{Meal Planning Monday}

HI!! Whew...is it Monday already? The weekend was CRAZY!! We finished most of our powder room re-do....wanna see?

Still have a few more things to perfect before I call it "complete" but for now...we're done!

I plan on spending this week getting back to normal. Hopefully all of the sickness is clearing up and I can actually focus on eating really well and figuring out a new plan for my workouts this week. I finished up with Yoga Camp over the weekend so I am not really sure what I will do next. Probably just do Yoga with Adriene's videos.Yoga is my THANG!

I plan to start planning out my weekly dinners so that I can make more of an effort to make more of a "formal" dinner instead of just eating eggs and bacon every night. :)

This is my plan for the week:

Roasted Al fresco Chicken Apple sausage with sweet potato cubes and roasted okra

Salsa Turkey Lettuce Wraps with avocado and mango

Avocado Chicken Salad in whole wheat pitas with roasted green beans

Egg omelet with caramelized onions and goat cheese with Ezekiel Cinnamon Raisin Bread toast

Enchilada beef with mashed sweet potatoes and asparagus 

Shredded pork with a plantain mash by Paleomg

What is on your plan for the week???

{Meal Planning Monday} 1/4/16

Happy 2016!!! Let's start this year off right! Meal planning, focusing on our health, adding in exercise and being the best that we can be! Are you in?

I started the 30 days of Yoga Camp and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fresh start mentally and physically for 2016.

Let me share with you my meal plan for the week:

DETAILS:

• For the taco salad.... I will use ground turkey, organic spring mix, plain Greek yogurt, organic cheese, avocado and salsa. YUM!

• I will use Applegate Chicken and Maple breakfast sausage and cinnamon raisin Ezekiel toast for my breakfast for dinner meal.

• Excited to try Peas and Crayons Sweet Potato Chickpea Veggie Burgers.

• Dr. Praegers California Veggie Burgers are always a fave. I love to eat them with organic ketchup and avocado served on top of mashed baked sweet potatoes!

• Leftover night is my favorite night of the week! Everyone just eats whatever is in the fridge. Sometimes I make organic mac and cheese for the kids! So easy!

So tell me.....

What are you making for dinner this week??



2016 New Year Resolutions??

{Meal Planning Monday} 11/30/15

Happy Monday! Did ya'll have a great Thanksgiving?? I sure did! The food....AMAZING! A great day spent with family! Now I am in full on Christmas mode. Most of my shopping DONE and I finally finished my decorating! WOO HOO!! Now....just to enjoy the season! My favorite time of year for sure!

I haven't meal planned in a while so I thought it would be a good idea to help get me back on track after the holiday.

Let me tell you my plan....

• Simple Spaghetti: Organic beef, organic pasta sauce and whole wheat pasta. SUPER easy and my whole family loves 

• Crock Pot Pork with Apples and Pears with mashed potatoes 

• Dr. Praegers California Veggie Burgers with roasted sweet potato cubes

• Breakfast for dinner: Organic eggs, Applegate bacon, al fresco chicken Apple sausage and toast. 

• Butternut squash black bean burger with grilled onions and roasted green beans.

• Pecan and Grape Chicken Salad sandwich or served over salad greens with Mary's Gone Crackers 

Hope you all have a great week!! :) 


So tell me.....What was your favorite part of Thanksgiving? Favorite Thanksgiving food?

{Meal Planning Monday 7/20/15}

Happy Monday!! We spent the weekend celebrating my baby girls 6th birthday. It was so much fun and exhausting at the same time! I think it's gonna take me a week to recover!

Mermaid Elli

We had a mermaid theme birthday and even a REAL mermaid made an appearance!

Mermaid Shannon meeting Elli! 

I made a ton of decorations and food using ideas from Pintetest! 

Happy 6th Birthday!

There were quite a bit of "non-clean" foods there for the kids to enjoy. It's once a year so I bought the treats I knew she would love!

Mermaid Cake

Gotta have cake...right?

It was a great day!! Hopefully it will be a memorable day for my girl! 

Now....my plan for this week....

Breakfast:

• Steel Cut Oatmeal with raisins, walnuts and maple syrup with black coffee. This is my obsession these days. I look forward to this everyday. :)

Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oatmeal with raisins, walnuts and maple syrup.

Snacks:

• Dark Chocolate Not Green Shake

• Apple, almonds, coconut chips and dark chocolate chips

• Coconut Greek yogurt with berries and organic granola

• Skinny Superfood Shake

• Fresh Cantaloupe and Honeydew with walnuts

Lunch:

•  Banana wrap (I will eat these every day...I am a creature of habit)

La tortilla low carb wrap, all natural pb, cinnamon and banana

Dinners:

• Dr. Praegers California Veggie Burgers with baked sweet potatoes and Green beans

• Breakfast for dinner (Eggs, nitrate free bacon and Ezekiel toast)

• Enchilada Beef with sweet potatoes and avocado

• Summer Squash Crustless Quiche with Spinach, Apple & Onion salad

• Gyro Meatball Lettuce wraps with cucumber and garden tomatoes

Drinks:

• Water

• Black coffee

• Herbal Tea

Dessert:

• Banana Ice Cream

• Dark Chocolate Chips /Coconut Chips (Tastes like a mounds bar!)

Workout:

•  Bikini Program from Tone it Ups weekly schedule 

Hope you guys have an awesome week! If you are new to clean eating....just start taking baby steps. One healthy  meal at a time!! If you want more tips for just starting out on your clean eating jouney...check out my Quick Start Guide to Clean Eating! :)

{Meal Planning Monday} 7/13/15

Happy Monday Everyone! Whew....that weekend flew by!! Doesn't it always?

Time to get planning on my meals for this week...here's what I will be eating...

Breakfast: 

• Steel Cut Oatmeal with raisins, maple syrup and walnuts

• My favorite overnight oats

Lunch:

• Banana wrap

Whole grain wrap, all natural PB, banana and cinnamon

• Leftovers

• Eggs, nitrate free bacon, Ezekiel bread with all natural peanut butter

Snacks:

• Green Monster Smoothie

Green Monster Smoothie

• Apple & raw almonds

• Coconut Greek yogurt with berries and Natures Path Organic Granola

• Peach Milkshake

Peach Milkshake

Dinner:

• Dr. Praegers Veggie Burgers with sweet potatoes and roasted okra

• Chipotle Black Bean Burgers in a lettuce wrap with roasted broccoli

• Beef and Onion Quiche with a Spaghetti squash crust

Beef and Onion Quiche

• Eggs, nitrate free bacon, and avocado. I will make Bobs Red Mill 10 grain pancakes for the kids. 

• Avocado Chicken Salad stuffed whole wheat pitas and roasted green beans

Avocado Chicken Salad

Dessert/Treats:

• Protein Chocolate Pudding

Protein Chocolate Pudding

• Creamy Grape Dessert

• Primal Fudge

Drinks:

• WATER (tons of it!) or at least half my body weight in ounces

• Green Tea or this Iced Green Tea

Green tea with lemon

• Black Coffee

• Chamomile tea at bedtime

Workouts:

Yep...you guessed it...Tone it up Bikini Program Weekly Schedule! If you haven't checked these girls out yet I highly suggest that you do! BY FAR....my all time favorite workouts! I'm hooked!

Tone it Up Bikini Progran

Hope you all have a great week full of healthy eats!!

{Weekly Planning Monday} 7/5/15

Happy Monday!

It's been a little quiet on the blog because I've been on vacation but now we're home and recovering! I feel like I could sleep for days! We had a blast though. The kids played on the beach, swam in the pool, hung out with family and went hunting for crabs at night. It was baby boys first beach trip and he wasn't thrilled with the whole beach situation but he did like the pool thankfully.

We spent July 4th at a local parade and then had a cookout with my family. We ate my Greek Harvest Salad, Grape salad, Grilled Al Fresco Apple Chicken Sausages and watermelon. It was DELISH!!

I'm so glad to be home and back to our normal routine. I ate pretty well on vacation and worked out some but definitely threw in a few treats! I'm ready to get back to working out daily, eating my typical clean meals and drinking more water.

Here's my plan for the week:

Breakfasts:

• Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oatmeal

• My favorite Overnight oats

Lunch:

• Banana Wraps

• Eggs, nitrate free bacon, Ezekiel Cinnamon Raisin toast

Snacks:

• Dark Chocolate Not Green smoothie

• Coconut Greek yogurt with fruit and organic granola

• Apple and homemade trail mix with almonds, walnuts, coconut chips and dark chocolate chips.

• Banana Almond Butter Green Monster

Dinners:

• Grilled Chicken, zucchini, squash, onions and avocado.

• Dr. Praegers California Veggie burgers with green beans and sweet potatoes

• Roasted Al Fresco Chicken Sausage, peppers, onions and roasted okra

• Spaghetti Pie

• Chipotle Black Bean burgers with avocado and roasted broccoli 

Drinks:

• Herbal Tea (Buddha's Herbs Wings, Green Tea with herbs and Celestial Seasonings Chamomile Honey Vanilla)

• Tons of WATER

• Berry La Croix

Dessert: 

• Grilled Peaches

• Dark Chocolate 

• Banana Ice Cream

Workout: 

I plan on doing Tone it Ups Bikini Program Schedule. I'm obsessed with these workouts!! Follow along this week or check out my Pinterest for some of my favorite free workouts!



Hope everyone has a great week! What's on your plan for the week??

{Meal Planning Monday} 6/8/15

HI!

Hope you all had a great weekend! Ours was busy but a lot of fun! Its been a while since I have done a {Meal Planning Monday} post so I thought I would share with you guys my weekly eats! I decided to be even more detailed and tell you guys literally everything that I will eat this week! I also included my new workout challenge that I am super excited about!!

Breakfast: 

• Overnight oats

• Microwave Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal

Snacks: 

• Homemade trail mix: Walnuts, toasted coconut chips, raisins and dark chocolate chips with an apple.

• Dark Chocolate Not Green Smoothie

• Coconut Greek yogurt with berries and granola

• GoMacro Macrobar Mini (my new love)

Lunch:

• Banana wrap: La tortilla low carb wrap, crunchy all natural peanut butter, cinnamon and a banana.

• Scrambled eggs with Cinnamon raisin Ezekiel bread topped with peanut butter

Dinners this week:

• Veggie Burgers (I love Dr. Praeggers California burgers) on top of greens from our garden and topped with avocado and grilled onions. I will probably make a baked sweet potato to eat on the side!

• Omelettes and Pancakes: My kids beg for this dinner. I use Bobs Red Mill 10 grain mix and add banana slices or a few dark chocolate chips. They LOVE pancakes. I use real maple syrup or the kids will eat them plain! I usually eat an omelette with chicken sausage, spinach, onions and feta on the inside. 

• BLAT Wraps with goat cheese and roasted okra on the side.

• Enchilada Beef in Lettuce wraps with avocado

• Almost 5 ingredient Spaghetti Pie

• Grilled chicken with grilled veggies on the side : (super simple) I love zucchini, squash, onions and bell peppers grilled with olive oil, salt and pepper! SO good! Oh and I always throw some  pineapple rings on the grill too. There is nothing better than grilled pineapple!

Drinks:

•  LOTS OF WATER, black coffee, herbal tea, La Croix

Dessert/Treat: 

• Dark Chocolate Squares or 2 minute Banana Ice Cream

Workouts: 

I loved the Bikini Series from Tone it up! I have been doing their workouts for the past 8 weeks and I really enjoy them. I am not an official member (because I have a hard time committing) but every Sunday they post a weekly schedule that includes a ton of their free workouts so I just follow along and modify when I want to do something different. I LOVE, love, love their yoga routines. They have a Summer Bikini Program that starts today so if you want to do it with me.....check out their website for the weekly schedule! Be sure to leave me a comment on facebook or below telling me if you are gonna commit to the challenge! 

So tell me....

Are you going to join the Bikini Program with me??

Going to make any of the meals above?

What is your favorite healthy summer dessert?