Mini Meat Pies

Sunday is meal prep day!

I try to be healthy, and I try to pay attention to what I eat.

But, I refuse to jump on certain band wagons and give up certain things.

I like carbs. I love red meat. I enjoy salt. And cheese is my favorite food ever.

That in mind, sometimes I the 21 Day Fix (the lack of cheese is always a killer for me - even more than the sweets).

Right now, though, I'm not on that plan. Two weeks ago I was at a conference for work (and we know that means eating out every meal!) and last week I was playing catch up and we had open house, and ... I ate out every meal.

So. Back to routine!

My normal routine for breakfast and lunch is pretty easy to stick to.
I eat toast and coffee for breakfast (I've tried, but I am just not able to give up my toast or creamer).
I've been pretty good lately on having my Shakeo for lunch with a snack. I just started Graze, too, so now my snacks are "healthier". (I put healthier in quotations because I didn't bother to compare stats, but the idea is that they are healthy snacks. Tbh, I just care if they are yummy and convenient, and so far they are! If you'd like to try it out, click here to get your first and fifth box free!)

It's dinner that's hard for me.

I went through 2-3 years of eating frozen meals (like lean cuisine) every night. Now I can stomach them maybe once or twice a year. I also used to eat a ton of frozen taquitos and microwaved quesadillas. I have a hard time cooking for one, and don't particularly love leftovers. My favorite meals from childhood involve me eating them for a week and a half straight. I tried Plated and enjoyed them but none of the meals were "omg, I can't wait to have ____ for dinner!", I still had the leftover problem, and many of the meals weren't functional for leftovers.

I don't like cold things for dinner, either, especially winter.

So I browse through my Pinterest boards and my cookbooks and find random things to try.

This week I decided to try Mini Meat Pies!



I found the recipe in a cook book but I modified it. The recipe had egg and cream in them, which made me think it'd come out quiche-like, and I don't enjoy quiche.


So basically, I took ground hamburger(1/2 lb), onion, and garlic and sautéed 'em up! I added my favorite spices to taste, then put them in the tin.

I used pre-made flakey biscuit dough and put it into my mini-cupcake pan. I used about one third of each biscuit in each muffin hole.

Then I put the meat stuff inside and added Colby-Jack cheese!

Yum!

I plan to eat 3(ish) for dinner all week. And I just may serve them to my DnD group tomorrow!