For the past 2 1/2-3 months I have been learning a lot about my body and I have found that my body runs so much better on a paleo type diet. Now when I say Diet it doesn’t;t mean I will eat this way for a small amount of time and then go back to my old habits. The reason I have 101 on this title is because this is the beginning phases of learning how to incorporate this eating as a lifestyle. So phase 1 is to eliminate all the dairy, sugar (artificial), grains, and legumes (beans and peanuts). If you followed my Whole30 journey you saw this is similar to the meal plan that I ate, but with incorporating Shakeology It is NOT Whole30 compliant. So I will take a lot of the principals that I learnt through Whole30 and put them into play here. I will use recipes from the Whole30 Cookbook, Well Fed Weeknights by Melissa Joulwan, and Plain Jane through protein and veggies together =) *** This is also color coded for 21 day fix or anyone using portion containers =)
Breakfast will always be my post workout fuel = Shakeology with 1/2 banana, spinach, chia seeds, and cashew butter. I like to pack my shake with a variety of food groups to cover it all and keep my energy level up! I have a hard time with veggies some days so the spinach helps! Chia Seeds give me the extra protein I lack throughout the day ?
Lunch will always be eggs of some sort, overhard- hard boiled- or scrambles with hot sauce. AND berries- mainly strawberries, but I like to mix it up some days too with raspberries and blueberries (usually what we have on hand) and the veggie days will mainly be peppers but i may switch it up with tomatoes because I like that combo (eggs and tomato).
Snacks will be on my drive to get the kids from school- so it will be easy! Hummus and peppers or cucumbers. Apple and mixed nuts (I buy the unsalted mixed nuts from costco- buy sometimes i mix my own- almonds, cashews, and pistachios)
Then Dinners… I am pretty plain jane- I love to be as simple as possible, because once i start getting into recipes I tend to get side tracked and burnt out! SO I through chicken breast in a crock pot and make shredded chicken on sunday- use that for wraps and salads for the week…. recipe here
Spaghetti Squash and Meat Sauce will be simple… I cut the spaghetti squash in half, take out seeds- coat with EVOO, salt and pepper, place down on cookie sheet- add 1/4 in of water and then bake on 450 for roughly 20-45 min (depends on size and how you want the texture)- less time for more crunchy. Then I buy sugar free sauce at the store and add ground turkey to it!
Turkey Chili recipe here (we will do without beans)
Veggie Stir Fry and Cashew Chicken will be on next weeks meal plan and blog post ? so subscribe to my page to follow me! Also Share this with whomever you think would enjoy this journey!
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