March Group 24 Day Challenge

Here we go!  Beginning the first 24 Day Challenge of 2015!  Time to get my body cleansed up and back on track for Spring Break and Summer time!  
Eating a healthy diet is so much easier when you get your refrigerator stocked up with the healthy foods you will need... especially when doing something like the Challenge.

So... I've got my meal plans ready- my grocery lists made and my meal prep begun.

This is the link to the "book" of all of the above for my challenge this time!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vw5_1nua7wQMt_2jRTPrwQRUPgCIL99UlLXauFNTsag/edit?usp=sharing


All of the recipes that I choose are just recipes I know I enjoy and that I tweek in order to fit the challenge requirements...  Most of these recipes were from me, my friends, or pinterest.  

Recipes like: Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas, Roasted Chickens, smashed cauliflower... that tastes better than mashed potatoes... and even SKINNY ALFREDO!  Never thought I'd be able to have some of these things on a challenge but sure enough... you can do anything as long as it's in moderation!  

Hope you enjoy these recipes!  I had so many to choose from this time around... it was hard to decide which ones I would cut our.  And I'm always open to even more suggestions- so if you've got more delish, healthy options.. please share!


Another blog that gives great 24 Day Challenge Recipes for each day is:
http://jennycollier.com/category/menu-plans/

Her site has 100 Challenge Friendly Recipes!

Day 15: Burgers with Mixed Vegetables and Sweet Potato French Fries

This challenge is just flying by!  I have had to change my menu a little bit once again, my parents are going through their own little "challenges" not the 24-day kind but therefore, we have had a few different constrictions on the diet.

Menu:
Breakfast: Meal Replacement Shake
Snack 1: Apple
Lunch: 2 poached eggs with sliced tomatoes and turkey sausage
Snack 2: Carrots
Dinner: Burgers with Mixed Vegetables and Sweet Potato Fries

We made 6 burgers out of 1 1/2 lbs of ground beef.  Sprinkled a little sea salt and pepper along with some burger seasoning.  Once the burgers were on the grill and the Fries were in the oven, we sauteed some zucchini and onions.  I cooked some fried eggs to go on top of the burgers and served the burgers with fresh tomato slices, lettuce and whatever fixins anyone wanted!
Delish!

So messy to eat but so yummy!

Day 9: Turkey Burgers (Delux) with Sweet Potato Fries

Ok!  I know I've missed a couple days... between being busy and feeling guilty I just haven't been able to blog the last few days.  My menu has gotten a little bit off so I had to edit it... but that's ok, I left a few days open for wiggle room.

Day 6:  Leftover Night... Tuna with lightly cooked vegetables and brown rice


Day 7:  I cheated a bit... I went to an engagement party at Xanki... and well you can't go to Xanki and not eat.  The whole experience is about eating!  So I had chicken and veggies... but technically they were cooked in oil and with some soy sauce (not low sodium)  Woops!

However, since I cheated the day before I was suuuuper good on Day 8.
Day 8:
Breakfast: Meal Replacement Shake
Snack 1: Apple
Lunch:  Leftover from Day 5
Snack 2: Spinach Salad
Dinner: Winter Chicken Bake (One of the pre-made meals that was in the freezer... cooked in crockpot)

Today is Day 9
Menu:
Breakfast: 2 Over Medium Eggs with 1/2 of an Avocado
Snack 1: Fresh Fruit Salad
Lunch: Leftovers from Day 8
Snack 2: Carrots with home-made hummus
Dinner:  Turkey Burgers with Sweet Potato Fries

These burgers were one of my premade meals... I just froze them in individual bags so that they were ready to throw on the grill.

Burgers
Mix a pound of ground turkey with 1 T minced onion, 2 garlic cloves (minced), and 1 T soy sauce.  Separate into 4 patties.  

I started out cooking the fries because they were set to take 26 minutes.

As the fries were cooking I cut salad fixins and lettuce.

After about 10 minutes I put the burgers on the grill.  Cooking 10 minutes on each side (they needed a little extra time since they started out frozen).  They were so juicy and yummy!

I also chopped up an avocado and made a quick guacamole with a spoonful of salsa, some lime juice, a dash of garlic powder and onion powder.  

To assemble my burger I topped with 

Onion

 
Tomato --------------------->


















Guacamole
...and then I also fried an egg and put it on top :P I love fried eggs on my burgers! --------------->

VOILA!

It was pretty delish!

Tomorrow's dinner:  Chicken Fajitas (Pre-made Frozen Meal)