“I am having hard time with veggies and I don’t take the time to prep food. I’ve always had hard time with veggies. Don’t know how to incorporate them in my busy day. I am afraid I took advantage during busy season and just ate whatever was readily available, which was almost never a healthy option!” – said a mama asking for my help!
Don’t overthink veggies! They can be as simple as they go or you can spin them up in fun, creative meals!
Everyone thinks that to find veggies yummy and satisfying, you have to eat them in complicated salads, with complicated salad dressings, with complicated toppings!
Nope!
On the contrary!
Pictured above is what I do on daily basis {see below for more examples}.
This was my breakfast today and it was ‘readily available’ to me right from my ‘convenient’ fridge 🙂
So yes, CONVENIENT, READILY AVAILABLE, SIMPLE AND FAST!
AND TOTALLY ALIGNED WITH MY EATING PLAN!
What’s on my plate:
1. PROTEIN – Leftover Easter Eggs (the kids painted like a hundred of them)
2. CARB – Plain Quinoa (made in my rice maker with almost no effort on my part)
3. ‘Salad’ – plain spinach, chopped cherry tomatoes (zero effort) and roasted peppers I made for hubs last week (he didn’t like them, but they are my fave so …)
4. Olive oil, black pepper, powder onion, cumin – sprinkled on entire meal.
I could have as easily put this in container and taken it to work! HA!
Complicated?? I THINK NOT!
Healthy, life fuel, filling and satisfying – ABSOLUTELY!
The fridge can be your ‘drive-through window’, you just have to make it work for you that way! 😉
HERE ARE SOME MORE EXAMPLES FOR YOU RIGHT FROM MY FRIDGE! Notice the veggies are SUPER SIMPLE, just pulled out, chopped or just served! They all make complete meals, satisfying and fueling.
Pictured above was breakfast: chopped tomatoes, fresh spinach, plain quinoa, scrambled eggs (with a sprinkle of shredded cheese). {SIMPLE}
Pictured above was lunch: chopped spinach and tomato, with roasted peppers (roasted a huge batch over the weekend and just pull out and serve with other veggies), potato salad (prepared over the weekend for the week, just pull out and serve), pan seared salmon. You can make this one weekend, or the night before, or the morning of, package it in a container and take it on the go!
Pictured above was breakfast: scrambled eggs with a touch of shredded cheese, lentils (cooked on a weekend for the entire week), chopped tomato, cucumber, green onion salad (pre-made from the day before, refrigerated with no dressing on). {SIMPLE}
Pictured above was a breakfast meal: scrambled eggs with a touch of shredded cheese, edamame (pre-made from frozen bag and refrigerated in container) from the day before, freshly chopped tomato and cucumber. Spiced up with black pepper, powder onion, and cumin.
Pictured above is lunch: sauteed veggies – mushrooms and asparagus (made for kids and used leftovers), pan seared salmon (also made for kids and myself), chopped tomato. {SIMPLE}
Pictured above was lunch: roasted kale, plain quinoa and pork.
Pictured above was the day I ran out of eggs. All my meals were the same, I pan seared my salmon in the morning and created my breakfast, lunch and dinner simultaneously. Salmon fresh tomatoes and peppers, lentils (prepared on the weekend for the entire week). I am ok with eating the same meal over and over because it is helps me keep on track. Days like this may happen once or twice a month 🙂
So eating healthy, clean and satisfying definitely takes thought and planning but it doesn’t have to be complicated, elaborate and frustrating! KEEP IT SIMPLE! 🙂
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