Mexican-inspired spinach salad

 

Time for fresh salads. Here's an idea for a great summer salad.

Ingredients:

-Baby spinach

-Grape tomatoes

-Feta

-Canned artichokes

-Canned black beans

-Green salsa

-Pepperoncini

No bake oatmeal protein bars

Ingredients  

-2 cups instant oatmeal 

-4 scoops of chocolate protein powder (I use Whey Factors) 

-1/4 cup dried fruit of choice 

-1/2 c water 

-1/2 c almond butter or natural peanut butter

Instructions  

-Line 8x8 (or smaller) pan with wax paper. 
-Mix dry ingredients together. Add fruit & water. Mix. Then add almond butter and mix. 
-Using wax paper, spread dough into pan and freeze for 30 minutes. Remove & cut into 10+ squares. Refrigerate left-overs.

Faux oatmeal

Oatmeal minus the oats, makes a high-protein breakfast.

Ingredients:
-2 eggs
-1/2 c non-fat milk
-1/2 tsp vanilla extract
-1 banana, mashed
-1 tsp cinnamon
-2 tbsp ground flaxseed
-1/4 c chopped pecans
-1/4 c blueberries

1. Whisk together eggs, milk & vanilla.
2. Add remainder of ingredients. Mix until well blended.
3. Add to saucepan and warm the mixture, stirring until desired consistency. It should only take a few minutes.
4. Top with berries, nut butter, seeds, etc.

Turkey meatloaf & mashed cauliflower

From Clean Food Co.

Meatloaf nutritional info:
Calories: 215
Fat: 3 g
Carbs: 8
Protein: 35

Everything spinach salad

Let's face it, most of don't eat enough veggies. You can pre-make salads for the week, just don't put any dressing on them and they will last a few days in the frig. Try various types of lettuce, like spinach and arugula, to get more nutritional bang for your buck. And then load it up with a colorful array of vegetables. Here's an idea for one:

Ingredients:

-Organic spinach

-Organic grape tomatoes

-Reduced-sodium canned black beans

-Canned quartered artichokes

-No-salt-added canned corn

-Feta cheese

-Salsa verde

-Pepperoncini pepper