Because of the extra large dinners I’d eaten and enjoyed the past couple of nights, I vowed to clean up my eats a bit for the remainder of the week. What does this mean? It does NOT mean any crazy diet, calorie restriction, or extra time at the gym. (I ran five miles this morning, but that’s due to my half marathon training.) What it does mean is smaller portions, extra veggies, and lots of water. My goal for yesterday was to include greens in every meal. Mission accomplished.
Breakfast: Steamed kale sprinkled with nutritional yeast and eggwhites topped with sriracha for some heat and extra flava’!
Lunch: Spinach, chicken breast, raw pepper slices, and carrots dipped in a homemade avocado – greek yogurt sauce.
Dinner: Leftovers of brisket, carrots, mashed potatoes, sweet koogle, green beans, cauliflower, and broccoli.
See? I told you I’d still enjoy leftovers; I just placed a bigger emphasis on my greens.
Note: This is not everything I consume in a day. It is merely my three square meals. Rest assured, there are many *healthy* snacks eaten throughout the day.
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Do you eat greens at every meal? What are your favorite greens?
Definitely don’t get the greens at every meal. I like hiding them/morphing them. haha. Spinach in the smoothie, kale chips, and roasted broccoli are my faves!
Those are my favs, too! I don’t ALWAYS get them in every meal – just trying to be extra conscious considering my last couple days of splurges!
Kale always wins out, spinach is a close second and I’ll never pass up roasted broccoli or green beans!!! Green Monster Smoothies all the way (not forgetting the incredible zucchini!
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Those are all my fav green veggies, too!! They are the superstars!
I don’t get GREENS at every meal,but I usually incorporate some kind of fruit/ vegetable ALWAYS because I simply love it and without them,I feel kind of “incomplete”… I’m silly,haha
Zucchini is definitely a favorite of mine though,just like spinach.
Itz fun with how much you can do with zucchini!
Way to get all those greens in girl!! xo
It was definitely an effort, but I’m glad I did. Greens do the body good! haha
when the temperatures get cooler, it’s SO much harder for me to stomach greens. don’t know why that is.
Really? I’ve never heard of that before. I wonder why that it is!
Wow nice job getting all those greens in!!!
Thanks! Always feel better after some good quality greens!
Way to go on eating your greens! I definitely don’t eat greens at every meal. I try to get them in for at least one meal though… but sometimes that doesn’t even happen.
My favourites are roasted broccoli and massaged kale!
Like that kale salad in Boston?? Mmmmmm
Love all the greens! What a great way to get back on track! I definitely don’t eat nearly enough greens but do aim to have them with at least one meal a day! I love spinach!
Spinach is so versatile and easy to add to almost any dish!
I am definitely IN on the greens with every meal deal
Yay! I need to make more of an effort to be consistent with greens at every meal!
Nice job, girl! You rocked it! I do not do greens at breakfast, but 100% at lunch AND dinner. I can’t get enough of them! you must be feeling better already!
I am!
Lunch and dinner is definitely easier to get greens in, but breakfast isn’t so hard either with smoothies and eggs – both my go to’s!
i love your dinner! So many random foods! (: Sometimes when I eat bad I feel like I need to eat good for a couple days until i feel back to normal!
Hehe leftover random plates are the best!
I do not get greens in at every meal, but I try to eat green foods at least twice a day. Sometimes I have to cheat with pears… lol, but I can’t be perfect all the time!
I haven’t had a good pear in way too long! Those could count for greens… hahah close enough!
i love brisket..i’ve never been a huge kugle fan though!
Really?! Did you grow up on koogle? My brother-in-law did not and he doesn’t like it now (actually he hates it). But my brothers, sister, and hubby all grew up on koogle and we all love it!
man that all looks so good. so much color and variety.
That’s the plan! Gotta keep it colorful and nutritious!
Nice! I never thought to have kale with my breakfast.. good idea
Oh yes! With eggs and nutritional yeast? Def a winner!
Way to get in the greens girlfriend!!
Greens are the way to go!
WAY to go, lady! I totally love getting in ‘greens’ at every meall <–usually spinach shakes, salads, and cooked veggies or raw cuces.
Oooh I need to get more cucumbers. Sometimes I go through phases where I warm up cukes and then dip them in a laughing cow cheese wedge. Random but good!
I try to get in greens at lunch and dinner – I’m a sweet breakfast kind of person, so they only sneak in there if I throw a handful of spinach in with a smoothie.
I gotchya! Twice a day certainly isn’t bad!
Pheww nice job getting in those greens girl! I could do that if I had a green smoothie in the morning… or maybe an omelet with spinach mixed in there? Hmm now I am in the mood for an omelet lol, that might happen tomorrow!
Haha those are the two ways I get in greens in the morning – eggs or smoothies!!
Kirk and I were just talking about needed to refocus on greens – your eats have it covered! Awesome!
Greens are a good and easy thing to refocus on!
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I try my best to include some kind of green or veggie in every meal of mine too. It just makes me feel better (and like I’m actually getting enough vitamins/minerals in my diet
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Yes! I totally know what you mean – I try and switch it up though I always tend to fall back on broccoli, spinach, and kale – not a bad thing, I suppose!
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