Fully Balanced Friday: July 2019
It’s been a while, but I’m finally updating my food log. I’m thinking about posting these once a month at most from now on. I’ve also been experimenting with taking a multivitamin and eating an even cleaner diet so we’ll see how that goes. Now, on to the food!
Breakfast:
Green Smoothie
Green smoothies are truly a great way to make sure that you’re getting enough vegetables since every serving has two cups of spinach and it they also taste amazing and are great for the hot D.C. summer. I got this one from Kate Flower’s Ebook but I substituted milk for water to make sure I was getting more calcium.
| Ingredients: 2 cups spinach ½ frozen banana 1 tbsp chia seeds 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds 1 tbsp almond butter 1 scoop vanilla protein powder 1 cup milk | Directions: Add all ingredients to blender and blend! |
Lunch:
Shredded Summer Salad
This recipe comes from Girl on the Bloor (weird name but great recipe!) I love the colorfulness of this salad and it tasted great. It was also really easy to prepare throughout the week.
Salad:
| Ingredients: ½ cup shredded beets ½ cup shredded zucchini ½ cup shredded carrots ½ cup chopped red cabbage ½ cup cooked quinoa ½ cup chick peas sesame seeds (optional) | Directions: Place ingredients in bowl Top with dressing and sesame seeds Enjoy! |
Dressing:
| Ingredients: ½ tbsp tahini ½ clove garlic 1 tsp lemon juice 1 tsp water salt pepper | Directions: Stir all ingredients of dressing until smooth |
Dinner:
Teriyaki Salmon with Grilled Pineapple
| Ingredients: 1 filet of salmon 1 tbsp premade teriyaki dressing 2 slices of pineapple ½ cup cooked rice | Directions: Marinate salmon in teriyaki sauce over night Boil water and cook rice for 10 minutes while oven is preheating On broil, cook salmon and pineapple for 5 minutes per side Finish cooking rice and let stand Serve |
Snack/Dessert:
Hazelnuts and Dried Apricots
I ate about 1 handful of each if ever I was hungry throughout the day. I think dried apricots are now my favorite new snack. I had never had them before but they literally tasted like candy. And don’t forget to stay hydrated!
