Eat Well! The meals I eat every week for pleasure and health.

Is it a bad thing to eat things on repeat?

I think this is only true if the things you are choosing are bland and unhealthy. Eating with structure and consistency takes the pressure off my busy mind and makes it easier to have things ready to go on stressful mornings and evenings.

I am longtime fan of Registered dietitian Joy Bauer – her recipes, her adorable personality, and her philosophy on food. She is a proponent of repeating healthy meals, which makes me feel better about this technique.

Prepping!

On the weekends, I typically do some food prep by baking muffins, roasting vegetables, chopping fresh veggies, and washing fruit. Occasionally, I will roast a chicken on a Sunday to have the meat (and bones for broth) to use the following week. I have a cute pink rice cooker to make quinoa or rice in advance as well.

We use two food delivery services – Odd Bunch every Friday and Chefs Plate about once a month. Odd Bunch is tons of fun and very reasonable priced. For $21, we get a large box of fruits and vegetables – it’s designed to reduce food waste, so the box contents are a surprise every week!

Heres what we received on Friday:

It’s fun to discover new veggies and be reminded of how many different ways you can prepare things. I never got into Brussels sprouts until we had a handful in the box and I experimented with roasting them!

Chef’s Plate has some great vegetarian meal options and it’s nice to have all the ingredients set to go on busy weeks.

A Typical Day:

Breakfast:

Earl Grey tea (in a teacup, of course – my ritual!)
Blueberry/spinach smoothie – with Greek yogurt, hemp hearts, chia seeds, 1/2 banana, milk, baby spinach and some kind of berries. A splash of fish oil too.
Blueberry oat bran muffin (recipe here) – I make these every week and love them. They are super filling and keep me from snacking before lunch.
Coffee. More caffeine!

Lunch

• usually leftovers or a “choosy” lunch of crackers, cheese, fruit, veggies & hummus and a hard boiled egg.

Supper

I have kids so supper is never easy. They have their favourites but I don’t like to eat pasta and meatballs every night!

Go to recipes (thank you Joy Bauer et al.!) include…

More in-depth:

slow cooker lasagna
Quinoa Black Bean Bake
Sheet Pan chicken and veggies (roasted broccoli & sweet potatoes are my favourite)
Sheet Pan salmon and veggies (I buy the wild salmon frozen from Costco)
Squash soup with blue cheese sprinkled on top (more of a me meal – my family refuse to only eat soup!)
Tofu stir fry with brown rice
Pasta & meatballs (I use the PC free from turkey meatballs in jarred sauce for the kids)
Turkey Chili (add a touch of cinnamon and cocoa powder)
Microwave salmon (so good!)
Homemade bowl with rice, veggies, chickpeas, beets and dressing.

Low effort:

English muffin mini pizzas (i use tomato paste because it’s what my mom used / anyone else?!)
Chucky eggs and toast (soldiers)
Baked Beans on toast
Poached eggs on avocado toast
Breakfast for dinner – pancakes and eggs with a smoothie
Annie’s Mac & cheese
Meatballs from Valentinos!!
Autumn Bowl from Urban Cravings!