High Protein Beef & Pumpkin Bowl

8 May

This super simple beef bowl has gone viral on Instagram! So, we wanted to create a version of it that is a little lower in carbs, sugar free and higher in gut loving fibre for you!

This is such a simple meal that will help you hit your protein needs super easily for the day, boasting 48g protein. With 10g fibre, this is a third of your fibre needs met for the day too!

High Protein Beef & Pumpkin Bowl

Ready in: 30 mins

Serves: 1

Macros / serve:

Calories: 505 kcal

Protein: 48 g

Fat: 22 g

Fibre: 10 g

Net carbs: 15 g

Ingredients:

175g butternut pumpkin (about ⅛th of a whole pumpkin)
¼ small head broccoli (approx 85g)
½ tsp olive oil
2 tsp taco seasoning
125g lean beef mince
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp olive oil
¼ tsp stevia drops or ½ tsp granulated stevia or monkfruit*
⅓ medium avocado
100g reduced fat cottage cheese*

Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C fan forced/200°C standard.
Remove the skin and seeds from the pumpkin and cut into small cubes.
Remove the thick stem from the broccoli and cut the head into florets.
Place pumpkin, 1 tsp taco seasoning and 1/2 tsp olive oil in a bowl, mix well. Then arrange on a lined roasting tray. Roast for around 15-30 minutes, until soft.
Meanwhile, to prepare the mince, heat a nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the beef and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon or tongs and stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until nicely browned. Add 1 tsp taco seasoning and mix through. Remove from heat.
While the beef is cooking, steam or boil the broccoli until tender.
To make the dressing, whisk together the apple cider vinegar, 1 tsp olive oil and sweetener in a small bowl to combine.
Cut the avocado into cubes.
To assemble, place the mince, pumpkin, broccoli and avocado in a bowl. Top with the cottage cheese, pour over the dressing and season to taste!

Notes:

You can swap the sweetener to 1 tsp honey if you desire

Dairy free? Feel free to leave out the cottage cheese and replace it with 2 heaped tbsp plain coconut yoghurt. This will lower the protein of the meal to be around 35 g instead of 48 g but it will still be a high protein meal for sure!!

I hope you love this recipe! When you make it, please share on instagram and tag me so that I can see! I love that so much.