Eating healthy is one of those wonderful things that can be quite costly. These are some of my tips and tricks for: 1. saving money 2. making sure food doesn’t get wasted 3. staying on track when tracking macros 4. Figuring out how to calculate how much meat to buy 5. What to do when something is too expensive 6. …
Measuring cups vs. Food Scale
Essentially if I had used a measuring cup to measure my oats everyday for 5 days, I would have consumed six 1/2 cup servings intead of five because 1/2 cup = 48 grams. Those 8 additional grams over the course of 5 days totals another 40 grams which is a whole extra serving. While this might not make a huge …
SPIRALIZING: Sweet Potato Fries & Zucchini Noodles
Over the last year i’ve tried a couple of spiralizers. My favourite is hands down the The Paderno Spiralizer . Not only is spiralizing soooo much fun, it make super awesome things that make your tummy happy! I love making zucchini noodles and cucumber noodles, spiralizing carrots for salad and spiralizing sweet potatoes and yams to make my own shoe string …
Thai Inspired Meal Prep
So, this weekend we had my amazing sister in law over and her fiance. I really wanted thai food and was thinking about take out. The problem with take out is that I then struggle with entering the details of the meals into my fitness pal. My solution was, make it myself! This is all fun and games until you wake …
$77 dollar meal prep for 1 person
So many of you say you don’t have the time or money to prep. But this does not have to be the case. Meal prepping does NOT need to take hours nor does it have to cost you a fortune! Buy what’s on sale, change your menu if the cost of what you planned doesn’t fit your budget. You certainly …
Sunday June 19th Meal Prep
Meals this week include: meal 1: Strawberry Peanut butter crumble by @amyshealthybaking and a chocolate protein shake (optimum nutrition) meal 2: 4 cups iceberg lettuce with shredded carrots, red cabbage and cherry tomatoes with 200 grams baked organic chicken breast (dipped in egg whites and lightly coated in panko bread crumbs) served with 80 grams of spiralized sweet potatoes lightly coated in …
How to meal prep and FAQs
THREE STEPS TO MEAL PREP: 1. I pre-plan my meals on Thursdays and make a grocery list This gives you time to do research, plan ahead to research macros, calories, or meals that meet your training goals. This week I decided I would be making: cauliflower fried rice with bbq chicken & corn, protein pancakes, and zucchini turkey lasagna (no …
Meal Prep Monday May 23rd
Meals this week include: Breakfast: Greek yogurt with Panda Puffs cereal, 1 tbsp of peanut butter and 1 cup of strawberries Lunch: Chickudo Dinner: Thai Peanut Chicken (slow cooker) Snacks include: protein waffles recipe with Greek yogurt , Jamie Oliver Pea Soup, corn thins with laughing cow cheese and apples Average Macros for above food: 181c/47f/159p Calories for above meals and snacks is approximately 1700-1800 You can …
Meal Prep May 15th
Meals this week include: Breakfast: Protein Berry Crumble Lunch: Spicy & Light Kung Pao Chicken Dinner: Greek Salad, greek potatoes & Ground lemon garlic chicken Snacks include: protein waffles recipe , watermelon, and greek yogurt with Panda Puffs cereal and 2 tsp of peanut butter Macros for above food: 171c/53f/161p (I’m changing them up this week, less carbs, less fat, more protein) Calories for …
Meal Prep May 8
Meals this week include: Breakfast: Oatmeal with chia seeds and 3 hard boiled eggs Lunch: Pulled Chicken Flatbread Recipe Dinner: Chicken Burrito Recipe Snacks include: protein waffles recipe with greek yogurt and E.D. Smith no sugar added raspberry jam Macros for above food: 134c/28f/147p Calories for above food 1347 Left over Macros (for each day): 56c/22f/0p/500 calories You can add me …
Meal Prep May 1st
Meals this week include: Breakfast: Oatmeal with chia seeds and 3 hard boiled eggs Lunch: Chikudo (Recipe to come later this week) Dinner: Zucchini noodles w. pesto, cherry tomatoes, parmesan and wild salmon Snacks include: raspberries, protein waffles with greek yogurt and E.D. Smith no sugar added raspberry jam Macros for above food: 122c/50f/126p Calories for above food 1350 Left …