Clean Eating For Beginners

All meals for a day of clean eating laid out on a kitchen counter.

Clean Eating does NOT have to be complicated. Simple whole food recipes with everyday ingredients available at any grocery store, and no more than 1 hour of standing in the kitchen for the whole day.

Course Breakfast, dinner, lunch

Cuisine International

Keyword clean eating

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1

Servings person

Calories 1630kcal

Ingredients

3/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
3/4 cup milk of choice
1/2 cup raspberries or any other type of berries
1 Tbsp maple syrup
1 cup quinoa
2 eggs
1 carrot
1 Lebanese cucumber
1/2 cup grape tomatoes
1 Tbsp chopped parsley
1/2 lemon
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 boneless skinless chicken thighs
1 small sweet potato
10 asparagus
2 tsp avocado oil
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp chili powder
sea salt
pepper
1 cup coffee with splash of milk
2 clementines

Instructions

Breakfast: Add oats and milk to a sealable container, place in fridge overnight, top with berries and maple syrup the next morning.
Lunch: Cook quinoa and eggs, add half of quinoa and one egg to sealable lunch container, top with julienned carrot, sliced cucumber, and tomatoes. Add lemon juice, olive oil, sea salt and pepper to a sealable jar and shake to combine. Add dressing on lunch bowl minutes before eating.
Dinner: Season chicken thighs with spices, sea salt, and pepper. Peel and thinly slice sweet potato. Preheat a large pan over medium heat, then brown chicken and sweet potato in a little oil for 5 minutes per side, then add a splash of water to the pan to deglaze it. Add the asparagus to the pan, cover it, and let everything steam on low for 20 minutes or until the sweet potato is tender.

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Nutrition

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