15-minute Greek Bowls (beef or lamb; amazing flavors!!)

15-minute Greek Bowls (beef or lamb; amazing flavors!!)

Simple ingredients with WOW flavors!! ;) When you taste this Greek-spiced meat and the herbal Spearmint Cream Sauce that gets poured over the top, you may not believe the amazing flavor explosion that went off in your mouth. Enjoy! (Super fast to make and healthy!)

Course DInner

Cuisine American, Greek

Keyword beef bowl, gluten-free, grain-free, greek, keto, low carb

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings servings

Calories 641kcal

Author Megan

Cost $11

Ingredients

Ground Beef or Lamb Mixture

1 lb ground beef or lamb
3 Tablespoons butter unsalted, divided, ghee or coconut oil
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
5 turns black pepper freshly ground
1 drop lemon or lemongrass essential oil OR 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind

Spearmint Cream Sauce

1/2 cup heavy cream If preferred, or for GAPS: use probiotic sour cream, or DF sour cream for dairy-free
5 ounces chèvre Cheese alternative: use an additional 1/2 cup sour cream, or DF sour cream
1 drop spearmint essential oil OR use 1 tsp. dried spearmint OR use 2 Tablespoons fresh spearmint leaves chopped small
1 grind black pepper freshly ground

Other Ingredients

4 to 6 cups cauliflower rice Already cooked according to package instructions and ready to serve; keep it hot (quantity based on how much food your guests/family needs to eat).
2 tomatoes diced, or many small vine-ripened tomatoes
1 large cucumber peeled, sliced and each slice sliced in half (half circles)
1 red bell pepper sliced and raw (or roasted/sautéed peppers work well here too)
1 jar Greek olives or if you buy them in bulk, about 8 ounces, enough for a garnish, but not too many for Keto
1 lemon cut in wedges, some wedges may be peeled and cut into thin triangles for eating whole
fresh mint
fresh oregano or dried, for garnish

Instructions

Spearmint Cream Sauce

Combine all ingredients in small bowl. Whisk thoroughly to combine, until smooth. Set aside.

Ground Beef or Lamb Mixture and Assembly

Heat medium size skillet over high heat. Add 1 Tablespoon butter/coconut oil. When melted, add ground beef or lamb, sea salt, dried oregano and onion powder. Cook over high heat 5 minutes, breaking up meat into small pieces with your spatula the whole time.
When meat is mostly cooked, turn off heat, but leave pan on burner. Move meat to outer edges so the middle of the pan is empty. Add the remaining 2 Tablespoons butter, ghee or coconut oil.
While it melts, add, on top of it, the one drop lemon or lemongrass essential oil (or lemon rind) and 5 grinds of pepper. Stir the fat into the meat.
Fill each bowl with hot cauliflower rice, or have guests/family each make their own. Top rice with meat, cucumbers, tomatoes, red bell pepper, thin lemon triangles or larger wedges for squeezing, olives, Spearmint Cream Sauce and fresh mint. Garnish with oregano.
Serve!

Notes

Ingredient links

Here's the Spearmint Essential Oil I use. Here's the lemon. Here's the lemongrass (which I love and works great for those who can't have fruit/citrus!)

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