What to Eat This Week. Start TODAY Healthy Meal Plan for May 8, 2023

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Meal of the Week on May 8, 2023

This week’s menu uses convenient, whole, minimally processed ingredients, such as rotisserie chicken and frozen vegetables, to create fast, filling, flavorful meals. After light cooking, sample dishes such as banana pancakes, rotisserie chicken fried rice, and cumin roasted pork chops with brussels sprouts.

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Monday

• breakfast: banana protein pancake
• lunch: Corn, Quinoa and Feta Salad
• dinner: Cumin Roasted Pork Chop and Brussels Sprouts
• your favorite snack

Tuesday

• breakfast: Peanut butter and banana overnight oats
• lunch: Tuna and olive salad sandwich with vegetables
• dinner: octopus soup
• your favorite snack

Wednesday

• breakfast: banana protein pancake
• lunch: leftover soup
• dinner: Rotisserie chicken slider with salad
• your favorite snack

Thursday

Friday

• breakfast: scrambled eggs and fruit
• lunch: Tuna and olive salad sandwich with vegetables
• dinner: rotisserie chicken fried rice
• your favorite snack

breakfast

A protein-rich breakfast can help curb hunger and curb appetite. Heart diseaseTo simplify your morning routine, double or triple the recipes you serve throughout the week.

banana protein pancake

Mash 1 ripe banana and mix with 2 beaten eggs. Lightly coat a nonstick skillet with avocado-his oil and place over medium heat. Pour in the batter, about 2 tablespoons at a time, and when the pancake begins to bubble and stick to the edges, gently flip the pancake over. Sprinkle with cinnamon and top with a spoonful of nuts or nutless butter.

Flavors such as peanut butter and vanilla extract are associated with sweets, tricking your taste buds into thinking you are eating something sweet when you are not. Now you may not need the optional sweetener. Use no more than 1 teaspoon.

scrambled eggs and fruit

Make two scrambled eggs and serve with avocado slices and salsa. Serve with cups and fruit.

lunch

By eating lunch ahead of time, you can have a nutritious meal and avoid spending time and money on less healthy outings.

This all-in-one meal can be made ahead of time and portioned. Store vinaigrette separately and mix with salad just before serving.

tuna olive salad sandwich

To make tuna, mix drained canned tuna with extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, and pitted black olives. A whole grain pita stuffed with lettuce and tomato is added to the tuna mixture and served with raw vegetables.

dinner

Rotisserie chicken is one of our favorite meal prep shortcuts, so we’ve included it in two recipes for this week’s menu. With about 20 minutes of hands-on time each night, you can enjoy healthy and delicious dinners throughout the week. If there are too many dishes, double or triple one (or more) of the recipes and serve multiple times. As always, feel free to incorporate the previous week’s recipes, including your favorite side dishes.

Pork chops are seasoned with a simple spice rub and roasted in a sheet pan with Brussels sprouts. Served with roasted new potatoes drizzled with extra virgin olive oil.

This meal couldn’t be easier to make. After sautéing the ground turkey, pour the rest of the ingredients into the pot and wait for the broth to boil and the flavors to combine.While waiting, diced the avocado and crushed the whole grain corn into his taco shells. garnish the soup with

Sloppy Joes, which inspired this recipe, can be surprisingly high in sugar. This version substitutes a simple sauce with very little sugar, but still gets a sweet and sour undertone. Serve. Incorporate veggies with a simple side salad.

This veggie-filled noodle recipe calls for soba (spaghetti-like noodles made from buckwheat flour). If you don’t have buckwheat, you can substitute another whole wheat noodle. Add shelled edamame to the noodles (or serve on the side) to balance the dish with plant protein.

When you make fried rice at home, you make your own ingredients, so you can use brown rice, low-salt soy sauce, and lots of vegetables. For best results, cook brown rice ahead of time. Make a big batch if you want to prep a few grain bowls or other quick meals this week. We recommend adding a bag of stir-fried vegetables to get

snack

Snacks containing whole food sources of protein and fiber provide a winning formula that will keep you feeling full for hours.

• Cubes of pineapple (fresh or frozen and thawed) and cottage cheese.
• Banana cracked and sprinkled with cinnamon and hemp seeds.
• Red pepper strips and black bean salsa. To make the salsa, rinse and drain a can of black beans and add a spoonful of store-bought salsa.
• Cucumber and grilled edamame.
• Grape tomatoes and lentils (canned and washed) seasoned with lemon juice or vinegar.