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-any fruit / fruit salad
right now i've been buying local peaches and sprinkling cinnamon on them.

-greek yogurt ( I eat about 2 tubs of this **** in about 3 days) comes in lots of delicious flavours, I usually just get low fat/sugar vanilla though, and mix it with granola and fruit.

-smoothies! especially for hot summer days / lazy morning. just throw fresh or frozen fruit in a blender. I usually use 4 field berry mix and spinach ( sounds weird, but you dont even taste it) with milk/ soy and yogurt, voila.

I love fruit and yogurt in case you didn't notice, haha.

Any nuts are good. I usually make trail mixes, almonds, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, pistachios! , sunflower seeds

String cheese is great too as a side with nuts.

As far as meals I like making sandwiches for lunch with meat cheese and honey mustard, or I make my own version of an egg mcmuffin with turkey bacon and a healthier cheese and bread.

Wraps, stir frys, meatballs, sausage on a bun, chicken/turkey burgers, turkey tacos.

There are so many options ! You can eat so many of the same things, just substitute the ingredients, like extra lean ground beef in tacos instead of regular full fat beef, low fat sour cream, etc. You learn how to make healthier substitutions into things you already love

greek yogurt with honey
rabbit bags (hunks of veggies to crunch in a baggie)
fiber one chocolate cereal and almond milk
apple with nut butter and load of cinnamon
peanut butter 1 tbs mixed with 1 tbs flax meal and rolled into ball - roll in cayenne and cocoa powder -
pork rinds and tostitos spinach dip
small bites of fruit (blueberries, strawberry etc - big fruits cut small) in bowl, add some flax meal and a few nuts, top with milk
coffee with vanilla protein powder added - power coffee?
popcorn - 1/3 cup kernels in paper lunch bag, roll top down, microwave
lara bars in a pinch
small bit of any leftovers
banana cut up with spray cream and walnuts sprinkled over (think sundae) - sprinkle of cocoa powder

Monitor your macros the rest is easy. 0.8 per lb of your weight in protein,0.35% of your wright in healthy fats the rest are carbs. Hit these two macros and yhe wright will come off I promise.

Introduce yourself to more ethnic foods. Tonight I learned about something called Khmer-style curry, which is probably going to result in my making a lot of Cambodian food after this nappa cabbage is gone lol.

My recommendation is: the spices and condiments that go around the food. Basic foods, fish, chicken, veggies, are transformed into different foods when you surround them with these flavors. They can become a thai curry or a senegalese peanut stew or a tortilla soup. Soy sauce, sesame oil, fish sauce, lime, tamnarind, salsas, peanut butter, light coconut milk, saffron, cumin, tomato paste, garlic cloves. My kitchen is bulging a bit with this stuff, but it's tremendous fun and introduces a lot of healthy foods as well.

just got groceries today:

store-
plain yogurt
mushrooms x2 pkgs
lettuce x2 pkgs
green bell pepper
bananas-lots of them
lb strawberries
blueberries x2 pkgs
roma tomato x2
can of black olives
kale
spinach

farmers market-
raspberries
green onion
tomatoes
cauliflower
carrots
free range chicken eggs (dz)
purple pepper-first time I've ever seen one of these
2 ears sweet corn
kale
spinach
8 ounces locally made cheese


My menu plan for the next few days-
'fried' rice (already have rice)
green smoothies (I have one every day)
sauteed mushrooms (already have butter)
oatmeal with raisins (already have)
taco salads, with flax seed instead of ground beef (already have the flax seed)
salads
ears of corn with butter
cauliflower with cheese
sauteed veggies
beans (already have several kinds)
hb eggs with pinch of salt