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A Macro-Friendly Summer: 3 Easy Recipes & Nutrition Tips For Summer Break
Summer is here and this year it’s in full swing! But that doesn’t mean that you have to throw everything out the window when it comes to your health and nutrition goals. Something we preach to our clients is the value of taking a flexible approach so that you can enjoy all of these things while still working towards the goals that you have. Today’s post shares some of our best tips for navigating your nutrition in social settings and also shares some of our favorite macro-friendly summer time recipes.
MACRO-FRIENDLY RECIPE: VEGETARIAN STUFFED SHELLS
We’re sharing this yummy stuffed shell recipe that’s high in protein, lower in calories, and uses one of our favorite plant-based meat alternatives.
Spicy Cajun Jambalaya: A Macro-Friendly Dinner Recipe
Need a little spice in your life and an easy meal to add to your meal prep for next week? Look no further! This low-calorie cajun jambalaya recipe has you covered. With a generous portion size and easy to fit macros, you’ll want to eat it all week long!
High Protein Buffalo Chicken Bake: A Macro-Friendly Dinner Recipe
This recipe is one of our most popular, so we’re sharing it again in case you missed it the first time around. Whether you’re tracking macros or not, this recipe is a crowd-pleaser for it’s awesome flavor and generous portion size. It’s easy to throw together and is a healthy meal for the whole family.
Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup: A High-Protein, Low-Calorie Dinner
Even though you may be on your way to tackling your goals and your New Year’s resolutions of improving your eating habits, that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice flavor - and it certainly doesn’t mean that you have to give up hearty meals altogether. This recipe is one of our favorites! It’s an easy dump-into-the-crockpot, set it and forget it kind of meals, and it’s perfect for colder weather. We hope you enjoy it!
Creating Habits That Stick: A Plan to Reach Your Nutrition Goals This Year
Setting big goals for the New Year can feel a little bit daunting - the renewed energy of heading into a fresh year only lasts so long and oftentimes we ditch those big goals a few months into the year. It doesn’t mean that you don’t want the goals you set out to accomplish; rather, it probably means that your approach is setting you up to fail from the start. In today’s post, we’re sharing ideas for approaching your goals differently this year to ensure success and get you where you want to go this New Year.
Healthy Oat Muffins: A Macro-Friendly Breakfast pr Snack
Instead of a casserole bake, you can use the same Baked Oatmeal recipe to make baked oatmeal muffins instead. The muffins are convenient because they’re already portioned for you and make for an easy grab and go meal or snack for the whole family.
Baked Oatmeal: A High-Protein Breakfast Recipe
This baked oatmeal is such a hearty and delicious way to start the day, especially with the crisp and cool mornings that are ahead. Unlike regular oatmeal, which has a porridge-like consistency, baked oatmeal is more like that of bread-pudding. It’s really easy to customize and it’s a great make-ahead recipe to add to your weekly rotation.
Crispy Air Fryer Quesadilla: A 5 Minute Macro-Friendly Recipe
Although the air fryer is great for popping in ready-made frozen foods, like french fries, chicken fingers and veggies, it can also be great for creating that crispy texture found in many favorite Mexican dishes. This week’s post is a fun recipe for a low-calorie ten minute quesadilla. The best part is that most of the ingredients are from the prep in our free Everyday Macros cookbook.
How to Track Your Macros: Tips & Tricks
Today’s post is the second in a two-part series all about tracking your macros. If you missed the first post, go back and read it here - we talked about what macros are and why you track them. In today’s post we’re going a little bit deeper into how you track your macros and how to know if hiring a coach is right for you.
How to Track Your Macros: A Beginner's Guide (Part 1)
You’ve probably heard the word “macros” or know someone who has “tracked” them when working towards a fat loss or performance goal. The idea of tracking macros is not new in the health and fitness industry, but if it’s new to you, it may seem confusing. We use the term Flexible Nutrition to describe the process of tracking macros, which is the approach we use with our clients who are working towards fat loss, performance, and overall health goals.
Macro-Friendly Summer Smoothie Bowl Recipes
Are smoothie bowls good for you? They seem “healthy”, but are they a good food to add to your day or a fake-healthy fad? It depends! This week, we’re sharing some refreshing smoothie bowl recipes, and, more importantly, explaining why smoothie bowls are neither good nor bad, and may be helpful in supporting you and your goals.
Quick and Healthy 5-Minute Family Dinner Recipes
Maybe you’re used to eating meals out and have been figuring out how to cook more at home. Or maybe your routine meal prep menu has had to be adjusted based on what’s available at the grocery store. With stay-at-home mandates in effect, you may be frequenting the store less and trying to stock up on more shelf stable foods.
Streamlined Meal Prep: Save Time and Make Nutrition Easy
Preparing food for the week doesn’t have to be painful or take up your whole weekend in order to qualify as “meal prep”. Read on for some helpful tips for making the most of your time in the kitchen as a way to streamline your meal prep.
7 Easy High-Protein Overnight Oats Meal Prep Recipes
Overnight oats are one of our favorite breakfasts for busy mornings and can also be an easy afternoon snack when you’re on the go or even a yummy dessert at the end of the day. Check out these recipes (one for every day of the week!) and prep your breakfast (or snacks) for the whole week in about 15 minutes!
6 Quick and Easy Post-Workout Recipes
If you’re looking to optimize performance and recovery, it is beneficial to plan your meals around your training sessions. Whether your preferred activity is weightlifting, running, or yoga, your body will perform better and recover faster if you fuel it properly.
Meal Prep Tips and Recipes from Our Nutrition Coaches
Just as there is no one size fits all approach when it comes to nutrition, there’s also no one size fits all approach to meal prep. Everyone has different macro targets and every individual can choose how much time is spent in the kitchen in order to hit these targets. However you choose to prep your food should suit your lifestyle and be sustainable for long-term success.
To give you a bit more insight into what meal prep while tracking your macros can look like, we are showing you what a week of meal prep looks like for each of us. While we all follow the same concept of flexible nutrition, our approaches are very different and are dependent on our personal lifestyles.
Navigating Thanksgiving: Enjoy Your Meal While Tracking Macros
When you’re tracking your macros and you have goals that you’re chasing down, eating in social settings can be hard. Here are some tips for how to stick to your nutrition goals and strive for a mindful, balanced meal - whether you are tracking your macros or not.