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All the flavors of a taco plate are present in this well-balanced meal prep bowl. The rice, beans, and corn help you stay full for hours!

Overhead three plastic meal prep bowls filled with ground beef, corn, and bean taco bowls.

One of my favorite lunches when eating out during the work week is a taco plate from a local Mexican restaurant. Nothing satisfies me more!

To help stay on track with my budget and with my diet goals, I decided to create a slightly healthier version that I could meal prep. That’s when this delicious taco bowl was born.

To make it lighter, I swapped the refried beans for black beans and I used a simple steamed brown rice with no butter or oil added.

Ingredients

Close up of the ingredients in a taco bowl meal prep featuring taco seasoned ground beef, beans, corn, rice, salsa, and guacamole.

  • Ground Beef – I use lean ground beef. You can substitute ground turkey or textured vegetable protein.
  • Taco Seasoning – Homemade or store-bought taco seasoning both work.
  • Beans – I recommend black beans or kidney beans.
  • Corn – I used a frozen fire roasted corn. Canned or fresh corn can be substituted.
  • Rice – I used brown rice, but you can use white rice or even quinoa.
  • Pico de Gallo – I pick up pre-made pico at my grocery store. You can make your own or simply substitute diced tomatoes.
  • Guacamole – This can be homemade or store-bought. Wholly guacamole has little individual 2oz containers that are really convenient.

Tips

  • Want to try a meatless version? Shred tofu in a cheese grater and cook in taco seasoning instead of the beef.
  • Add sautéed bell peppers and onions for more servings of veggies.
  • Need lower carbs? Substitute a bed of leafy greens for the rice.

Two plastic meal prep bowls filled with taco meat, beans, corn, salsa, rice, and guacamole.

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Taco Bowl Meal Prep

Overhead three plastic meal prep bowls filled with ground beef, corn, and bean taco bowls.

A balanced meal prep bowl with all the flavors of a taco.

  • Author: Jessica Pinney
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Main Dish
  • Cuisine: Mexican-American

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon Oil

1lb Ground Beef

1 Packet Taco Seasoning

8oz Frozen Corn

1 16oz Can Black Beans, drained and rinsed

1 Cup Cooked Rice

1/2 Cup Pico de Gallo

1/2 Cup Guacamole

Instructions

Add oil to a skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground meat and brown. Drain the fat.

Stir in the taco seasoning and add the amount of water your seasoning packet requires. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

Distribute the 1 cup of cooked rice evenly among the bottom of 4 meal prep containers. On top, place the frozen corn, black beans, pico de Gallo, and a small container of guacamole.

Once meat has cooled completely, secure the airtight lids on your meal prep containers. Store in the refrigerator until ready to eat.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 Container
  • Calories: 456
  • Sugar: 5.4 g
  • Fat: 12.4 g
  • Carbohydrates: 48.6 g
  • Fiber: 12.7 g
  • Protein: 34.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 65.8 mg

Keywords: meal prep ideas for lunch, meal prep with taco meat

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