Salads + Plain Chicken = Healthy Eating MYTH!

Here's a question I get asked a lot when people find out that I have changed my eating habits to non processed food. "Don't you get tired of eating salads?" Or I hear "I just couldn't eat lettuce and plain grilled chicken breast all the time".

Well, here's some news folks: I eat more than salads! Yummy, colorful, flavorful, and delicious meals and snacks that are nutritious too! Yes, I do eat some salads, but they are delicious, full of veggies, fruit (fresh or dried), seeds, nuts, olive oil/vinegar based dressings, with or without meat and cheese! (The key to keep salads healthy is the dressing you use - and sugar free and/or fat free isn't the answer!)


Here's just some of the yummy foods we eat as a family:

*whole wheat pitas with hummus or Dijon mustard, oven roasted turkey slices, raw or cooked veggies with a side salad or veggies with a couple scoops of hummus dip on the side

*whole grain flatbread or sandwich thins (as seen above) pizza made with ground turkey tomato based sauce, cheese, topped with peppers, mushrooms, onions

*Spaghetti Zoodles (made with julienne peeled zucchini and squash, and then sauteing them in olive oil and garlic) with ground turkey sauce with chopped kale and diced tomatoes

*Roasted chicken breasts coated in olive oil and garlic with lemon pepper seasoning (or any other type or salt-free seasoning) with roasted veggies on the side. (sometimes I use green and red bell peppers, onion, mushrooms. And sometimes I use carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, mushrooms)

*Baked chicken breast with Italian seasoning, roasted sweet potato slices, with steamed green beans or asparagus (or another green) on the side

*Veggie burgers on whole grain flatbread with salsa and mashed avocado on top and kale chips on the side

*Veggies burgers cut up in a mixed dark green salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, blueberries, apples, and strawberries (optional to add some feta cheese)

*Soups and chili - too many recipes to share them all, but we especially love turkey chili with homemade seasoning and chopped up bell peppers, onions, zucchini, and squash

*Turkey Meatloaf muffins (lots of hidden veggies in this one!) with roasted or sauteed veggies on the side

*Chicken fajitas with red and green bell peppers, onions, mushrooms on whole wheat tortillas or in a bowl of brown rice topped with black beans and greek yogurt (a GREAT alternative to sour cream)

*Shakeology- The healthiest meal of the whole day. Blended up with 1/2 banana, almond milk, and a scoop of pb2

*Oatmeal with almond butter and fresh blueberries (this is a personal FAVORITE!)

*Overnight yogurt and oat parfaits with berries

*Egg sandwiches on Ezekiel bread with turkey bacon, topped with mashed avocado and served with sauteed peppers and onions with garlic on the side

*Scrambled eggs with zucchini, onion, peppers, topped with salsa and plain greek yogurt (optional to put this in a whole wheat tortilla as a breakfast burrito



And this is just a sampling of some of the things we eat. Not boring, right? Pretty flavorful too! Please comment below with any questions or recipe requests and be sure to REPIN on Pinterest to help your friends get ideas of clean, healthy eating that is more than just salads and plain ol' chicken breast!

Thanks,

-Ashley