Yeah, you could call this a ‘I pulled this out of my ass’ kind of recipe. Because it is. I had bacon. I had ground beef. And I had plantains. So why wouldn’t I put them in dish together and call them a casserole? That’s something that is so great about paleo. Pretty much everything tastes good together. So if you have no idea what to make one night, just pull everything out of your fridge, cook it in a pan together, and call it a casserole. Or stir fry. Either will work. And people will think you know what you’re doing. Fake it ’til ya make it.
I want a quesadilla. Like those ones from Qdoba that are super bad for you. And you can dip them in queso to make them even worse for you. That’s what I want. I’m sorry. I won’t eat it, but I’ll sure as hell dream about it right now as I type.
Ok, I’m over it.
I’m totally not.
So I’ve been a bit on edge lately. I don’t know what it is, but I think it has to do with traveling a bunch and not getting as much sleep. As I age (just a reminder, I’m only 25) I’m starting to feel the effects of not sleeping as much. When I was 22 or 23, no problem whatsoever. I slept around 3-4 hours a night, work 9+ hour days, and worked out 2-3 times within that day, and did it all over the next day. Now, if I have a crappy night of sleep, I’m dead to the world. Well, I usually have a great morning then a great afternoon workout, but once 4pm hits, I’m done. I don’t want to talk people, I don’t want look at a computer, but I do want to eat sweets. I got the sweets-emotional situation going on right now. Damn it to hell sweets. Why do you have to be so sweet and scrumptious? Pretty sure the only thing that will solve this situation is not eating sweets. Or sleeping. But neither of those things are going to happen anytime soon, so I must cope. With more sweets.
So I got caught in the act the other day. Believe me, it’s not what you’re thinking, damnit. I was sitting in my car, minding my own business, and what song low and behold came on? This Drake song. And if you haven’t seen Starbucks Drake Hands, you’re missing out. Anywho, when I was in Pittsburgh, it was an ongoing joke that George, Hayley, Bill and I had. Mostly because that song is on EVERY TIME you get into your car. So we made multiple videos, like any blogger would do. You can see some of the videos here. So once I got back to Colorado and the car instantly began to play in my car outside of my house, I had to make a video for a group text message. Obviously. So I did my best impression of Drake hands, noticed that I wasn’t even pressing record, did it again and then found myself feeling some eyes on the back of my head. It was my roommate, pulling up in her car, staring directly at me with a disgusted look. And it’s all on video. She said I was the creepiest person she’s ever seen, which says a lot based on the men she’s dated in her day. I think this may be one of those ‘you have to be there’ types of stories. My b, my b.
I can’t stop picking my nail polish off. How do women do this?
Beef, Bacon and Plantain Casserole
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Ingredients
- 6 strips of bacon
- 3 yellow plantains (you want them to be slightly brown, but not green)
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large pan over medium heat, cook bacon until slightly crispy. Set aside.
- Drain excess bacon fat, leaving behind about 1-2 tablespoons.
- Cut off the ends of the plantains and remove the peel. Thinly slice the plantain lengthwise into 3 slices. Repeat with other 2 plantains.
- Add plantain slices to bacon fat pan and cook about both sides for about 2-3 minutes until they are slightly browned. Set aside.
- In the same pan, add minced garlic clove, ground beef, onion and salt and pepper. Cook until meat has broken down and completely cooked through.
- Now for the stacking of the casserole, you can do this any way you’d like.
- Place 3 plantain slices on the bottom, then 2 slices of bacon on top, then a couple spoonfuls of the ground beef mixture. Repeat two more times on top of the ground beef mixture.
- Put in oven and cook for 12-15 minutes. Let sit for about 5 minutes.
- Scoop out and serve.
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Looks yummy! You should call it a “myasserole.” 🙂
Can you share the video? I am curious now…..
I make P.O.O.M.A dinners all the time, breakfast too. The Hubster loves those kinds of recipes and always asks me if I remembered to write them down and of course I never do because what if it is crap- I don’t want to remember crap but then when it turns awesome I’m screwed and cannot remember how I made it.
Reminds me of this Puerto Rican dish called pastelon! Yummmm
You actually made a pretty typical Dominican dish!! We call it Pastelón de Plátano Maduro, you can also make it by boiling the plantains and mashing them, add cheese or whatever you want! It’s yummy!!!
I love your simple, quick n easy recipes Juli. It looks so yummy, can’t wait to make it.
Ok,
I have black plantains, not slightly black. Will they be too sweet?
that might be a bit too sweet, but if you don’t mind that, that’s ok! i have a recipe with a plantain mash and shredded pork which uses black plantains and would taste great!
This was delicious but I actually want to try this with green plantains to get rid of the sweet factor. With all the squash recipes going on, I need something more salty and savory. I’m thinking making it with green plantains and adding avocado on top after would be a delicious dish! FYI, when I find that I’m not sleeping well and tired all the time AND craving sweets, then I’m usually magnesium deficient. I don’t know if you supplement or not, but I find that if I start supplementing or increase the dose, I start sleeping better and feeling better and the sugar cravings decrease or go away. 🙂 Thanks for this recipe. It was really good and perfect way to use up the plantains sitting on my counter.
If you think you maybe magnesium deficient you can also just take epsom salt baths instead of supplements. Relaxing and ups your magnesium. Also I’m going to try this recipe it sounds yummy.
Have you heard of the Puertican dish called Pastelón? It’s so good and similar to this dish.
i haven’t but saw a couple comments about that on my instagram!
I was just trying to figure out what to make for my breakfasts this week. This will be perfect! Thanks!