Busy Mom Meal: Ground Beef & Carrots

Kelly Songy Nelson
Aug 24, 2017 · 2 min read

Last night I had an awful earache…stabbing pains from 1am til about 6am. So I didn’t get much sleep. It it reminded me of days with a newborn (I shudder like the hiyenas in Lion King when they hear “Mufasa”!!).

I was productive today but hit a wall of tiredness around 4:30pm. Dinner needed to be quick and easy and yes…early!

So I whipped up one of my favorite go-to dinners: ground meat & carrots

I switch out the meat based on what’s in the freezer! Today was grass fed ground beef from Butcher Box.

And chopping is a breeze with my awesome little veggie chopper I snagged off of Amazon! No tears popped out when prepping the onion!

So let’s get to the recipe:

Ground Meat & Carrots

Prep time: 5 min

Cook time: 20 min

Feeds our family of 4!

Ingredients:

1 pound ground meat (I use grass fed ground beef or ground turkey)

1/2 yellow onion

3 cups baby carrots

Salt

Pepper

1/2 TBSP olive oil

Cooked brown rice or quinoa (optional)

Steps:

  • Pour olive oil into a medium skillet.
  • Dice the onion (I use the veggie chopper to make it super fine so the kids won’t notice!)
  • Heat the skillet to medium and stir in the onions. Cool for appx 5 min, stirring frequently.
  • While the onions start to cook, chop the carrots (I also make these into teeny bits. They like veggies but they’re less likely to dissect it if it’s small!)
  • Add carrots to the skillet & stir well.
  • Add in the ground meat and use your spoon or spatula to break it into tiny chunks because…kids.
  • Cover and cook for 10–12 min or until ground meat is thoroughly cooked. Stir occasionally during this time.
  • Serve plain or over brown rice or quinoa!

I love his meal meal because it makes delicious leftovers. I was pretty bummed that my family loved it so much that we ate it all!!! (Good problem to have, right?!?!)

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Kelly Songy Nelson

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I'm a Wife and a Mom of two who promises to share REAL life - no highlight reel here. Postpartum depression, SAHM, WAHM

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