If you are trying to stick to a healthy eating regimen the best thing you can do for yourself is BE PREPARED! Some people like to prep the same food every day for an entire week to make sure they stick to their diet…I find that to be a little lack luster.
Instead, how about we approach the way we eat as a healthy lifestyle? You have tons of healthy food options at your fingertips and can experiment with different meals each day. With that being said, if you are not prepared you can easily fall down the rabbit hole of frozen dinners, and take out menus.
I hope my grocery haul + meal ideas helps you to stay on track. You can rearrange and add your own flair to any of the below meals, but remember stick to real whole ingredients and read labels! Below is exactly what I bought today at the market and how I will use all of these ingredients for the next 3 days to feed me and my husband.
Grocery list:
- Spinach
- Seltzer (I drink these after dinner to help curb my sugar cravings)
- 1 bunch of organic green Kale
- 1 bunch of organic purple Kale
- 3 Zucchini
- 5 Organic Tomatoes on The Vine
- 2 sweet onions
- 3 organic Fuji apples
- 2 Japanese Yams
- 1 container of chopped black olives
- 1 container of organic diced tomato with Italian seasonings
- container of mixed nuts
- Cholula’s hot sauce
- 1 container of Feta cheese
- 1 carton of pasture raised eggs
- 1 bag of frozen wild caught uncooked shrimp
- 1 container of organic boneless chicken thighs
- 1 container of organic bone in chicken thighs
- ***container of heavy cream for my coffee. Only buy if you like this in your coffee 🙂
Day 1
Breakfast: spinach and onion 2 egg omelette
Snack: apple with handful of nuts
Lunch: spinach salad with 5-6 cooked shrimp, feta, tomato, and onion
Dinner: slow cooked bone in chicken thighs with sweet potato and onion(cook in slow cooker 5-6 hours on low.) Make sure you have leftovers for tomorrow
Day 2
Breakfast: Green Smoothie! Blend handful of kale, 1/2 apple, and handful of spinach along with water. ( if you have coconut water that would be great in here too!)
Snack: 2 hardboiled eggs
Lunch: leftovers from last night’s dinner
Dinner: spiralized zucchini with canned diced tomato, feta cheese,olives,onion, spinach and cooked shrimp. Make sure you save a portion for tomorrow’s lunch
Day 3
Breakfast: tomato,spinach and onion 2 egg omelette
Snack: Apple with handful of nuts
Lunch: leftovers from last night’s dinner
Dinner: spicy boneless chicken thighs ( I like to use Cholula’s hot sauce + onion and garlic powder seasonings) with steamed purple kale and sautéed onion