So much has gone on since I have last updated you all on my life. I know that I said I was going to post about food with my next update so I will include some of what I have been doing for meal prep in this post.
I have been eating a lot of the same things for the past few months, and for me I have been able to be really good during the week and then I’m not as on track on the weekend — sometimes I’m not eating enough on the weekends and some times I’m eating too much.
To start with, during the week I am usually eating 5-6 meals per day. Meal 1 consists of my pre/post workout meal, then the meals following that are about 2.5 hours apart. I also aim to drink at least 100 oz of water per day, if not more. In our house we usually prep a lot of our food on Sundays, and then if needed we will prep on Wednesday or Thursday for the rest of the week.
A few things that I meal prep every week are:
Steel Cut Oats: Instant Pot recipe – 7 min with high pressure with natural release. 2 cups of Oats and 5 cups of water. This recipe makes 8 servings.
Hard Boiled Eggs: Instant Pot recipe: 5 min with high pressure with 5 min natural release. 1 cup of water and 10-12 eggs. As soon as the 5 minutes of natural release are up, put all eggs in an ice water bath and peel when slightly cool.
Brown Rice: Instant Pot recipe: 2 cup of rice and a little more than 2 cups of water. 12 min high pressure with a 10-12 min natural release. This recipe makes 8 servings.
Ground Turkey/Beef: Stove top – brown the meat, and then just season with whatever seasonings you are craving a recent favorite in our house is taco seasoning. Be careful on how much seasoning you are using because of the sodium content.
Chicken Breast: Depending on the type of chicken you are wanting (shredded/strips), I have been really enjoying frozen chicken breasts cooked on the grill. When it gets colder here, I will probably start incorporating more shredded chicken recipes in the instant pot. When that happens, I will share some recipes that me and my family enjoy.
The weirdest one of the bunch is “drinkable egg whites”, they don’t taste as bad as you would think, and they don’t have the super runny consistency.
Drinkable Egg Whites: You will need 1 short blender bottle, 1 (16oz) carton of pasteurized egg whites (we purchase ours from Costco), 2 tablespoons of your favorite flavor of coffee creamer, and 1 packet of Truvia. This recipe makes 2 servings which is equal to 25g of protein in each serving.
Hope you enjoy these simple how to recipes for some of the things I meal prep on a weekly basis. Have a great one and keep working on find your balance in life.