Steak Fajitas

Quick Cooker Cheddar Broccoli Risotto with Chicken

Beef and Mushroom Sliders

Quick Cooker BBQ Chicken Bowls

Quick Cooker Carnitas

Protein Energy Balls

Pork Steaks With Easy Marinade/Glaze

We butchered a bunch of pigs recently so I was on the search to find a way to make my pork steaks more tender and stumbled across this recipe.

Meal Planning

In order to reach our goals, we MUST carve some time out of our weekend to meal plan.  Trust me, I've been doing this for the past 5 years and it has made a WORLD of difference.  Pick a 2 hour window on Saturday or Sunday and plan out what you are going to eat for the week.  If you are okay with leftovers, make a few meals on the weekend and eat them as leftovers during the week.  If you like fresh meals, then plan to purchase those items to make each night or throw in the crockpot.  

If you are new to meal planning, don't be hard on yourself.  This is definitely something that will take time to learn and implement.  The good news is that there isn't a one way to do this.  Every person has a different style and you can make it work however is best for you.

To get you started, I've included in this post a monthly calendar and a weekly calendar.  I fill this out each week and then choose to have my groceries picked up Friday night (I preorder through Walmart grocery) so I'm ready to prep them for the upcoming week.  

Healthy Steak Stir Fry

This 21 day fix recipe has steak strips, broccoli, red pepper, red onions all tossed together stir fry style and served over ancient grain noodles.  It's a fast and easy recipe that's good for you.  

Ingredients

1/2 box Catelli Healthy Harvest Ancient Grains Spaghetti

1 lb. steak strips

2 strips bacon cubed

2 tbsp. olive oil

1 red onion diced

3 c. broccoli cut into small florets

1 red bell pepper sliced

2 tsp. sesame seeds

For the sauce

1/4 c. liquid aminos soy sauce or coconut aminos is fine

1 tbsp. toasted sesame oil

1 tsp. ground ginger

2 tbsp. coconut vinegar

In a hot pan over medium-high heat add the steak strips and cut up bacon.  Cook until no longer pink, drain and set aside. 

While the meat is cooking, put all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and stir, set aside.

Prepare pasta according to the directions on the box.

While the pasta is cooking add the broccoli, onion and bell pepper.  Cook until the onion is translucent.

Add the meat back in and pour the sauce over the meat and vegetables.  Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Serve over Catelli Healthy Harvest Ancient Grain Spaghetti.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 g

Calories: 599kcal

Carbs: 52 g

Protein: 36 g

Fat: 27 g

Sat. Fat: 9 g

Cholesterol: 76 mg

Sodium: 1106 mg

Potassium: 769 mg

Fiber: 4 g

Sugar: 5 g

Apple Cinnamon Yogurt Bowl

3/4 c. plain greek yogurt
1 granny smith apple
1 tbsp. chia seeds
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
2 tbsp. chopped walnuts
1 tsp. honey

Put yogurt to bowl and then add the rest of the items to bowl.  For a special treat, heat up the apples with cinnamon in the microwave before adding to the yogurt and it will taste like apple pie and ice cream.  

Frozen Yogurt Covered Blueberries

6 oz. Blueberries
6 oz. Nonfat Greek Plain Yogurt

Dip the blueberries in yogurt and then place on a baking sheet.  Stick in the freezer for 1 hour.  Then remove from freezer and place in a zip lock bag and store in freezer. 

Perfect healthy snack!  If you don't like blueberries, you can cut up strawberries as an alternative fruit.

1 Red, 1 Purple

Home Baked Tortilla Chips

(12) 6-inch Corn Tortillas
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
Fine salt

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Brush both sides of tortilla with oil.  Stack the tortillas and cut the pile into sixths to make chips.  Spread the chips out into a single layer on two large baking sheets and season with salt.  Bake until golden brown and crisp, rotating the baking sheets once, about 12-15 minutes.  Serve.

12 chips = 2 tortillas - 1 Yellow, 1 tsp.

Calabrese Salad