Cheesy Beef, Chickpeas and Veggies

Filling your body with wholesome, nutritious food doesn't have to be complicated or expensive! This tasty one-skillet dish proves that eating nourishing food is easy, budget-friendly, and most importantly, delicious!

Easy? Not a lot of time, money, or effort? Sign me up.

So many things about this one-skillet dish make me happy, so many in fact, I will give you a bulleted list:

• tons of veggies - y'all know how much I love and live for veggies. This dish has two full servings of veggies per serving. Boom!
• only 10 ingredients - ok, so technically 12 if you count water & salt. But that's it!
• chips - any time chips are in my dinner, I feel so happy.
• cheesy - bubbly cheese on top of anything improves your day by at least 16% (fun fact I just made up)
• ready in under 45 minutes - technically, I think it could be made in 30 but I take forever to do anything and I was busy writing things down and testing and tasting (because someone has to do it)
• wholesome & nutritious with no guilt involved - those rude articles that make you feel guilty for not doing this or that don't stand a chance next to this dish. This has all good things
• delicious - I don't feel like I need to describe this
• one skillet - everything is cooked in one skillet so no extra dishes to wash (my favorite aspect because washing dishes does not improve my day)

If you are feeding people who want a little more spice, I highly recommend adding ¼ teaspoon of cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes when you add the rosemary and salt. Or you can serve it with some hot sauce on the side.

Cheesy Beef, Chickpeas and Veggies

Filling your body with wholesome, nutritious food doesn't have to be complicated or expensive! This tasty one-skillet dish proves that eating nourishing food is easy, budget-friendly, and most importantly, delicious!

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes minutes

Servings: 4

Author: Meme

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 pound ground beef
• ▢ 1 medium red bell pepper diced
• ▢ 1 medium onion diced
• ▢ 1 clove garlic minced
• ▢ ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas rinsed & drained
• ▢ 6 cups baby spinach
• ▢ 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• ▢ 2 tablespoon water
• ▢ 4 ounces mozzarella cheese shredded, 1 cup
• ▢ 4 ounces tortilla chips

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 475*F.
• Add the ground beef, diced bell pepper, and diced onion to a large saute pan, skillet or french oven. Heat over medium-high heat and cook, stirring often, until the beef is cooked and the veggies have softened, about 10 minutes. Drain well and transfer back to the pan.
• Add in garlic, dried rosemary, salt, chickpeas, baby spinach, apple cider vinegar, and water. Stir well. Let simmer for 10 minutes until most of the liquid has evaporated.
• Cover with cheese, and carefully transfer to the oven. Bake for 8-10 minutes until cheese is bubbly and lightly browned.
• Carefully remove from the oven and serve with tortilla chips. Enjoy!

Notes

*You want to use a shallow french oven, sauté pan, or skillet with at least 2-3 inch sides with a large surface area (so you have more melty bubbly cheese).
*You can use any color bell pepper.
*This is delicious as leftovers. Don't use the chips until ready to eat.

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Meme

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