One of my biggest eating struggles is LUNCH. Finding
healthy lunch options aren't always easy. It shouldn't be difficult, but sometimes I end up skipping it all together because
I don't have time,
I don't have anything readily available to eat,
or what I do have to eat doesn't look 'good'.
I then decided to start REMIXing my food!
Remixing has revolutionized the fashion blogger world, and its working great for them.
(check out my favorite fashion blogger Kendi.)
So why not do it with food??
Just take 8 ingredients (a sample is pictured below) and create 8 HEALTHY combo meals that can become lunch, or dinner.
FIRST
At the begging of the week I take all 8 ingredients and prepare them separately and place them in pyrex containers in the fridge. Some of the ingredients like tomatoes, avocado, and spinach I leave raw and prepare quickly the day of.
SECOND
I get excited about remixing my food! Just because it's the same 8 ingredients everyday, doesn't mean that I have to eat the same thing each meal. GET CREATIVE, pair things together that you typically wouldn't see in a normal restaurant. Don't forget to include a protein in each meal!
(see my examples below)
THIRD
It's time to EAT. I often include fruits, extra veggies
if I have them, and a large glass of ice water.
Remember there are no rules, this is just a simple idea to help create healthy combinations of foods.
For more on eating healthy, look at this
post.
Here is a sample week:
meal 1: ((spinach salad))
chicken, spinach, tomato , avocado
meal 2: ((burrito bowl))
brown rice, black beans, chicken, spinach, tomato, avocado
meal 3: ((scramble))
scrambled eggs, black beans, avocado
meal 4: ((skillet))
brown rice, chicken,black beans, zuchinni, tomato
meal 5: ((zuchinni boats))
zucchini, black beans, tomatoes
meal 6: ((egg salad))
boiled egg, avocado black bean
meal 7: ((mix up))
put all 8 ingredients together
meal 8: ((simple chicken))
chicken, brown rice, sauteed spinach
*check out my instagram feed for more meal inspiration.
need help? suggestions? or support? better explanation?
email me newbornmamablog (at) gmail (dot) com
*DISCLAIMER: I started this post way before I even dreamed about eating Paleo (NO, brown rice nor beans are paleo). After writing this post I decided to google 'remixing food' and of course someone else has thought of it. I didn't use ANY of her ideas, but its so funny that she references Kendi and fashion bloggers too! See her post HERE. Hers is more on the idea of 30 different meals and creates a cool chart that you should check out.
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