Meal Prep #3

I meal prepped for a full week plus of eating and created six entrees with three to four servings each.  It took me one hour and fifteen minutes to complete, including clean up.  I picked up some items at the store and thawed ground beef and chicken breasts yesterday, then it was time to get busy and get to work.

Seasoned with garlic powder, dried basil, salt and pepper

I began by slicing and butterflying one of the two large boneless skinless chicken breast halves to make Asiago Chicken.  Then I started cooking by placing avocado oil in my cast iron skillet to cook four butterflied pieces.  I seasoned each side with garlic powder, dried basil, salt and pepper.  

The onion was huge and I only ended up using half of it

While the chicken cooked I prepared my vegetables by slicing up half an onion and two thirds of a bell pepper to use in another dish and chopped up the rest of the pepper, some onion and sliced up six mushrooms.

Asiago Chicken

Once the chicken was done I topped each piece with a half slice of asiago cheese and allowed it to melt before removing it to a dish to cool.  I then sliced up the remaining chicken breast half, added some olive oil to the pan and placed those slices in seasoning each side with lemon pepper seasoning.  Once done the chicken was placed in a dish to cool and it was onto the the next dish.

In the same pan I cooked up four bratwurst patties.  Once they were done I removed them to a dish to cool and continued on.  I had some chicken pieces left from slicing and butterflying so I cubed that and cooked it with a little more oil and some taco seasoning making enough to top a salad.  I put the cooked chicken into a small dish and then browned up a pound of ground beef with some more taco seasoning.  That also went into a dish to cool.

The peppers picked up all the flavors from cooking the steaks in the same pan

With the same pan I cooked carne asada, just a few minutes per side and it was finished.  I removed the steaks from the pan and added the sliced peppers and onions to sauté.  While those cooked I grated up about a cup of pepper jack cheese. 

Sunday dinner

Plenty of leftovers

With the peppers finished I rinsed out my pan, added more olive oil and sauteed the chopped onions, peppers and sliced mushrooms.  I chopped up the steaks and placed them in a dish with the sliced peppers.  That was our Sunday dinner with plenty left for at least two more meals.  I served the carne asada, onions and peppers with the pepper jack cheese, sour cream and salsa.

The final product

The last of the onions, peppers and sliced mushrooms were placed in a small dish to cool to use with eggs for omelets and/or egg scrambles.  To go with these entrees I have plenty of fresh salad fixings and a bunch of asparagus to steam, roast or saute.  Plenty of variety to keep things interesting as well as nutritious and really satisfying.

I had a couple leftover hard boiled eggs from last week to add to the mix
as well as some no sugar yogurts made with stevia

As usual this was more than enough food to feed me for 7 days, both my lunches and suppers.  My children are joining me more and more in my keto journey and I find they tend to eat along with me and their carb loaded meals are becoming less and less frequent so nothing will go to waste.  They not only like the food, but also the energy boost they get from eating this way.  Like me they feel better and are much more satisfied after a meal.