When it comes to meal prepping I am always looking for ways to make healthy dishes that are quick, easy and will not go bad before I can get all the food! This week I got back into the kitchen to make food for a few days to stay on track and on top of my diet. Right now I am focusing more on high protein, low carb dishes since I eat a breakfast of carbs now to give me energy during the day time.
This week I went with some lean chicken, tuna, greens and avocado for my lunches while at work. These are easy to prepare, cook and eat in the office. I made enough for 3-4 days and it only took about 30 minutes to make them both. If you are in need of some meal prep containers
Tuna is a great high protein, low calorie and low fat/carb food so I really enjoy making it during meal prep. I use solid white albacore tuna since it is a bit chunkier and less watery than the regular red/pink tuna fish. I like to add some Mrs. Dash seasoning
In order to get some good fats into my diet I love avocados. They make tuna fish a bit creamier and I use 1 avocado for the 3 meals so it’s about 1/3 of an avocado per container. This gives you a high amount of protein, low carb and good healthy fats!
Next up was a more filling meal prepped lunch of chicken breast chunks and broccoli. I always like to cut the chicken into chunks so it is easier to eat but it also helps the meat to cook through faster. I use Mrs. Dash seasonings, either the steak or the chicken flavor. Both work really well paired with just a little bit of olive oil cooking spray.
When it comes to chicken I always go with the natural, antibiotic free chicken. I never get Purdue or Tyson or anything of that sort that looks fake. If it is too pink and not flesh colored don’t buy it. I would rather spend a bit more money on a piece of good chicken than one filled with lots of antibiotics and other fillers.
When completed they look like the below and the containers were bought at Target. Overall meal prepping is easy and a great way to keep me on top of my goals. Usually you can also get these types of food containers from your local deli, take out restaurant or I also found some at a party store near me. (example: party city sometimes has these near the party platters and trays).
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How do you combat the avacados turning brown?
Adding a bit of lime juice helps to keep the avacado from turning brown. If it does turn a bit brown on the outside, mix it up and you will see that underneath it is still bright green 🙂 the lime helps though
I have tried and use many of the Walden Farms products. Many of them are bearable, however, the regular mayo was unbearable to me. Have you tried the regular and if so is the ranch better?
From walden farms i buy continually the following:
ranch mayo
amazing mayo
italian dressing
creamy italian dressing (for dipping veggies)
pancake syrup (for protein pancakes)
cocktail sauce (for shrimp cocktail dips)
New to meal prepping… follow you on fb, i really like your style of writing and how you explain things thank you. My question is where do you purchase walden farm products?
you have to keep an eye out at the grocery store. i found some at my local Fairway Market, I also found some dressings at Shop Rite, its still kind of new. you can also find on amazon too
I have been trying so hard to loss weight and tone up. I am 5’3 and 140 lbs i am starting the shred workout this week off of the website simply shred. i was wondering if there a great meal plan for me to use while i am building muscle. being that I have kids and a active 1 year old, plus work, i do not have a lot of time for meal prep. thank you for your help.
I recommend viewing all of my recipes as i dont follow one meal plan. i provide a ton of clean eating and high protein recipes here: http://www.jerseygirltalk.com/category/recipes-2/
I just ordered the mayo off their website! They have lots of yummy looking stuff on there!!!
yes they do,they are also local to NJ so i love them even more 🙂
What seasoning did you use of the chicken and broccoli and also how did you cook the broccoli?
usually i just use mrs. dash seasonings on my vegetables and either bake them or grill them in a skillet
I know you said you make the tuna/avocado for lunch, but when do you eat chick/brocc…for dinner??
Chunk light is better option for tuna. Less Mercury
Ah yes, this is a very old post. I now only buy tuna from trader joes in water.
Do you have fruit or anything else with these lunches and do you know roughly how many calories these meals are?
I change my meal prep weekly. Some weeks I use fruit in my protein shakes and i like apples organic gala as a small snack. my meals are between 200-400 each.
How do you keep the avocados from turning?
So when u first get up how do u start your day off first?What do u eat are drink .
I take a shot of preworkout and go to the gym. I work out and sip on bcaa powder then when i get home i make egg omolette, coffee and then start my day!
What kind of pre workout do you use
I love Cellucor C4 ripped: http://amzn.to/2vKth5R
I also use Crushfit YOLO as well: http://www.crushfit.com (use promo code JERSEYGIRL) for a discount
Can you freeze these meals so you have them for the week?
yes you def can!