20 min Meal Prep: Sweet Potato Hash with Grass-fed Beef

I am always stressing the importance of meal prep with my clients, in the weight loss classes I teach, and even with family, friends, personal trainers, you name it! The importance of being prepared for the week is crucial to being successful in your health goals.  Making a few meals on the weekend saves time, energy and stress during the busy work week.

This was a delicious and easy meal prep I made that was used in multiple ways throughout this past week!  I sautéed veggies (sweet potato, onion, red pepper, spinach), and added it as a side to dinner one night, added grass-fed cooked beef for 3 meals, and then had it with breakfast with soft-boiled eggs for another 2 meals.  Sweet potatoes are one of those starchy carbs that provides you with long lasting energy.... plus they are SUPER tasty and an easy segway into more plant-based foods if you are "new to the scene" of adding more veggies to your meals (even breakfast!) Enjoy this recipe!

20 min Meal Prep: Sweet Potato Hash with Grass-fed Beef

• 2 Sweet Potatoes (or more), wash, dice into small pieces
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 yellow onion, diced/sliced thin
• 2-4 handfuls of spinach
• 2 tsp garlic, minced
• 1 Tbsp oil (coconut or olive oil)
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• Pepper (and any other seasoning of choice - italian herbs, cinnamon)

Protein Sources to add for Meal Prep:

• Ground Turkey or Grass-fed beef (saute in a pan over medium heat until cooked through)
• Eggs (use hard boiled eggs or soft boiled eggs to put in your meal prep container)
• Shredded Rotisserie chicken
• Black Beans

Directions:

1. First saute your onions and garlic over medium heat with 1 Tbsp oil.  Add finely diced sweet potatoes to the pan.  Season generously with sea salt, stir and cover the pan with a lid. Let cook for about 5-10 minutes until potatoes are starting to get soft. Make sure to stir the potatoes so they don't stick to the pan or get charred while cooking.
2. Meanwhile, cook your grass-fed beef or prepare some hard boiled eggs to have for breakfast. 
3. After 5-10 minutes of your potatoes cooking, add the diced bell pepper and continue to stir another 2 minutes.  
4. Add handfuls of spinach and fold these into the mixture until leaves star to wilt.
5. Once potatoes are soft and spinach leaves are wilted, add any additional salt/pepper/seasoning. Remove from heat, let cool and box up into containers! 
6. Meal Prep Suggestions: Use tupperware or glass jars/containers to add the potato mixture PLUS 3-4 oz. ground turkey/beef OR 2 hard boiled eggs OR 1/2 cup black beans OR 3-4 oz/ shredded rotisserie chicken.