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Ok, I'm back from my son's karate class so we will continue. I am going to post some recipies and tricks I use that make eating on the go easy. Right off, there are two things I never run out of, the first is eggs. Eggs are a great source of protein and nutrients and even better is the fact you can take them anywhere. I always have hard boiled eggs on hand, if I am in a rush and didn't have time to prepare a meal I can grab a few and I'm good to go. Cooking them can be a pain so you need one of these things in the picture below, you fill the bottom with water, place in the eggs and nuke for about 9 min, done. I use jumbo eggs that way you only need 4 to get the same values as about 5-6 regular ones.
The next food I use more as a tool. The easiest way to eat on the fly or at work is to make sandwiches, the only problem is bread, even healthy bread is high in cals and carbs so it is hard to stay within your daily allowances if you eat sandwiches. I use the bread below to hold and make my food portable. If you look at the nutritional value it is very low carb, high protein and a excellent source of efa's and dietary fibre.
I always have cooked chicken breast and turkey breast on hand. I buy Perdue perfect portions, they are roughly 4.5-5 oz and come 5 to a package. I spice, bake and freeze them.
I always keep quick veggies on hand, I usually cook a blend of veggies like you would use in a stir fry and freeze them, you can also buy these frozen.
I'm running late for work but I DON"T MISS MEALS, now what? I grab 4 of my hard boiled eggs, one of my Joseph's pita breads, shell the eggs, toss 3 yokes and dump the rest in my bread as I fly pass the fridge I grab a bottle of water and a banana and I'm off.
I am starving and just got a phone call and have to go to meet a customer at my shop, I DON"T MISS MEALS, now what? Piece of cake, I open my freezer grab a chicken breast and a cup of my stir fry veggies and nuke them for 3 min, grab them dump em in one of my Joseph's pita bread and I'm off with a perfectly healthy, well balanced protein packed meal that I can stuff in my face while I drive.
I use that bread always, the low cal low carbs allow me to use it to make meals on the go without breaking my caloric budget. It bails me out often.
I've talked before about how I love my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, WHAT, sugar and fat on a fat loss diet. Well here ya go
1 Joseph's pita, 2 tbs natural peanut butter, 1 tbs Smuckers sugar free blackberry jam, roll it up and you've got a healthy nutritious mini meal.
Once you know the basics and know portion sizes you can eat healthy easily and fast with minimal effort.
I've got tons of ideas I use like this so I don't miss meals and don't make bad choices because I DON"T HAVE TIME. I have so many little things I do to make eating easy and daily I will post a couple here and there.
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