It’s hard to make time to be healthy during the workweek. Although most people would love to enjoy a more nutritious meal, the unfortunate truth is that most accessible and easy food is unhealthy or not filling enough to help us make it through an entire workday.
These are some dishes you can make in advance, by either food prepping or cooking the night ahead.
Chicken Potatoes and Veg Gives You Options
The trio of chicken, potatoes, and vegetables gives you tons of options. If you want to go lower-calorie, you can replace the starchy potato with sweet potato, giving you a small boost of protein.
With this combination, you can change your lunches and vary them based on what flavors you like. Bake your chicken with rosemary, salt, and lemon slices, and toss your potatoes and some broccoli with rosemary and garlic salt, and you can make a healthy one-pan baked lunch.
You can change things up, use curry seasoning for a more interesting flavor, or even go classic with paprika chicken. If you’re cooking for a full week, consider changing up the tastes between days so that your diet will never get old.
Turkey Meatballs In Red Sauce With Salad
Low-fat turkey is a heavily underrated ingredient that can make almost any meal healthier. To make it into meatballs, combine low-fat turkey with an egg, whatever seasonings you like, and enough raw uncooked oatmeal as you need to stabilize it. Mixing in a little low-fat mozzarella can give these a richer flavor! Toss in your favorite red sauce, and serve with any basic salad, and you’ve got a delicious meal that’s low on carbs and calories while still serving a lot of flavors.
Tuna or Chicken Salad With Hummus Instead of Mayo
The least useful ingredient in tuna or chicken salad is mayonnaise. This is a very fatty, oily condiment that doesn’t offer many health benefits but packs a ton of calories. Fortunately, hummus is a high protein and healthier option! So use hummus the same way you would use mayonnaise and create a dish that still has that comfort food feeling without all of the calories.
You can serve this on fresh spinach and eat it without carbs, or enjoy a flatbread like a pita bread as your base. Not only will the protein in this make your day go by easier, the flavor is deliciously creamy.
Knock-Off Chipotle Burrito Bowls
If you’re looking for houses for rent in Columbus, GA, you probably don’t want to waste a ton of money on eating out. To make your burrito bowls, and make them healthier, you can start with a base of quinoa or riced cauliflower, and then on top of that include a serving of black beans, whatever salsa you like, a low-fat protein like chicken breast that’s been seasoned with pepper and lime, and low-fat cheese on top. When you heat this, keep a small baggie of chopped spinach or lettuce on the side to top it with, and enjoy!
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