Ground Beef Zucchini Sweet Potato Skillet (Meal Prep)

This Ground Beef Zucchini Sweet Potato Skillet is a gluten-free meal that will be ready in less than 30 minutes. You only need one pan to make this delicious recipe, making cleanup a breeze!

Before I talk about this yummy Ground Beef Zucchini Sweet Potato Skillet recipe, I’d like to share something very special that happened last Sunday.

I consider myself a very calm mom. I mean I’m not stressed or worried too much about things like “Why he is not eating well today?” or “Why he is being so fussy today?” and so on. I just understand that these things are normal, and babies have days where they are not feeling so great.

When Thomas had his first fever, I didn’t run to the emergency room. Of course, I just knew it was a simple cold because I talked to my sister, who has a two-year-old son, and my mother-in-law who is a nurse. I was fine.

Not a big deal! I guess I’m like that because I worked with young children for years teaching English in Brazil and volunteering in daycares here in Canada. And, I also have great support from my family and friends who have already passed through all these things. 😉

But if there is something that I was very worried about, it was Thomas’s teething. OMG guys, I couldn’t wait to see a tooth coming in. Seriously, I was very worried and even considering going to a specialist to see why his teeth weren’t coming in. Every baby that I know had teeth before they were one year old.

My nephew had his first two teeth when he was 6 months old. Some friends’ babies had theirs when they were four months old!! Two weeks ago, Thomas turned one, and he still didn’t have any teeth. My husband was always joking saying “Look, babe! I can see a tooth coming in. It’s coming… It’s coming!” And, I knew he was just playing with me.

So, Sunday we went for a long walk in downtown Toronto and stopped in a store to buy jeans and t-shirts. Pierre and Thomas were sitting on the sofa inside the store waiting for me while I was in the fitting room trying on a few clothes.

When I finally came out, my husband came to me and said: “Babe, I have good news for you.” Then, I said: “Yes, what?” He said: “I just saw Thomas’s first tooth coming in!!”. And honestly, I wasn’t very excited: “Really?!!” As you can imagine, I didn’t care much because I thought he was simply pulling my leg like he usually does. But this time, he completed his sentence saying: “Please, put your finger in his mouth, and you’ll feel it. I’m not kidding this time.” Immediately, I did what he told me to do, and I couldn’t believe it! There was actually a tooth on his bottom gum!!

OMG, I was so happy that I can’t describe it. I’m only going to say that tears came to my eyes! I kissed my little Thomas so much, and he was just laughing! So happy!! I texted my close friends and called my family to tell them. That is how excited I was. I know, I know… It sounds so stupid, but that’s what parents do when we are proud of our babies, right?

Another thing that I am very excited about is how delicious this Ground Beef Zucchini Sweet Potato Skillet turned out. This is a new version of my most popular recipe on the blog: Ground Turkey Sweet Potato Skillet. So good!! Meal prep bowls, like my Spicy Chicken Meal-Prep Bowls,  Ground Turkey Cauliflower Rice Veggie Bowls, and Spicy Salmon Vegetable Meal-Prep Bowls make meal time so easy. Just grab it from the fridge and reheat it!

Anyways, lately, I’ve been receiving emails from my subscribers asking me to make a new version of my ground turkey recipe because they love it. They say they enjoy it because it is very flavourful, easy, quick-to-make and a one-pan meal.

So, I made this Ground Beef Zucchini Sweet Potato Skillet recipe for 5 portions so that you have a meal-prep recipe for the 5 days of the work week. I also added cauliflower rice, making it a very satisfying lunch box. Got extra sweet potatoes? Try my Sweet Potato Chicken Soup Recipe!

On top of that, I added zucchini since the previous recipe (ground turkey sweet potato skillet) had only sweet potatoes. I think the zucchini adds more flavor and goes really well with ground turkey or beef. But don’t forget to cut both the zucchini and sweet potatoes into very small pieces because it helps them cook faster.

The Dijon mustard is something new I used in this Ground Beef Zucchini Sweet Potato Skillet recipe as well, and I really love this addition. It brings life to any dish, don’t you agree? But if you don’t like it, you certainly can leave it out.

I also used tomato passata, which is a liquid tomato puree, to add another layer of flavour to this Ground Beef Zucchini Sweet Potato Skillet recipe, but you can use any tomato sauce of your preference. One last thing I would like to say is that since so many people avoid dairy for so many reasons, I decided not to add cheese this time.

But if you are a cheese lover, go ahead and top it with 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese. Mm… Yummy! This version is extremely tasty and easy to make, just like the other one. In less than 30 minutes, you will have this delicious Ground Beef Zucchini Sweet Potato Skillet recipe to enjoy!

The meal-prep container that I recommend: 

In my opinion, glass containers are the best to store food in because they don’t release toxic substances into your food like plastic does when used in a microwave. You are safe with glass containers. But, when you choose glass containers, please consider a few things:

• Choose containers with leakproof lids to avoid spills.
• Buy a good-quality glass container that won’t break easily.
• Make sure it’s safe to use in the microwave and has freezer-safe tempered glass.
• Finally, buy different-sized containers because it helps to stack them easily and take up less space in the fridge.

Amazon.com has a huge variety of glass containers with different sizes, with or without compartments. Check them out here.

More recipes that are perfect for meal-prep:

• Sweet Potato Chicken Kale Skillet: This recipe is great because it’s also very easy to make and uses only one pan.

• Easy Cauliflower Fried Rice: Do you love rice but don’t like all the carbs? This is definitely the recipe for you. It’s perfect for lunch and is delicious.

• Slow Cooker Chicken and Sweet Potato: This recipe requires only 6 ingredients, 10 minutes to prep, and is a great meal-prep recipe for the week! It’s also whole30, paleo, and gluten-free.

• Sweet Potato, Kale and Shrimp Skillet: Are you too busy to meal-prep? Not a problem! This recipe is great for you because it only requires 4 ingredients and is ready in less than 20 minutes. It’s Whole30, gluten-free, paleo, and super easy to make!