At the beginning of 2018, I decided to sit down and take a look at my finances. Both a good and bad decision. I saw how much money I was spending on random grocery store trips throughout the month. I decided to end that by building a meal plan, shopping at Costco for bulk items, and switching back to shopping at Aldi. After a few shopping trips since the beginning of the year, I’ve finally narrowed in on my Aldi grocery list for two. I shopped exclusively at Aldi a few years back when I was living on my own and it was just down the road. Nowadays I have to…
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Buffalo Turkey Burger Meal Prep
It’s been a while since I’ve done a proper meal prep and I was wanting to spice things up. I’ve recently discovered buffalo sauce which is mighty tasty and also zero calories – win win. One my hacks to cooking awesome meal prep recipes is to include flavor, and these buffalo turkey burgers are just that. Spicy, full of flavor, while keeping my meal lean and high in protein. During November and December, I pretty much lived off of slow cooker chicken and rice because of how packed my schedule was. Now that I’m in a dieting phase, I want to switch up my recipes and have a variety to choose…
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How I Meal Prep
Meal prepping to meet your fitness goals doesn’t have to be complicated. Food can be made in the simplest ways and ingredients can be prepped in advance for later down the week. I keep things as simple as possible with as many whole ingredients as possible and also by creating a basic menu for the week that I work off of. I make sure to have an idea of what I want for my lunches and dinners, and will pick to combine for the actual preps. Here’s how I meal prep, keep it easy, and reach my fitness goals.. How I Meal Prep Cook Bulk Ingredients Start your meal prep by…
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My Weekly Meal Prep | Spring 2017
Last week I spent a good part of my Sunday prepping simple, quality meals for my work week. I knew that my week was going to be busy and I wanted eat as many whole, healthy foods as possible. Preparation is key. Here’s what my weekly meal prep has been looking like lately! Give a few recipes a try and let me know what you think. Breakfast Egg White Frittata Muffins These little frittatas are perfect for breakfast during the week and can pretty much be be made anyway you want. These would be great with turkey sausage, cheese, onions, or bell peppers. I’ve shared the recipe on my blog and Instagram…
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Ground Chicken, Sweet Potato, Black Bean Skillet
Last week I got back on my meal prep game and I went hard. I ended up making 12 meals that will last me over two work weeks because I tend to eat my meal preps for lunch at work and not so much for dinner. This ground chicken, sweet potato, black bean skillet is a revival of a recipe that I made last year when I first started IIFYM and I was experimenting with throwing together different whole foods to find new recipes. This year’s recipe is different because I’m now eating chicken so I instead of using Morningstar ground crumbles (which you can absolutely use if you’re a vegetarian…
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Sesame Chicken Meal Prep with Riced Cauliflower & Broccoli
I was excited to get back to meal prepping this past weekend so I can get back on track my macros and eating healthy. I’ve been pretty busy the past two weeks and if I don’t have my meals already planned out I tend of fall off the ball with my macros. I had been maintaining for the first two weeks of February, but during the last week I stopped tracking most of my dinners. And so we’re here with a sesame chicken meal prep recipe with some homemade riced cauliflower and broccoli to change things up! I have a whole post coming up on what I’m doing to keep on track…
