Hello again, friends! I have absolutely no idea how many of you are reading this but to be perfectly honest, I'm reading it and that's what counts. So since today is my last official day of Spring Break, I decided to make this grocery shopping/meal prepping day. After planning to get up early and get a jump on shopping, I accidentally fell back asleep and didn't get to the grocery store until about 11am. Luckily, I had my boyfriend to help me so things still went pretty quickly.
Here's what I bought:
I tried to give myself some variety with each container so that I wouldn't get bored. And yes, I am aware that this is going to last me quite a while (I hope!). Here's the breakdown:
Red (protein):
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts ($1.99/lb, which is just about the best I can do around here) which I'm putting in the freezer for next week
- Beef bottom round roast (don't know per pound, but it cost me $18, which nearly made me faint in the middle of the meat department) which I'm going to use for balsamic BBQ beef in the crockpot on Saturday
- Bubba Turkey Burgers ($8.99 for 8 burgers) which I already used 2 of to meal prep my Cheeseburger Salads (recipe below)
- 93% lean ground turkey (2 pounds for taco salads tomorrow and 2 pounds for Asian meatballs sometime this week)
- 2 lbs of frozen shrimp (they're the jumbo size, I think it's 21-30 per pound) which I'll be using for shrimp stir fry later in the week
- 2% plain Greek yogurt (I got Faye because I think it tastes the best)
- Low-sodium deli turkey for wraps for lunch
Green (veggies):
- Broccoli (I'm trying out the bag of precut florets, it was $5.99 for 3 pounds, which was the same price as the regular heads of broccoli)
- Spinach
- Romaine lettuce
- Peppers (green, yellow, orange, and red)
- Baby carrots
- Organic grape tomatoes
- Tomatoes on the vine
- An absolutely gigantic cucumber
- Baby bella mushrooms
- Celery
- Cilantro (technically, I think cilantro is a free food but whatever, it's produce)
Blue (healthy fats):
- Roasted garlic hummus
- Shredded cheese
- Ultra thin colby jack slices (only 40 calories for one piece of cheese when normally it's like 100? Sold.)
Purple (fruits):
- Red grapes (I still have apples, oranges, and bananas from last week, plus frozen pineapple)
Yellow (carbs):
- Whole wheat pasta (I got rotini and penne)
- Whole wheat pitas (I already have whole wheat, low carb tortillas for wraps)
- Boil in a bag brown rice (which is a life saver honestly, because regular brown rice takes like 45 minutes - this takes 8 to 10, so again, SOLD.)
- Quick cooking oats (I'm not sure what I'm doing with that yet, but I was out so I needed more)
The other random stuff I got is Dijon mustard (for the Dijon vinaigrette from the 21 Day Fix eating plan book), tomato paste and sauce (again, I was out), 4C liquid water enhancer (I got the 1/2 and 1/2 lemonade and iced tea kind, it's sugar free and it's nice every once in a while when you're drinking so much water on this program), and organic extra virgin olive oil.
Holy moly, $214 later I'm finally finished! (My boyfriend got Gatorade too, so that was about $15 of that). So yowza. I forgot how expensive food can be when you're following the 21 Day Fix, but this was the first shop to get myself back into gear and that's always the most expensive.
Okay, now onto the good stuff - I had Chocolate Shakeology for breakfast (yum, I LOVE not having to buy vitamins now that I'm drinking Shakeology!), blended with 1 purple of frozen pineapple, and here's what I had for lunch!
Hellooooooo beautiful natural light! I had salad and grilled shrimp leftover from a BBQ we had on Friday night so I threw it together with approximately 5 croutons (even though they are my weakness and I wanted a huge handful) and Newman's balsamic vinaigrette. Yum.
Okay, meal prep now. This is getting very long, so if you're still reading, thank you! The only meal prep I'm doing this week is for lunches and I only have 4 days of work this week. Two days will be cheeseburger salads and the other two will be low sodium turkey on whole wheat wraps with hummus, lettuce, tomato, and red onion. I got the recipe for the Cheeseburger Salad from Five Wooden Spoons (here's the original post) and it sounds yummy to me! Here's what I did:
I put 1 total green of romaine and spinach mixed together into each container and topped it with about 1/2 green of chopped carrots, grape tomatoes, and red onion. Then, I dropped in 1/2 blue of shredded cheddar into each container. Finally, I put a small silicone cupcake mold into each container and dropped a hardboiled egg into each one (I'll cut those up when I get to work). In a small ziplock bag, I chopped up 1 cooked Bubba turkey burger (which I'm counting as 1 red), zipped that closed, put it on top of the container, and popped on the lid. I'm pairing it with the 21 Day Fix Dijon Vinaigrette, but due to copyright concerns, I'm not able to share that exact recipe. Essentially it's Dijon mustard, vinegar, lemon juice, and olive oil, with some seasonings added in. I also put 2 teaspoons of honey into the vinaigrette recipe just to cut through the acidity a little bit more. And just like that, lunch is finished! As a side note, I'm not making the turkey wraps ahead of time because I don't want them to get soggy.
That's everything I did today, ladies and gentlemen! Now it's off to relax for a few before I need to cook dinner (marinated chicken breasts, roasted vegetables, and sweet potatoes) and get myself to Zumba for my workout tonight.
xo
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