Clean Eating Tips
Grocery Shopping Hacks! 🥑🥦🥕
Before heading off to the grocery store... Think about what types of foods you would like to have at each meal and include some of your favorite healthy snacks. Don’t be afraid to start simple, with basic ingredients that don’t require much cooking, like yogurt bowls, wraps, and simple salads. Once you have the hang of it, you can introduce recipes and start planning meals for multiple days, or even a whole week.
Clean eating definitely takes time to get a hang of it. But you'll feel amazing w/ every healthy meal you eat!
1) Eat less CRAP
2) Eat more FOOD
Following these 2 simple rules will be a giant step in the right direction toward better health and wellness. This easy to remember acronym is a great tool for anyone looking to increase their awareness of what they are putting into their bodies and decrease the unhealthy processed crap in their diet.
Eat 5- 7 Smaller Meals a Day!
You've probably heard the advice that eating small meals throughout the day is how you win the battle of the bulge. The claim is that frequent snacking, as long as it's healthy, keeps your metabolism humming, staves off hunger, and controls blood sugar. The end result: You eat less.
Eat every three hours to spread your meals throughout the day. Include a source of protein and fiber at each mini-meal, they will help you feel satisfied with fewer calories.
Healthy Banana Pancakes:
● 1 medium ripe banana● 2 large eggs● 1⁄3 cup oats ● 1⁄4 tsp cinnamon
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Put the banana in a bowl and mash with a fork.
2. Add the eggs and mix until well combined.
3. Put the oats in a blender and blend until fine.
4. Add the blended oats & cinnamon to the banana mix, stir.
5. Heat a pan over a medium heat with a dash of vegetable oil.
6. Pour 1⁄4 cup of the mixture into the pan, cook on one side, then turn and cook on the other side until golden brown on both sides.
Thinly slice one cucumber. Peel if it isn’t organic! Add the sliced cucumbers to a 1/2 gallon glass jar. Add 8 fresh mint leaves, muddled, and fill with filtered water. Stir gently and place in refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight.
2. Citrus Blueberry
Slice two organic oranges into thin slices (leave the rind on for better flavor). Add sliced oranges and 1 cup of blueberries to a gallon-size glass jar. Add filtered water to fill the jar and stir gently. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours and store in refrigerator.
3. Pineapple Mint
One of my favorites! Peel and thinly slice about 1/4 of a pineapple. The more thinly sliced the pineapple, the more flavor it will infuse. Add to a 1/2 gallon-size glass jar with 10-12 leaves of fresh mint, muddled. Add filtered water to fill and stir until well mixed. Store in refrigerator.
4. Watermelon Basil
Add about 2 cups of finely chopped fresh watermelon (without rind) to a gallon-size glass jar. Add 15 leaves of muddled basil and filtered water to fill. Store in fridge and allow at least 4 hours to infuse.
5. Strawberry Lemon
Like strawberry lemonade, but better! Add 15 fresh strawberries, washed and finely sliced to a 1/2 gallon glass jar. Add one sliced lemon with rind on. Fill with water. Let sit 4 hours (to overnight) in fridge and enjoy.
6. Cherry Lime
Reminiscent of Cherry Limeade, minus the sugar coma. Add two cups of fresh cherries, cut in half, and one fresh lime, sliced into thin slices, to a gallon-size glass jar. Add water to fill. Mix gently and store in fridge until ready to drink.
7. Grapefruit Raspberry
Another one of my favorites! Add one grapefruit, thinly sliced with rind on, to a gallon-size glass jar. Then add 1/2 cup fresh raspberries, muddled slightly. Add water and mix well. Store in fridge for at least 4 hours before drinking.
8. Mango Pineapple
Peel and thinly slice one fresh mango. Add to 1/2 gallon glass jar. Add 1 cup of finely chopped pineapple and filtered water. Allow to infuse in the refrigerator for 4-6 hours before drinking.
9. Grape Orange
The hands-down kid favorite at our house. Place 2 cups of organic grapes, sliced in half, into a gallon-size glass jar. Add one orange, thinly sliced with rind on. Refrigerate overnight for best flavor.
10. Pineapple Basil
Add 1/4 of a fresh pineapple and 15 leaves of fresh muddled basil to a half-gallon jar. Add filtered water. Infuse overnight and enjoy.