Clean Eating Tips & Recipes

Here's the scoop: I love food! More importantly, I love eating food that makes me feel good.

And sure, in my bio I like to call myself a "health foodie" which is 100% true, but I am not the gal who is going to jump up & down for raw kale all the time.

My passion is finding food that is good, and I mean honestly delicious, that also makes my body feel good, fuled & energized!

To be completely honest, this is hard to do when I work every day during the week & have 2 little ones to run after. The one thing that I try to do & the thing that helps to make my week SO much easier is meal planning!

My week starts on Monday - oh, busy busy Mondays! So, Sundays consist of grocery shopping, chopping, and whipping meals up that I can have on hand for the week! Here are a few recipes I go to for some easy, yummy meals!

1) Breakfast

* Stay tuned for these scrumptious muffins, pictured above --- soon to be realeased as one of the recipes in my Ash at Home yoga package! >>> More info here <<<

2) Lunch

Greens & Protein Packed Salad

2 - 3 C Chopped Baby Spinach + 1 can of chickpeas + 1 Green Pepper + 1/4 C Chopped Onions (Red or Yellow) + 1/4 C Cooked Quinoa + 1/4 C Hemp Seeds

ACV Dressing

1/4 C Apple Cider Vinegar + 2 tbs Olive Oil + 1.5 tsp Dijon Mustard + 1 Minced Garlic Clove + 1 tbs Maple or Agave Syrup + Dash of Salt/Dash of Pepper

3) Snacks

Between Breakfast & Lunch I love to have a piece of fruit (an apple or a pear are always easy to have on hand & easy to plan for a busy week!)

Between Lunch & Dinner, this week, I just chopped up some veggies (plus some store bought carrot chips, which I LOVE --- My best friends & I like to joke about it, because we actually like them more than any type of carrot. Is it their delcious ridges, or their chip like crunch? I don't know! They're just good!) - These are perfect for dipping in home made guacamole or hummus! (Be on the look out for some home made hummus recipes!)

5) Dinner

Asian Cabbage Wraps (For 2)

-6 cabbage leaves

-Assortment of steamed veggies (When I'm in a hurry I love to use frozen Steamer veggies from BirdsEye! Totally mom/wife/busy-day-just-want-to-eat appropriate! Otherwise, if you have fresh veggies on hand, the combo I love to steam is: Carrots, Snap Peas, Broccoli) --- Either way, have your veggies steamed and ready before starting to cook!

-1 or 2 minced Garlic cloves

-1/4 C Cashews, Roughly Chopped

-1 Bunch of Kale, rinsed & massaged well - ripped into bite size pieces

-2 tbs Olive Oil

-2 tbs Tamari or Lite Sodium Soy Sauce + 1 tbs Tamari

-2 tbs White Miso

* Protein of choice (Cubed Tofu, Quinoa, Grilled Chicken - Whatever you fancy! I actually didn't add any to this recipe last night, since I wasn't too hungry!)

1. Heat Olive Oil in a pan over medium heat, add the garlic clove(s) + Cashews - Let heat for about 3-5 minutes, without letting the garlic burn. Add protein here to warm up before adding veggies!

2. Add in Steamed Veggies, Kale & 2 tbs Tamari - Cook for about 4 minutes until Kale is wilted down a titch.

3. Transfer Veggie mixture into a bowl & add in the Tamari & Miso - Toss with spoon to coat the veggie mixture.

4. Place a spoonful of veggie mixture into each cabbage leaf & Serve!

Enjoy these easy meal planning recipes & this easy, healthy & suprisingly filling dinner recipe!!

xoxo

Ash

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