Broccoli & Beyond Beef Casserole

Source: Savory Tooth | Serves: 4 | Time: 40 min

Changes: used Beyond Meat; replaced cheddar cheese with jalapeno pepper jack; replaced parmesan with nutritional yeast; skipped celery; skipped cayenne since the cheese has jalapeno

Ingredients

1 lb Beyond ground beef

14-ounce can tomato sauce

6 cups small broccoli florets

1.75 cups shredded Boars Head jalapeno pepper jack cheese

1/4 cup nutritional yeast

1.5 tsp table salt

1 tsp garlic powder

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 F.

Cut any broccoli florets larger than 2 inches into smaller pieces, and add all broccoli to large microwave-safe bowl. Cover and microwave until tender, about 5 minutes. Let them drain and steam out on paper towels.

Meanwhile, add Beyond beef to large pan over medium heat. Crumbling beef with stiff utensil, about 5 minutes. Keeping everything in pan, stir in tomato sauce, salt, and garlic powder. Simmer for at least 10 minutes to thicken sauce, stirring occasionally. Turn off heat and let moisture steam out.

Directly in 8×8 inch baking dish, add broccoli, beef-tomato mixture, and half of the shredded cheese, carefully stirring together until well-mixed. Evenly top with remaining shredded cheese. Sprinkle nutritional yeast on top.

Bake uncovered until casserole begins bubbling up sides and starts to brown on top, about 20 minutes. Let rest for about 10 minutes before cutting into it.

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2 cups of coffee

5 glasses of water

Smoothie: banana, strawberry, spinach, peanut butter, coconut milk

Teriyaki Zoodles

2 pieces of Swiss cheese

Small piece of sourdough

Tonight's recipe

2 diet cokes

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2 2-mile walks

12,625 total steps

March 14

Food & Drink

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5 glasses of water

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Veggie burger with cheese and some fries

Small orange

2 glasses white wine

Peanut butter sandwich

Vodka diet

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4 mile walk

12,841 total steps

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2 cups of coffee

4 glasses of water

2 Chip & Dip biscuits

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3 arancini

3 beers

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2 1.3 mile walks

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5 glasses of water

2 cups of coffee

1 banana, broccoli, spinach, coconut yogurt, coconut milk, and peanut butter smoothie

Black bean salad

Some leftover pasta

Salmon with mixed veggies

White wine

Vodka soda

Excercise

3 mile walk

1 mile walk

13,345 total steps