These Pork and Ginger Carrot Bowls are easy to make and easy to eat! The ginger and carrot are great flavor companions, and with one pound each of ground pork and carrots, it’s a healthy one-pan meal!  One for the Meal Preppers A while ago, we were asked to make more recipes that were meal-prep friendly.Reflecting on it recently, it seems like a good meal prep candidate has a few traits: it’s healthy, holds up well even days later (no wilted greens or flavors that are only good fresh), it’s easy to pack in a resealable container, and it’s tasty enough to fuel you for whatever you have to do after lunchtime.  Those are my informal criteria, and I think these Pork and Ginger Carrot Bowls pass with flying colors! The carrot grating is a tiny bit annoying, but if you have a food processor with a grater attachment, it’s particularly easy to make.  Inspired by My Mom’s Carrot Ginger Pork Buns!  I got inspired to make this dish out of a craving for one of my mom’s old recipes from our days in Beijing, Carrot Ginger Pork Buns.  This recipe dates back to the 1-year anniversary of The Woks of Life! Every time I visited the family in Beijing on spring breaks or summer breaks in college, I requested these Carrot Ginger Pork Buns.To date, they’re one of the best baozi fillings we’ve ever had, though these rice bowls are easier to whip up on a whim.  A big bowl of healthy comfort I love a dish that you can eat with a big spoon.

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