Want to know the best healthy ground beef recipes for weight loss? These are the tastiest simple ground beef recipes you need to try this week.
Ground beef is a healthy, high protein ingredient that works in a variety of tasty recipes. As a Nutritionist, I make healthy ground beef recipes every single week for my family.
I'm sharing the best healthy ground beef recipes that make tasty and simple dinner ideas for the entire week.
These simple ground beef dinner ideas will get you excited about your weekly menu and make eating a healthy high protein meal easy.
This post is all about simple and healthy ground beef recipes for weight loss.
Best Healthy Ground Beef Recipes
Lettuce Bun Burger
Lettuce bun burgers are high in protein but eliminate the refined grains by not using a bun.
Even though this photo uses romaine lettuce for the lettuce bun, I wouldn't recommend that anymore. I now only use iceberg lettuce for the lettuce bun.
Iceberg lettuce is crunchy and doesn't get wilted when you add toppings like ketchup, grilled onions or mustard.
Here are my top lettuce bun burger tips:
Use at least 1/3 pound raw ground meat to form your patty. That way you get at least 30 grams protein per serving.
Load up on toppings like avocado, onions, mustard, tomatoes, pickles and a slice of cheese.
Healthy Beef Chili Recipe
A good healthy beef chili recipe is a weekly staple in our house most months of the year.
Best part? You can load up with fiber, protein and veggies to keep you satisfied all in just one pot!
My favorite healthy beef chili recipe is our Bone Broth Chili.
In addition to ground beef, it also uses bone broth to sneak in some important collagen, too.
Grab the recipe HERE.
Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls With Ground Beef
Cabbage rolls are delicious, but they can be a little too lengthy for a weeknight dinner.
Our solution? Unstuffed cabbage rolls with ground beef!
This cuts down on the prep time while still giving you a delicious and simple ground beef recipe.
Grab the recipe HERE.
Healthy Nachos
You might be wondering how we could possibly make healthy nachos?!
We do this with a simple (and genius) tortilla chip swap: roasted cauliflower.
Don't knock it 'til you've tried it!
This healthy ground beef recipe has quickly become a community favorite.
Try it with the video below.
Healthy Ground Beef Meatballs
In our house, we pair ground beef meatballs with anything: salad, roasted veggies and red lentil pasta.
Our Mediterranean Meatballs combines ground beef with egg, almond flour, feta, garlic powder, basil, oregano and red pepper flakes for a truly delicious and simple meal.
You can find our Mediterranean Meatball recipe in the Body Recomposition Program HERE.
Low Carb Shepherd's Pie
Regular Shepherd's Pie uses russet potato, which isn't ideal for a weight loss goal.
For our Low Carb Shepherd's Pie, we swapped out the potato for mashed, cheesy cauliflower.
It's a super cozy and flavorful way to use up your ground beef.
Grab the recipe HERE.
Mini Meatloaf
You can turn any standard meatloaf recipe into a faster and easier mini meatloaf.
We like to swap out the bread crumbs for half the amount of almond flour. This makes the meatloaf easier to form into "mini meatloaves".
From there, form four mini meatloaves for every one pound of ground beef and place it on a baking sheet along with brussels sprouts coated in olive oil and salt.
Roast it in an oven at 400 degrees for about 25 minutes and enjoy!
Sweet Potato Kale Soup
Most sweet potato kale soups are made with sausage, which isn't very high in protein.
We swapped out the sausage for ground beef to bring up the protein to 49 grams per serving.
To get the same flavor that sausage usually provides, we use seasonings like red chili flakes, garlic powder and dried basil.
Get the recipe HERE.
Saucy Taco Skillet
This is my Southern California version of a fridge clean-out meal.
It uses ground beef, enchilada sauce, bell pepper, onion, cauliflower rice, black beans and avocado for a fast and satisfying meal.
This recipe is also from our Body Recomposition Program, found HERE.
Zucchini Lasagna
This isn't the fastest of meals, but it's not very hard to make. Plus, it makes for amazing leftovers!
And if you're a zucchini lasagna skeptic, this recipe is about to make you a believer.
It's super flavorful and tastes like the real deal.
Get the recipe HERE.
This post was all about healthy ground beef recipes to simplify your weeknight routine while eating delicious meals.
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