The Most Stressful week of the year!

It’s the week before Christmas and everyone is at their highest stress level. This is the week where the most weight is gained, cookies start showing up on your desk, and candy canes are put in every meal. This is the week where going out to eat seems easier, and holiday parties are in full swing. But do not let the stress of this cause you to gain unwanted weight. You CAN keep it off. While meal prepping can seem overwhelming to start, there are very basic meal preps that do not need to take a long time to make.

This week’s meal prep

is all about healthy food that only took about 1 hour to prepare. I felt really good eating this meal prep, and my body feels very healthy right now. So while you are enduring (enjoying?) all of the holiday stress, having a healthy body will help you feel better.

Macros

• Calories: 1,162
• Protein: 86g
• Carbs: 139g
• Fiber: 27g
• Sugar: 54g

Shopping List

• 1 Dozen Eggs
• Quinoa
• Ground Flaxseed
• 1 can of Black Beans
• Honeycrisp Apples
• 1 bag of Spinach
• 2 Mangoes
• 1 Butternut Squash
• Broccoli
• Red Grapes
• Deli Style Chicken Breast
• Chicken Breast
• Brussels Sprouts
• Hot Sauce
• Teriyaki Sauce

Breakfast

• Scrambled egg quinoa bowl

Recipe:

• In a pan add chopped onions
• Add a full can of drained black beans
• Cook until the onions are sautéed
• Add your eggs to the same pan as the onions and black beans
• Scramble your eggs together with the onions and black beans
• Cook until all eggs are scrambled
• In a separate pot add (5) 1/8 cups of dried quinoa and (5) 1/4 cups of water. This will equal 1/4 cup of cooked quinoa
• Add hot sauce and flaxseed to the water while in quinoa is cooking
• Lower the heat on the oven and let the quinoa simmer until all of the liquid is absorbed.

When you are packing this for the week, I like to use mason jars. I put 1/4 cup of quinoa in each jar and then the scrambled eggs on top of the quinoa. You can add more hot sauce to each jar if you wish.

Snack 1

• Honey crisp apple
• Friendly Farms Non-Fat Greek Yogurt

Lunch

• Spinach and Mango salad

Recipe:

• Cooked broccoli
• Chopped mango
• Baked butternut squash
• Spinach
• Balsamic Vinaigrette

Add the first 4 ingredients on top of the spinach and you have yourself a not so basic salad.

Snack 2

This one was fun to eat!! I made my own protein box that held up nicely during the week!

In a Tupperware container add:

• 14 Everything Bagel Pretzel Thins
• String Cheese stick
• 2oz of sliced Chicken Breast
• In a separate container add 1/2 cup of grapes

Dinner

• Teriyaki chicken and brussel sprouts

This recipe is super easy to make and you only need one pan!

• In a pan add onions and brussel sprouts
• Cook on medium heat
• Add salt and pepper while these are sautéing
• In the same pan add 5 chicken breasts that weigh 4 oz each
• Cook everything in the same pan until the brussel sprouts are lightly browned and the chicken is cooked all the way through
• Add 1 table spoon of teriyaki sauce 5 times

Don’t let this meal prep stress you out! It was very easy and fun to create!

I hope everyone enjoys their holiday season!