Trying to eat healthy in college dining halls can always be a little difficult. There's that option that sounds so good, but is also not so good to be constantly eating. Then there's also those times when even when you try to go for the healthy option, it is made with ingredients you didn't even know were in there and lessens the healthiness of it. I mean you could go to the salad bar every meal, but that's no fun. So here are a few recipes that help me eat healthier and are easy to make. You don't have to make a different one each day, it's always nice to have the ingredients for one of the recipes and have it last the entire week.
In my room I have a microwave and fridge/ freezer that I rent from a place through my school. I have a Keurig and I just ordered my own NutriBullet so I will have to try out smoothie recipes, but I think it will be great for the mornings!
Breakfast: (I am a big breakfast person!)
1) Oatmeal with Bananas and Almond Butter
Ingredients:
-Half a cup of gluten-free oats
-1 teaspoon Trader Joe's Super Seed and Ancient Grain Blend or flaxseeds and chia seeds
-1 tablespoon almond butter
-1 banana
-water
Directions:
Pour half a cup of oatmeal into a bowl and add desired amount of water. Put in microwave for one minute. Mix in one tablespoon of super seed and ancient grain blend, one tablespoon almond butter, and whole banana. Stir it all around and use your spoon to mash the banana and voilà, breakfast is served.
2) Avocado Toast with Scrambled Eggs
Ingredients:
-Two pieces of gluten-free bread or bread desired
-1/4 of an avocado
-2 eggs
-Trader Joe's Everything but the Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend (a necessity)
Directions:
Crack two eggs in a bowl and scramble them with a fork then put in the microwave for 2 minutes. Microwave bread for about 20 seconds. Put avocado on the bread, take scrambled eggs out of bowl and place on top and cover in Everything but the Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend!
3) Granola
Ingredients:
-Granola
-Almond milk/ Coconut Milk/ Oat Milk
-Strawberries
-Blueberries
-Half a banana
-1 tablespoon almond butter
-Cinnamon
Directions:
Put desired amount of granola and milk into bowl. Top off with a handful of blueberries, a couple cut-up strawberries, and cut-up half of a banana. Finish with 1 tablespoon of almond butter and cinnamon.
4) Chia Seed Pudding
Ingredients:
-3 tablespoons chia seeds
-1 cup of almond milk/ oat milk
-Handful of blueberries
-1 tablespoon almond butter
-Cinnamon
Directions:
Mix the chia seeds and milk together and then add in the other ingredients and store in the fridge overnight. Ready to eat in the morning.
5) Overnight Oats (for when there is no time in the morning)
Ingredients:
-Half a cup of gluten-free oatmeal
-Half a banana
-1 cup oat milk/ almond milk
-1 tablespoon almond butter
-cinnamon
-1 teaspoon Trader Joe's Super Seed and Ancient Grain Blend
Directions:
Mash the banana and place in all the other ingredients and store in the fridge overnight. In the morning it's ready to eat!
Lunch:
1) Turkey Wrap
Ingredients:
-One brown rice tortilla or gluten-free tortilla
-2 tablespoons hummus
-Trader Joe's Everything but the Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend
-Turkey
-1/4 avocado
-Heirloom tomatoes
-Cucumber
Directions:
This recipe is pretty easy because you just put everything into the tortilla and can add your desired amount of what you want to add!
2) Veggie Burger and Brown Rice (from Fit With Cambrie)
Ingredients:
-Veggie Burger (I use the black bean and corn one from Trader Joe's)
-1 cup of frozen and cut up red, yellow, and green bell pepper strips from Trader Joe's or any other type of frozen veggies
-1/4 of an avocado
-Half a bag of frozen brown rice
Directions:
Cook brown rice in microwave and use half the bag and put other half in fridge. Cook veggie burger for allotted time in the microwave. Microwave veggies for time needed. Put all in a bowl and put the avocado on top.
Dinner:
1) Soup and Gluten-Free Bread Roll
Ingredients:
-Desired Soup
-Udi's Gluten-free Classic French Dinner Roll
Directions:
Heat up both the soup and roll in the oven and it's as simple as that!
2) Chicken and Veggies
Ingredients:
-Precooked chicken sausages, sausage, or chicken
-Frozen broccoli, asparagus, or desired vegetable
Directions:
Heat up the meat and the vegetable for whatever is said on the instructions. It's as easy as that!
Snacks:
1) Apples and Almond Butter
2) Banana and Almond Butter
3) GoMacro Bar
4) Just a handful of Almonds, Chocolate & Cashews Trail Mix from Trader Joe's
5) Brown rice cake with almond butter, cinnamon, and honey
6) Frozen grapes!
7) Truffle Marcona Almonds
8) White Cheddar Popcorn/ Sea salt popcorn (Big popcorn lover)
9) Just Mango from Trader Joe's
10) Apple and Cinnamon in the microwave
Desserts:
1) 1-2 squares of Hu Kitchen Almond Butter and Puffed Quinoa Dark Chocolate
2) Dark chocolate covered bananas and strawberries
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