Meal Prep Sunday
This week we are trying some completely new meals. Just to mix it up a little.
Our lunch will be a really good looking Mango Coconut Chicken recipe from FoodFaithFitness.com (with a few adjustments), and dinner a meal of Chicken Quesadillas that we have made before, but not as a meal prep.
If your diet allows for grains (floor tortillas), and dairy, these quesadillas are amazing!
You can get the exact ingredients, and instructions from the Food Faith Fitness blog at the link below:
http://www.foodfaithfitness.com/slow-cooker-mango-chicken-sweet-potatoes/
Slow cooker mango coconut chicken – Lunch
Like I said above, this is something we found on the Food Faith Fitness blog. Then we added a bunch of sweet potatoes, and beets to give it some quality carbs.
INGREDIENTS
2 packs of Trader Joe’s precooked beets
1 bag of Trader Joe’s sweet potatoes (16 ounces)
2 tablespoons olive oil (just some Safeway EVOO)
1 cup orange juice
1/2 cup light coconut milk from Trader Joe’s
2 Tbsp fresh ginger minced
1 1/2 tsp habanero pepper minced
1 Tbsp garlic minced
1 Tbsp coconut aminos
1/2 tsp Sea salt
3 lb organic chicken breasts from Trader Joe’s
4 tsp curry powder
Pepper
4 tsp coconut flour
1 large mango cubed
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
- Dice sweet potatoes and beets. Add some olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast in oven for 50 mins at 400 degrees, or until soft/cooked.
- Mix OJ, coconut milk, ginger, garlic habanero pepper, coconut aminos, and salt in the slow cooker.
- Lay chicken breast in the slow cooker mixture.
- Sprinkle curry powder, and a little more salt on top of the chicken.
- Turn slow cooker on low for about 5-6 hours (or chicken is cooked).
- Remove chicken from slow cooker.
- Add coconut flour to remaining slow cooker mixture, and mix together.
- Add chicken back into the slow cooker for another hour, or until the sauce thickens.
- Remove, and shred chicken.
- Add sweet potatoes, beets, and chicken to glass wear. Then drizzle slow cooker mixture on top of chicken.
SERVING INSTRUCTIONS
Just heat and eat!
Nutrition Info Per Meal
This will provide 8 meals (Monday – Thursday)
Calories 348
Fat 7 grams
Carbs 29 grams
Protein 42 grams
The taste report:
The Mango Coconut Chicken has a great array of different tastes. With the creamy coconut sauce that is spread over the chicken, and the mango, your taste buds get a full range of flavors! It’s a very tasty dish that I look forward to eating all week!
Chicken Quesadillas – Dinner
This is a high calorie meal that includes wheat (gluten), and dairy. So, if those are not on your list of approved items, you’ll need to throw in a few substitutes.
But, this meal is freaking delicious!
INGREDIENTS
Red pepper
Yellow pepper
Orange pepper
Yellow onion
1 can black beans from Trader Joe’s
1 can pinto beans from Trader Joe’s
1 can of refried pinto beans from Trader Joe’s
0.61 lbs Trader Joe’s Mild Wisconsin cheddar cheese
Trader Joe’s sour cream
1 package of Trader Joe’s flour tortillas
Roasted Tomatillo salsa from Trader Joe’s
3 lb organic chicken breasts from Trader Joe’s
1 bag Trader Joe’s spinach
1 tsp cumin
Trader Joe’s Chili Lime seasoning
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
- Chop all the peppers and onion, then sauté them until cooked.
- Drain and rinse black beans, and pinto beans. Add them to pepper and onion mixture.
- Set aside in bowl.
- Add chicken to the same pan that you cooked the veggies. Add some cumin, salt, pepper, Trader Joe’s Chili Lime seasoning.
- Cook until chicken is done (which means very cooked).
- Shred chicken and store in glass wear.
SERVING INSTRUCTIONS
Heat a pan with some olive oil.
Add tortilla to pan.
Layer
– Graded cheddar cheese.
– Pepper mixture
– Chicken
– Spinach
On second tortilla
– Smear refried pinto beans.
– Add on top of other layered tortilla.
Once cheese is melted, flip and heat until second tortilla is a warm (and a little crispy).
Cut into quarters.
Serve with salsa and sour cream!
Nutrition Info Per Meal
This will provide 8 meals (Monday – Thursday)
Calories 855
Fat 29 grams
Carbs 79 grams
Protein 64 grams
The taste report:
Let’s just simply put this as FREAking AWESOME! From the crispness of the tortillas, to the texture of the beans, to the refreshing bite of the sour cream, this meal makes my taste buds dance! And it’s a whopping 855 calories, so if you need to eat big, this meal is for you!
If you want to limit the calories… consider using lower calorie tortillas, and lessening the amount of cheese and sour cream you add to the recipe.