I am one of those weird people that LOVE to go grocery shopping. On Saturdays I can spend an hour or so wandering up and down store aisles looking at new products and at nutrition labels. Not everyone loves to go grocery shopping, so to make it a little easier I provide a list of the clean-eating-approved foods that I buy each week.
This week I went on a HUGE grocery shopping trip. In order to save space in the photo I only included one of certain items rather than each individual thing. For example, I bought 5 large apples, but only put one in the picture. We were not low on food by any means but I wanted plenty of fruits and vegetables to eat this week, plus I wanted to prepare extra protein.
Donny & I are going to a wedding this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. We will be back early afternoon on Sunday, but I didn’t want to have to worry about preparing too much food for the next week. I decided to buy extra chicken and pork to cook and then freeze for meal prep next week. I know, I know I am quite the planner. Sometimes that is what needs to happen if you want to come back from a weekend full of indulges and get right back on track. We are going to cheese heaven for goodness sake. I am going to need to eat clean once I get back!
Donny & I bought pork tenderloin at Restaurant Depot and Donny picked up some almond milk at Safeway late last week. Other than that, here is what I bought at Safeway.
Grocery Shopping:
- Boneless, skinless chicken thighs, Jennie O Lean Ground Turkey, frozen cod fillets
- 2% Greek yogurt , 1% cottage cheese, 5 dozen eggs (not pictured)
- Strawberries, bananas, blueberries, raspberries, lemons and limes, avocado, apples
- Brussels sprouts, zucchini, broccoli, green beans, cherry tomatoes (red & yellow)and 50/50 mix of greens
- Alvarado Sprouted Flax Seed bread
- Half & Half
- Vanilla extract, dried minced onion, cinnamon, Mrs Dash Salt Free Seasonings (Onion & Herb and also Southwest Chipotle)
Meal Prep:
I mentioned this earlier, but we have a wedding to go to in Madison, WI next weekend so I bought a lot of extra meat to cook. Donny & I both portioned out this week’s meals, then had enough to portion out next week’s proteins (chicken and pork) and STILL had some left to eat for dinner this week! I portioned next week’s meat out into individual Ziploc bags in 3oz portions (measured after cooking) and put those in the freezer. Next Sunday I will pull mine out and put them straight into my meal prep containers. Easy peasy! We don’t get back too terribly late on Sunday (it is a super quick trip), but it will be nice to not have to worry about so much prep work.
Donny grilled almost everything for me. It has been nice having him meal prep along with me! I buy more of a variety of vegetables if I know we are cooking for both of us.
Donny grilled the chicken thighs, pork tenderloin and cod (wrapped in foil packets). The cod was seasoned with Mrs. Dash Salt-Free Seasoning Onion & Herb Blend. Delicious!
He also grilled most of the vegetables, including Brussels sprouts, green beans, broccoli, zucchini, carrots and bell peppers.
I sautéed the other half of the gigantic bag of kale that I bought last week. I cooked it over medium heat with a little extra virgin olive oil, plus a sprinkle of salt.
For my mid-morning snack I made yogurt parfaits. I’ve been trying to mix things up a little for my mid-morning meal, but it has been a few weeks since I had this. It is definitely one of my favorites! I mixed 2% Greek yogurt with some vanilla protein powder, then topped that with strawberries and blueberries. I portioned out 1 Tbsp of pepitas and 1 Tbsp hemp hearts into individual baggies to sprinkle on top before eating. Yogurt parfaits will hit the spot this week!
I pulled two bags of frozen sweet corn out of the freezer and added some to a few of my meal containers as well. It is not store bought. We actually cut sweet corn off the cob once per year and freeze it to use year-round. We needed to use last year’s corn in order to make room for this year’s!
That was everything in terms of meal prep. We kept it pretty simple, but the best part is that we have some food ready for next week!
What did you prepare this weekend in terms of food?
