Easy Italian Pork Zucchini Skillet

Easy one pot meals under 30 minutes are a staple in my house. To make this simple low-carb dinner you'll only need four common ingredients, plus seasonings and cooking oil.

This recipe uses ground pork but any ground meat — beef, chicken, turkey or lamb — will work just as well. I added some zucchini (courgette) but you could swap it with eggplant (aubergine) or even some chopped cauliflower or broccoli, fresh or frozen will work just fine.

I wanted to keep this recipe low FODMAP so I omitted any onion or garlic but feel free to add some onion or garlic powder for extra flavour.

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Step-by-step

1. Chop the bacon into small pieces.

   

2. Place the chopped bacon on a pan greased with ghee or olive oil. Cook on medium-high until lightly browned and crisped up.

3. Add the ground pork and break with a spatula. Cook until browned and opaque from all sides.

   

4. Chop the zucchini into about 1 cm (¹/₂ inch) pieces. Add to the skillet together with the tomatoes and herbs. Stir through and cover with a lid. Cook on medium for 15 to 20 minutes.

   

5. Season with salt and pepper to taste and optionally sprinkle with basil. Serve warm. This meal can be stored in the fridge for up to 4 days.

   

Recipe

Easy Italian Pork Zucchini Skillet

★★★★★5.0 (7 ratings)

Keto and Whole 30 compliant dinner recipe made with crispy bacon, beef flavored, tomatoes and herbs. Easy to ...

Hands on

10m

Overall

25m

Servings

4

6 g

Net carbs

28.5 g

Protein

34 g

Fat

450

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Ingredients makes 4 servings

• 5-6 slices bacon (90 g/ 3.2 oz)
• 2 tbsp ghee or extra virgin olive oil (30 ml)
• 500 g ground pork, I used 20% fat (1.1 oz)
• 4 medium zucchini (800 g/ 1.76 lb)
• 1 cup canned chopped tomatoes (240 g/ 8.5 oz)
• 2 tsp dried Italian herbs
• sea salt and pepper, to taste
• Optional: fresh basil to serve

Instructions

1. Chop the bacon into small pieces.

2. Place the chopped bacon on a pan greased with ghee or olive oil. Cook on medium-high until lightly browned and crisped up.

3. Add the ground pork and break with a spatula. Cook until browned and opaque from all sides.

4. Chop the zucchini into about 1 cm (¹/₂ inch) pieces. Add to the skillet together with the tomatoes and herbs. Stir through and cover with a lid. Cook on medium for 15 to 20 minutes.

5. Season with salt and pepper to taste and optionally sprinkle with basil. Serve warm. This meal can be stored in the fridge for up to 4 days.

Nutrition per serving, about 250 g/ 8.8 oz

Carbs 5%Protein 26%Fat 69% of calories

Net carbs

6 g

Total carbs

9.4 g

Fiber

3.4 g

Sugars

6.5 g

Protein

28.5 g

Fat

34 g

Saturated fat

12.7 g

Calories

450 kcal

Sodium

874 mg · 38% RDA

Magnesium

67 mg · 16.8% RDA

Potassium

1,001 mg · 50% EMR

Nutrition by ingredient

Per about 250 g/ 8.8 oz	Net carbs	Protein	Fat	kcal
Bacon, streaky (high fat content), organic	0 g	3.1 g	5.6 g	63
Ghee	0 g	0 g	7.5 g	68
Pork, minced (ground), outdoor reared (~ 15% fat)	0.6 g	22.5 g	20 g	273
Zucchini (summer squash, courgette)	4.2 g	2.4 g	0.6 g	34
Tomatoes, canned (unsweetened)	0.9 g	0.5 g	0.2 g	10
Italian seasoning (mixed herbs)	0.2 g	0 g	0 g	1
Salt, sea salt	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Pepper, black, spices	0.1 g	0 g	0 g	1
Total	6 g	28.5 g	34 g	450

Serving size about 250 g/ 8.8 oz

• Gluten free
• Dairy free
• Egg free
• Nut free
• Avocado free
• Coconut free
• Fish free
• Shellfish free
• Beef free
• Low FODMAP