Big-batch recipe · Low carb
Beef and cabbage skillet
6 portions, about 38 g of protein in each. 20 minutes of hands-on work and 30 min of cooking.
Where it sits in the week
What this one is for
On the low carb track this is a Sunday cook — the long session, which covers Monday to Wednesday. Cooked once, portioned hot, and eaten across the days that session covers — on the seven-day plan it turns up at Monday dinner.
Two portions is about 76 g of protein — our own arithmetic on the figure above, not a separate measurement. Protein targets on this site are computed against goal weight or lean mass rather than scale weight, which is the whole of Real Fuel.
Part of the low carb meal plan, cooked in the two-session prep schedule.
What goes in
- 2.5 lb ground beef, 85/15
- 1 large head cabbage, shredded
- 2 onions, 6 cloves garlic, 2 carrots grated
- 3 tbsp tomato paste, 2 tbsp Worcestershire
- 1 tbsp caraway seed, 2 tsp paprika
- 1 cup beef stock
How
- Brown the beef hard in two batches and take it out. Grey mince is the difference between this being good and being sad.
- Onion, carrot and garlic in the fat, 8 minutes. Paste and spices, 90 seconds.
- Cabbage in with the stock, lid on, 10 minutes, then lid off until the liquid is gone.
- Beef back in, Worcestershire, taste for salt. It needs more than you think.
Keeping it: Fridge 4 days, freezer 2 months. This is the rare cabbage dish that is better on day two.
Nothing on this page is medical advice. It is a plan written for general strength training in healthy adults, and any condition or medication you are managing outranks it.
Doing it cheaper
Swaps that apply to this one
From the low carb track's budget version, filtered to the ingredient this recipe actually uses.
| Instead of | Use | Why it is worth it |
|---|---|---|
| Ground beef | Ground turkey or pork, or 50/50 beef and lentils | Same skillet, lower cost, and nobody notices the lentils in a heavily spiced dish. |
The prices behind these swaps, with sources, are in the protein-per-dollar table.
The rest of the low carb week
3 more big-batch recipes on this track, plus the seven-day plan they feed.