One Pan Masterpieces

I have always loved to cook. Or So I thought

Together, Eric and I create one hell of a cooking team. You could call us the Bash Bros of the Kitchen. Definitely not the ice because Eric cannot skate to save his damn life.

Fulton Reed & Dean Portman know.

Summer nights often lead to stockpiles of meat overflowing the grill, mounds of our favorite purple slaw filling our plates, and homemade sangria topping off our cups.

We’ve often joked that if it weren’t for our careers as fitness professionals that we’d find ourselves fully submersed into the culinary arts.

As confessed foodies, we would fall from one end of the spectrum to the complete opposite.

I mean, other than binge watching a popular TV show or watching Brady and the Pats win their fourth Superbowl (humble brag), the only TV I watch is the Food Network.

Secretly, I have ambitions to be on Chopped. Hopefully, one day they have Chopped: Fitness Edition.

But, recently I have become more and more annoyed with cooking.

It has nothing to do with cooking itself, but instead the process.

Before Eric moved to California, I had an extra set of hands to help with the prep work and clean up.

Then before I moved to New York City on my own, I had a dishwasher to help with Eric’s absence.

Now without Eric or a dishwasher, I sometimes avoid cooking (or eating for that matter) just so I don’t have to deal with the process. How lazy am I?!

However, I have recently figured out the secret to not only cooking, but also keeping it flawlessly healthy.

I call it, One-Pan Masterpieces.

Minimal Preparation. Minimal Clean up.

The objective is simple. Use as little amount of cooking utensils as possible.

Think: cutting board, chef knife, pan, and a plate. That’s it.

Prepping food this way will not only save you a ton of time prepping it and cleaning up, but you will also effortless keep every meal healthy by the sole fact of using less ingredients.

It’s basically an ultimate win freakin’ win scenario.

Einstein agrees.

The best part? The possibilities on what to make are virtually endless.

Crock Pots Recipes, Stir Fry’s, Chili, Soup, Egg Scrambles, Hashes….

The list goes on and on.

To help get you started, check out one of my go-to meals that I make at least three times a week.

Scramble Strong

Ingredients:

• Garlic
• 1/2 Red or White Onion
• 2 Zucchini
• 2 large handfuls baby spinach
• Ground Meat of any kind (beef, bison, chicken, turkey, lamb)
• Whole Eggs or Egg Whites (depending on your macros)
• Grass Fed Butter (don’t forget to count this!)
• Celtic Sea Salt & Pepper to taste

Method:

1. Mince garlic and onion.
2. In a large skillet melt 1-2 tablespoons of butter
3. Add garlic and onion to skillet and “sweat” onions
4. Add ground meat, breaking apart with rubber spatula as it cooks. While meat cooks slice zucchini long ways and then into half circles. Season with salt and pepper.
5. After meat has browned and is semi-cooked thru, add baby spinach and zucchini to skillet.
6. After vegetables cook down add the eggs to skillet, constantly folding the ingredients over one another to even distribute egg scramble throughout.
7. When egg are finished cooking, divide dish among desired number of servings in a bowl or plate.
8. Receive tremendous muscular gains. (If your macros call for more carbs, throw this over some white rice or quinoa)