Clean Eating Weight Loss Meal Plan 58

Welcome back to Clean Eating & Weight Loss Meal Plan!

Before the meal plan, please enjoy the AWESOME fitness motivation video below. It brought me to near tears.

 
Breakfast

Scrambled Eggs with Avocado Slices and Feta Cheese

Mid Morning Snack

Equal Exchange Organic Chocolate Caramel Crunch with Sea Salt (from this place)

Voted one of the best organic snacks from RodalNews.com, this fair-trade, organic chocolate bar tasted like heaven! The brand offers different flavors, but I loved the combination of bitter chocolate, sweet caramel and salty sea salt. This was an awesome clean eating snack, and I highly recommend it.

Find the bar here.

Lunch

Cheesy Broccoli Chicken Broil (recipe here)

Who doesn't like chicken and broccoli? Add melt cheese and a scrumptious clean eating lunch is served!

This dish tasted wholesome and amazing. It was easy to do, and took little time. I think you'll enjoy both its simplicity and flavor.

Find recipe at Clean Eating Lunch - Broccoli and Chicken.

Afternoon Snack

Chocolate Melt Over Banana (get recipe here)

What a fantastic snack this was! Love chocolate and banana together.

This is a must try! Get recipe at Clean Eating Snack.

Dinner

Garlic Spinach Chicken (find recipe here)

This clean eating dinner was a fantastic combo: iron-rich spinach and protein-filled chicken sauteed in garlic and extra virgin olive oil. This was honestly one of my favorite clean eating recipes. I hope you try it.

Find recipe at Clean Eating Dinner - Garlic Spinach Chicken.

I certainly enjoyed today's meal plan.

Everything was scrumptious.

I hope you enjoy it too, or at least have picked up good ideas.

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Crispy Pork Carnitas – These “Little Meats” are Special Treats

There’s nothing like carnitas. Cubes of fragrantly spiced pork are slowly cooked in lard until they’re crispy on the outside, while at the same time remaining soft and succulent inside. Bust some up on a warm tortilla, drizzle with braising liquid, top with a little salsa, onion, and cilantro, and you’re probably enjoying the world’s best taco.

I said probably, since these things can be debated forever, and who has that kind of time when there are carnitas to make? This is a very simple recipe to adapt to the home kitchen, and as long as you cook the pork until it’s fork tender before crisping, you’re almost guaranteed a gorgeous pile of memorable meat.

I show how to do a whole pan at once under the broiler, but you can just as easily crisp up small batches in a frying pan set on medium-high heat. Just spoon in some reserved fat, and cook until crisp. Either way, this is a very important step, and not to be skipped.

There are hundreds of different spice combinations you can use here, and I often switch things up. I always include the salt, pepper, orange, garlic, and cinnamon, but then see where my mood takes me. Having said that, this is a pretty typical ingredient list, except for maybe the Chinese 5-Spice.

Mine contained cinnamon, fennel seed, clove, ginger, and star anise; so if you can’t find any, just add a pinch of each of those things instead. It seemed to add a little extra sweetness to the meat, and I may even use more next time. Besides that, oregano and/or thyme are nice additions, as are various chili powders.

If you’ve never tried to make carnitas at home, I really hope this inspires you to try. If you’ve never had carnitas at all, I need you to call in sick tomorrow, and make this recipe immediately. It’s that good. And don’t forget the fire-roasted salsa. Enjoy!

Ingredients for 6 servings Carnitas:

3 pounds boneless pork butt (shoulder), rind removed, cut into 2-inch cubes

1 tbsp kosher salt (this needs to be salted generously!)

1 tsp fresh ground black pepper

3/4 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ground cumin

1/2 tsp Chinese 5-spice

1 orange, peel and juice

8 cloves peeled whole garlic

2 bay leaves, torn in half

1/4 cup olive oil

- Roast at 275 F. for about 3 1/2 hours or until fork tender

Clean Eating Weight Loss Meal Plan 57

Breakfast

Cheesy Scrambled Eggs Over Whole Wheat Toast

You can use any brand or type of cheese you want, but I chose Organic Valley Colby Jack Cheese because it's organic pasteurized cheese, and isn't potently sharp. I chopped a stick into cubes, and lightly whisked them into the eggs. I also used Organic Valley Salted Butter for scrambling.

This was a wholesome, scrumptious breakfast that's full of protein and energy.

I hope you try it!

  Mid Morning Snack

Grapes

They are so refreshing!

Lunch

Turkey and Craisin Salad

This was a simple salad: organic oven-roasted turkey, craisins, green onion, sea salt and pepper, and mayo with olive oil.

Mix everything together, and enjoy!

Afternoon Snack

Pure Organic Bar, in Coconut Banana Flavor

This bar was awesome! It was sweet, flavorful and completely satisfying. If you need a quick clean eating snack, Pure Organic Bar is a fantastic choice.

Dinner

Organic Ground Pork and Cabbage Stir Fry (Recipe Here)

This clean eating dinner was simple and savory. It's a traditional Chinese dish that you can enjoy with rice. I ate it with organic brown rice, which is also great for clean eating.

You can find the recipe at Clean Eating Dinner. It was very good, and I hope you try it.

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Fire-Roasted Cherry Tomato Salsa – Tastily Teasing Forward

Sorry to spoil the surprise, but I just had to give away the fact that this delicious fire-roasted cherry tomato salsa was created to go alongside some pork carnitas we’ll be posting next. They made such an incredible pairing, I was tempted to post it all together, but then I remembered it was Friday, and there was a baseball game coming on.

Speaking of which, whether you end up making the carnitas or not, this gorgeous salsa would shine on any big-game snack table. The fire-roasting brings out a tremendous amount of flavor, and provides just the right touch of smoky goodness. I’m sure your friends are more than happy with the jarred stuff, but once in a while it’s nice to see if they’re paying attention.

You’ll want the flame of your broiler (or electric heating element) about 3-4 inches above the food, which may or may not be how far away your top rack is. If it’s too close, just use the next rack down, and use a pan like I did in the video to get it to the correct height.

By the way, I know eating “burned” foods mean ingesting carcinogenic materials, but I don’t care. This is no different than eating grill marks on a steak, or the crispy blackened ends on a brisket, and I’m not about to stop eating those things, so why would a few spoons of this scare me?

Anyway, stay tuned for the pork carnitas video, and in the meantime, I hope you give this fire-roasted cherry tomato salsa a try soon. Enjoy!

Ingredient for about 2 cups of salsa:
2 tsp olive oil

1 generous pint cherry tomatoes (Sweet 100’s if you can find them)

1 yellow onion, roughly chopped

8 whole cloves garlic, unpeeled

3 jalapenos, sliced
juice of a lime, or to taste

salt and pepper to taste

cayenne to taste

pinch dried oregano

1/4 tsp dried cumin

packed 1/3 cup fresh cilantro leaves

Clean Eating Weight Loss Meal Plan 56

Breakfast

Cracked Wheat with Banana Slices and Real Maple Syrup

Cracked wheat is one of the healthiest grains that aid in both weight loss and overall health. It's bulk food that filled you up with many nutrients. It's perfect for a healthy breakfast.

Today's clean eating breakfast was simple to make: just cooked cracked wheat with real maple syrup and banana slices. Nothing to it, except it was delicious and nutritious.

If you are looking for a good organic cracked wheat, Great River Organic Milling Cracked Wheat (below) is an excellent choice.

 

Also, if you want a good real maple syrup, the one by Coombs Family is nice. It's also an Amazon Bestseller.

Mid Morning Snack

Trader Joe's Just Mango Slices

These are addictive! There's no additives in these at all--unsulfured and unsweetened. They taste like real mangoes, because that's what they really are.

I think you will like them.

Find them here.

Lunch

Tuna Salad Over Spring Mix

The tuna salad was made with mayo with olive oil and a pinch of sea salt. I laid it over a bed of greens, and drizzled balsamic vinaigrette on it. It turned out well, and I highly recommend you try it.

 Afternoon Snack

Annie's Homegrown Organic Fruit Snacks

They're not just for kids. Really yummy and healthy snacks. Trust me.

Dinner

Organic Italian Chicken Sausage Over Whole Wheat Pasta, and a Side Salad

These Italian chicken sausages were flavorful and scrumptious. The organic pasta sauce was a good choice too. It was a simple dinner, but clean still.

For pasta sauce, I used Simply Organic Tomato and Basil Marinara. I like that it contains simple ingredients and is certified organic.

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Have a good night.