This month I'm going to really buckle down and focus on my clean eating principles. 5-6 meals a day (every 2-3 hours), whole foods only (no preservatives!), drink a crap load of water (12-16 glasses!) and combine a complex carb with a protein at each meal. That is something I haven't really done in a while. So, I've made a list of some of my own go-to meals. Keep in mind these can all be varied and changed up based on your own tastes, as well as your own personal food beliefs (vegan/grain free, etc), so just use these as a guideline. If you have others to share, I'd love to hear them!
Happy Clean Eating! <3
Breakfasts
Green Lemonade
Hard boiled eggs with
fruit or raw vegetables, or chopped over whole grains
Rice and shine cereal
(or any hot grain cereal) with fruit, honey/stevia and spinach (finely
chopped!)
Fruit salad with hemp
seeds
Eggs and sautéed veggies
Eggs over easy with
gluten free toast
Almond flour pancake
with fresh fruit “syrup” (mash and heat any fresh berries/fruit)
Sweet potato hash
browns, eggs
Sautéed veggies with
walnuts
Black beans with greek yogurt, salsa, green onion, fresh
cilantro
Greek Yogurt and berries, with nuts
Raw buckwheat cocoa puffs cereal with almond milk and
bananas
Egg “burrito” (two
scrambled eggs cooked like an omelet, but roll your pre-cooked veggies inside
for a burrito-ish meal) top with greek yogurt/sour cream/cashew sour cream,
salsa and avocado!
Snacks
Raw veggies, avocado
dip (mashed avocados with seasonings), hemp seeds
Smoothie (fruit/spinach), protein source: cheese sticks or yogurt in smoothie
Greek yogurt, honey,
almond slices, berries, protein powder
5-6 Medjool dates with raw walnuts tucked inside
Handful of any nuts with fruit and/or veggies
Greek yogurt with nut butter and bananas
Celery, carrots and apple with nut butter
Hard boiled egg, cucumbers (or any veg/fruit)
Roasted or steamed squash/sweet potato with cinnamon,
agave/honey/stevia and chopped nuts
Sliced tomatoes, goat cheese, basil, balsamic vinegar and
olive oil
Cucumber, tomato, red onion salad with rice wine vinegar and
grapeseed oil, salt/pepper
Black and green olives, cheese stick or nuts
Romaine or iceburg leaves with nut butter or hummus, rolled
up
Deviled Eggs (two hard boiled egg yolks, greek yogurt or
homemade mayo, mustard, garlic powder, salt, pepper, paprika)
Lunches/Dinners
Marinated, grilled Portobello
mushrooms with goat cheese, and grilled veggies
Organic Corn tortillas,
grilled veggies, greek yogurt (or cashew sour cream), salsa, guacamole
Fresh salad with lots
of veggies, add nuts, meat, or hemp for protein
Greens with walnuts,
dried cherries and goat cheese or blue cheese
Large fruit salad
with spinach, almonds, hemp seeds
Taco salad with
walnut “meat” (or real meat)
Quinoa stuffed
peppers (pine nuts, zucchini, onion,
mushrooms, quinoa)
Whole grain tortilla
(preferably brown rice or organic, sprouted whole wheat), spaghetti or pizza
sauce, any
sauteed or grilled veggies,
mozzarella cheese. Broil until melty!
Any soup! Soups are a great way to get your veggies in.
Protein sources can be beans or meat.
Quinoa pasta with olive oil, garlic, any veg, or with marinara sauce
Grilled or pan seared haddock with sautéed veggies (your
fave!), served on hemp seeds or brown rice, quinoa, wild rice, etc.
Tacos (organic corn
shell, lots of homemade quac, fresh lettuce, organic salsa, meat or beans of
your choice)
Spaghetti squash with grilled chicken, olive oil or marina
sauce, fresh chopped veggies, sprinkling
of white wine vinegar
Protein of your choice with mashed cauliflower and roasted
broccoli
Roasted sweet potatoes, greens salad with pine nuts
Salmon (grilled or baked), on a bed of hemp seeds, grain of
your choice, or any sautéed greens, with salad or roasted/grilled veggies.
Grilled chicken on bed of lettuce with lots of veggies,
slivered toasted almonds, honey mustard dressing
Indian butter chicken with brown rice or cauliflower rice
Veggie stir fry with any protein source
Cauliflower crust pizza
Any seafood with veggies!