pre-cooked ground beef

Ground beef is a nutrient-dense insurance against pricey and nutrient-void dinners out. It’s fast to re-heat from frozen or thawed.

Carnivore Diet:

The carnivore diet includes all animal foods and no plants.  Meal prepping can result in flops on the carnivore diet; Pre-cooked eggs become rubbery, pre-cooked steak gets tough when re-heated.  But ground beef lends itself fantastically to re-heating! Just microwave (yes, I use that!) or sauté in some butter, bacon grease, or beef tallow, and you’re good to go!

• Add salt to taste 
• Mix with cream cheese… yum! So filling and good
• Add an egg, over easy or poached, with a nice runny yolk. 
• Fry bacon, and then mix in ground beef to reheat
• Add butter, no, not a polite amount of butter, go ahead and add butter like you mean it
• Add to pork rind nachos
• Surf and Turf
• Add homemade stock for soup.

GAPS and Keto, nutrient-dense meals: 

Pre-ground beef is the busy cook’s shortcut to meals made in a flash.  All of the recipes below are just as delicious with meal-prepped ground beef!

• Add taco seasoning for tacos.
• Low Carb Taco Soup, or the Dairy-free version of taco soup.
• Make into Keto lasagna or Zucchini Lasagna. 
• Chili is warm and filling and can be made in minutes before leaving the house in the morning when your beef is pre-ground. 
• Cheeseburger Casserole is a staple here, again coming together faster than visiting the drive through when you start with pre-ground beef!
• Bacon Cheeseburger Soup
• Bacon-Ranch Burger Bowls 

Ground beef isn’t boring, is it? No way!