I thought it would be fun to share my meal planning efforts for the week so you could get a feel for what we’re eating.  As you can imagine, it’s all healthy and focused on clean eating — whole foods, all natural, locally grown for the most part, and no refined sugar.

This week, I did the bulk of my meal planning on Saturday morning, went to the health food store and farmers’ market  in the afternoon, and then began my prep efforts on Sunday morning.

Before I’d even left for my Buddhist center, and in the midst of having construction going on in my house, I managed to whip up some delicious sweet potato bisque soup.  I like it because it’s an easy recipe I found years ago in a magazine but it’s chock full of fresh veggies — parsnips, Swiss Chard and cabbage, in addition to the sweet potatoes. It’s dense and filling but no with no dairy. Yum!

I also made fresh tuna burgers. I bought tuna steaks at the grocery store and ground them up in the food processor, adding a series of delicious ingredients.  The inspiration for this recipe came from Tosca Reno’s The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook.  We cooked them up on the George Foreman grill so it took only about 5 minutes total. And we had them for dinner both Sunday and last night.

Tonight we’re having brown rice pasta in another simple dish I found in the Eat-Clean cookbook. Tomorrow I’m making quinoa southwestern stew, one of my favorites because it’s so easy and it’s delicious.  In fact, since I have a little extra time, I may even whip it up tonight as I’m doing some other things.  We’ll round out the week with turkey burgers and sauteed kale with raisins and pine nuts.

All of the dishes I’ve planned and am preparing this week are simple and relatively quick. And with our notion of cooking once to eat at least twice, it’s not so hard. In fact, I feel so much better with a solid meal plan — a road map for the week that ensures we’re eating as healthfully as possible.

What yummy dishes are you whipping this week? How does finding your meal planning mojo help you to consistently eat clean and healthy meals? Do tell!

Filed under: Clean Eating, Healthy Meals, Meal Planning.