So yet again I attempt a health kick but this time I thought documenting it would be a good way to keep me on track. To help, I put together a weekly meal planner, this also made the weekly food shop soo much easier.
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| Weekly Meal Plan |
I know that I need to drink a lot more water so I have been trying different infusions to encourage me to drink more. I'm really loving cucumber, mint and lemon, a great source of vitamin C and a really refreshing drink. I've also seen these great inspiration bottles so I did a little DIY to help keep me on track to drink at least 2 litres a day.
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| Lemon, Mint and Cucumber Infused Water |
For breakfast I'm very predictable. I love porridge with a diced apple and a good sprinkle of cinnamon. I have this pretty much everyday day however I sometimes treat myself on the weekends. To see my decadent porridge check out my apple crumble porridge, it's just delicious.
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| Cinnamon Apple Porridge with Almond Flakes |
Monday
Lunch: I am absolutely loving sweet potatoes at the moment, I can't even remember the last time I had white potatoes, I topped this jacket with Philadelphia Light with Chives.
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| Sweet Potato Jacket with Chive Philadelphia, Tomatoes and Cucumber |
Dinner: This was my first experience with making quinoa, it went well with garlic prawns and very filling.
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| Garlic Prawn Quinoa with Sweetcorn, Tomatoes and Avocado |
Tuesday
Lunch: I find work lunches can be quite difficult but this was a simple chickpea, spinach and avocado mixed salad topped with some pine nuts.
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| Chickpea Salad |
Dinner: Last week I made a batch of burgers and popped them in the freezer, these are perfect for saving some prep time on a weekday. I pulled out my George Foreman and made this delicious burger recipe. A homemade burger on a bed of sautéed garlic spinach and sweet potato mash topped with chive Philadelphia and onions.
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| Homemade Burger on a bed of sautéed garlic Spinach and Sweet Potato Mash, topped with Chive Philadelphia and Onions |
Wednesday
Lunch: Salads are great in the summer, Wednesday was a tuna, chickpea and spinach salad. For a sweet treat in the afternoon I've been loving dipping strawberries and grapes into Fage Total 0% fat free greek yoghurt.
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| Tuna Chickpea Salad with Fruit and Yoghurt |
Dinner: I picked up some salmon with pesto from Waitrose, it's even part of their 3 for £10 which is great. I paired the salmon with roasted asparagus, sugar snap peas and tomatoes.
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| Roasted Pesto Salmon, Asparagus, Sugar Snap Peas and Tomatoes |
Thursday
Lunch: For lunch I had the second piece of pesto salmon with two bags of the Birdseye vegetable sunshine mix and some asparagus.
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| Roasted Salmon with mixed Veg and Asparagus with Fruit and Yoghurt |
Dinner: Bolognese stuffed peppers with a sprinkle of parmesan, if your looking for a low carb diet then a great idea is to switch out your spaghetti for peppers.
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| Bolognese Stuffed Peppers |
Friday
Lunch: I had the remaining bolognese stuffed peppers and some extra tomatoes for lunch.
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| Stuffed Peppers and Tomatoes with Fruit and Yoghurt |
Dinner: Tut Tut. Friday evening was a bit of a fail. I went out with friends and gave in and had a chicken and pancetta pizza rather than a salad - I have no will power :-(
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| Chicken and Crispy Pancetta Pizza |
Saturday
Lunch: I was running low so I used up the remaining bits from my fridge to make this warm veg salad. In the afternoon I caught up with a friend in town for a coffee and tried the Lime refresher from Starbucks, this is definitely a new favourite.
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| Warm Veg Salad |
Dinner: Cottage Pie. I used my bolognese recipe and bulked it out with the Birdseye veg, these are great, really easy and no fuss. I then topped it with sweet potato mash and a sprinkle of parmesan.
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| Cottage Pie with Sweet Potato Mash topping |
Sunday
Breakfast: Like I said some weekends I break from the porridge mould and try something a little different. Pancakes are my thing but with this health kick I knew my typical recipes wouldn't cut it. I have heard lots about banana or protein pancakes so I thought i'd give them a try.
These Banana Oat Pancakes were delicious, just 1 banana, 2 eggs and 25g of oats. A perfect quick healthy breakfast topped with greek yoghurt, raspberries and a drizzle of maple syrup.
If you are not on a health kick then take a look at some of my not so healthy pancake recipes - Cinnamon Swirl or Bacon Pancake Strips.
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| Banana Oat Pancakes with Raspberries and Greek Yoghurt |
Lunch: After several cold salads for lunch this week it was great to have a warm dish. Garlic chicken with garlic sauteed spinach and roasted tomatoes and sugar snap peas.
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| Garlic Chicken with roasted Veg |
Snack: As a little snack I made these little apple slices sandwiched together with Meridian almond butter.
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| Apple Slices with Almond Butter |
Dinner: Finally the last meal of the week was the remaining cottage pie.
I am very impressed with my healthy week, only one bad meal. I hope you find some healthy meal ideas here.
My favourite was the burger from Tuesday's dinner and those banana oat pancakes from Sunday's breakfast.
The exercise regime starts next week, I am hoping it is going to go just as well as this weeks meal plan - fingers crossed. I love Jillian Michaels 6 week 6 pack video and there are some great routines from YouTubers like Lucy Wyndham-Read and Carly Rowena.
Let me know if you have any tips and tricks for getting fit this summer.
Mel xoxo
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