Today lets talk about holistic nutrition and meal prep. I have been working on observing and understanding the ebbs and flow of each season and how to stay grounded in nutrition as our season and environment shifts. Sometime it can feel extremely overwhelming and exhausting to figure out healthy holistic and nutritious food choices for yourself and your household but with inspiration all things become more possible.
I’ve decided that I want to share monthly inspiration for healthy nutrition via the blog in order to give us all a chance to think about easy ways to practice nutrition without feeling overwhelm or overworked. Let’s make it easy and then we’ll be more likely to make it consistent.
This month I have been investing in seasonal eating for produce, which can be such a great benefit for our physical health and mental health too. Something foods that can be great for fall and winter season is going to be sweet potato, onion, carrots, apples, oranges, pears, dates, greens, cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, garlic, clementine’s, squash and persimmons.
Granola, It’s What’s For Breakfast
This month I felt like granola cereal would be a perfect quick, healthy and hearty breakfast. I also love homemade granola cereal because you can add all the good spices and I tend to go heavy on the ginger and cinnamon. I also love oats for their health factor of keeping your body nourished and sustained for longer periods of time when you have a busier on the go lifestyle starting your day with oats can be such a great power move. If you want to be even more of breakfast champion consider adding fresh strawberries or chopped banana to your granola cereal for a delicious breakfast or you can also take the granola and add it to a cashew or almond milk yogurt with fresh fruit to mix up the breakfast routine or to make a good mid day snack.
Granola Cereal Recipe:
4 C. Old Fashioned Oats
1 C. Golden Raisins
1 C. Walnuts
1 C. Crushed Almonds, Cashews, or Walnuts
2-3 Tsp. Cinnamon
2-3 Tsp. Ground Ginger
1 Tsp. Nutmeg
2 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
1/2 C. Coconut Oil or Olive Oil
1/2 C. Honey
Directions: Pour all dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Mix all dry ingredients. Combine all wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Apply non-stick oil to a baking tray. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes based on the brown texture you prefer. Allow the Granola to set for one hour before serving. It has amazing flavor and tastes great with fresh sliced strawberries or bananas with almond milk. My favorite cereal!
Green Protein Smoothie
Next, I love keeping a batch smoothie blend ready to go in the fridge to drink whenever the mood strikes or after my workouts to make sure I’m getting enough protein. I believe in green smoothies because they are amazing and packed with good for you nutrition. In the smoothie recipe below, I’m using the same mixed greens that I enjoy year around but I do love adding lemon for healthy digestion and increasing the flavor quality of the smoothie. I like to add vanilla protein to my green smoothie just to make the benefits more multi-use and multi-purpose and so far it’s been my easiest green smoothie and very satisfying to drink daily.
Green Protein Smoothie Recipe:
2 Cups Water
2 -4 scoops Vanilla Protein
2 Cups Mixed Greens
1/4 Ripe Avocado
1 Lemon Fresh Squeezed Juice
2 Servings Sea moss Gel
Directions: Add all ingredients. Blend ingredients in a high speed blender for a few minutes until the smoothie is consistent in texture. You can make a few batches of this smoothie and store in air tight glass containers. The smoothie mixture will expire in 5-7 days.
Warm Chicken Curry All The Time
Finally, my favorite recipe for the colder month’s is going to be golden chicken or tofu curry because it’s so hearty and like a stew but the flavor is amazing and makes you feel like you’re cuddled up in front of a fire place with a warm blanket even though your just eating a really good bowl of curry over jasmine rice but for all things we must find gratitude and enjoy life’s simplest pleasures. I also really love this curry recipe because it’s made in a crock-pot so you don’t have to do much but “set it and forget it”. I’m a big fan of crock-pot meals especially when you want to have a easy meal prep session.
Golden Curry Recipe:
Ingredients:
1 Pound of Chicken or Tofu (optional)
2 Sweet Potatoes (chopped)
1 Large Yellow Onion
2 Tbsp. Garlic
2 Carrots (chopped)
1 Can Coconut Cream
1 tsp. Red Chili Flakes
4 Tsp. Soy Aminos
1 Tsp. Sea Salt
32 oz. Vegetable Broth
4 Tbsp. Curry Powder (Yellow)
2 Tbsp. red Curry Paste
1/8 Tsp. Black Pepper
Directions:
Add all ingredients to a crock pot with exception of coconut milk. Allow for soup mixture to slow cook for 6-8 hours on “low” setting or 3-4 hours on “high” setting. Add coconut cream, sea salt and pepper to taste. This recipe is great to enjoy as a soup or served over brown rice.
I hope you enjoyed all of the recipes for this month’s Holistic Nutrition Meal prep. I’m so looking forward to coming back next month with a new 3-part meal prep where we can put the blender, oven, and crock-pot to use. Let’s save tome and also get our best health and nutrition, and we’ll keep it simple and easy!
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