Shopping List and Getting Started

For me, I try not to think of certain foods as "breakfast only" or "dinner only" foods. I may have salmon for breakfast and eggs for dinner -  there are NO rules as to when you have to eat specific foods. You make the rules, yay! Today I have done some cooking to prepare me for the week. I baked a spaghetti squash, cooked some ground turkey for a "spaghetti" sauce, made chicken salad, and roasted green beans and carrots.

Cut spaghetti squash in half length-wise, remove seeds, season with olive oil and Italian seasoning, place face down on a cookie sheet and roast at 400* until soft.  Remove and let cool, then scrape from the skin with a fork for "spaghetti" noodles.  Top with your favorite sauce!

Ground turkey in a saucepan using olive oil and season however you like - garlic, oregano, basil, fennel seed, Italian seasoning, etc.

Add a large can of fire-roasted crushed tomatoes (Muir Glen) and lots of veggies (zucchini, mushroom, carrots)  for an amazing sauce to pour over your roasted spaghetti squash

One of my favorite seasonings for vegetables and sweet potatoes.  Lightly pray vegetables with olive oil and season with whatever you like - sea salt, garlic, pepper, rosemary, red pepper, etc. and roast in the oven on 400* until they're to your liking.

Shopping List for this week:
Avocados
Bell Peppers
Broccoli
Green Beans
Spaghetti Squash
Ground Turkey
Nuts (almonds, cashews, unsalted and dry roasted)
Eggs
Extra Light tasting Olive Oil
Balsamic Vinegar
Pico de Gallo and/or natural salsa (Wholly Salsa)
Carrots
Lettuce
Spinach
Sweet Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Crushed Tomatoes (Muir Glen)
Apples
Almond Butter
Tomatoes
Sun-dried tomatoes
Deli Meat (from the counter- Boar's Head Chicken Breast low sodium or hickory smoked - read the labels!)
Roasted Turkey Breast
Whole Chicken




Day 1 Food Log:
Pre-Workout: almonds & cashews (I like the cayenne pepper flavored ones!) Just about a hand full or so, watch the quantity of nuts you get!

Post-Workout: deli meat (chicken breast)

Meal 1: Turkey "casserole": ground turkey, eggs, sweet potato, bell peppers combined together baked at 350. This is great to make at the beginning of the week, cut up into sections and freeze. Quick and easy to prepare if you need a quick snack or breakfast.

Meal 2: spaghetti squash with meat sauce

Snack: apple slices and almond butter

Meal 3: roasted turkey breast, 1/2 sweet potato, roasted green beans and carrots

WATER ALL DAY!