Food

Weekly Meal Planning

Every Saturday (or so), I make a meal plan. I go grocery shopping Mondays after work and get everything I need for the entire week. I despise having to make extra trips to the store. So I can avoid making more than one trip a week, I try to be as thorough as I can in my list beforehand.

I love using post-its and notepads to keep a running to-do list, but using Wunderlist for my groceries has been a game changer. Seriously. Instead of worrying if I have the list with me when I go shopping, I know I’ll always have my phone which has the Wunderlist app right there. Also, Eric and I share the list which is so helpful if there is anything he wants to add at the last minute. I do write the overall meal for each night on a post-it note but then add the ingredients to Wunderlist. I have three basic categories when I am writing my list: Breakfast, dinner, and snacks. Most of the time, our lunches consist of what we ate the night before. It saves time, money, and clean up.

Since I have gotten into this routine, it has become easier each week. Whenever I’m at a loss, I look up recipes on my blog that I may have forgotten about, flip through some of my favorite cookbooks, or scroll through Pinterest. I listed some of my go-to’s below for each category. You can also shop my pantry to have a lot of the ingredients I use often on hand!

My go-to breakfasts:

Toast: 3 Ways

Crustless Quiche 

Smoothie

My go-to dinners:

Lemon Butter Salmon

Veggie Detox Bowl

My go-to snacks:

Homemade Lemon Larabars

Key Lime Pie Bars

My go-to cookbooks:

You can access all of my food categories under my, “food” tab at the top of my page for more ideas!What are some of your go-to’s for breakfast, dinners, or snacks?! Happy Monday! 🙂

Three Ways To Toast

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Three Ways To Toast--Recipes at: stephanie-spring.comThree Ways To Toast--Recipes at: stephanie-spring.comThree Ways To Toast--Recipes at: stephanie-spring.comCheers to these three toasts! Not to be confused with cheers-ing with a bubbly drink in hand because obviously that’s off my radar these days. Are you wondering if these toasts are equally as good though? Just about! 😉

Recently, I’ve had a lot of you ask me what I eat for breakfast on a daily basis and these three toasts deserve all the attention. I eat at least two to three of these each week without fail. They are filling and versatile but also paaaaacked with flavor!

The ezekiel bread has clean ingredients (unlike most breads) and is kept in the freezer so you won’t have to consume the entire loaf in only a few days. This is the main bread we keep in the house and Eric and I both love it! I linked my favorite ingredients below so you can toast with me throughout the week! 😉 Three Ways To Toast--Recipes at: stephanie-spring.comThree Ways To Toast--Recipes at: stephanie-spring.com Three Ways To Toast--Recipes at: stephanie-spring.com Three Ways To Toast--Recipes at: stephanie-spring.com

Ingredients and what to do:

Peanut Butter Banana Toast:

After toasting the bread, spread desired amount of peanut butter on toast. Place banana slices onto the peanut butter and top with hemp hearts followed by sprinkling with salt. 

 

Avocado Toast:

After toasting the bread, spread desired amount of vegenaise on toast. Scoop half avocado onto the veganaise and gentle press down with a fork until evenly spread. Top with S & P followed by sprinkling with red pepper flakes.

Tomato Toast:

  • 1 piece Ezekiel Bread (toasted)
  • Vegenaise
  • 1 tomato (sliced)
  • S & P
  • A fried egg on top is deeeeelicious (optional)

After toasting the bread, spread desired amount of vegenaise on toast. Place tomato slices onto veganaise and top with S & P. A fried egg can be placed on top for a more protein-packed breakfast.

                            

Clean-eating Blondies

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Clean-eating Blondies--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.comOur weekend was slow and so relaxing to gear up for a busy week ahead. After church, I whipped up a batch of these clean-eating blondies and just might have to make another for Wednesday (a-hem Valentine’s Day) to keep all my other chocolate cravings at bay. They are quick to make and deeeee–licious! You will not be disappointed with this recipe and no one will even know they are a, “clean” recipe. Clean-eating Blondies--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.com Clean-eating Blondies--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.com Clean-eating Blondies--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.com Clean-eating Blondies--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.com

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup of coconut palm sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp water
  • 1 cup of chocolate chips

What to do:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper. In a medium-sized bowl, mix all ingredients except the chocolate chips. Then, fold in the chocolate chips. The batter will be somewhat sticky and thick. That’s okay! Pour into the pan and evenly spread with a spatula. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden dark brown. Let brownies cool for about 10 minutes before cutting.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie

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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.com Valentine’s Day is next week?! Obviously chocolate is on my mind and in an attempt to keep things healthy because I feel so much better when real food is always a part of my life, I created a Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie for me and you! Who doesn’t love chocolate covered strawberries?! This smoothie is light and just as delicious as any other sweet you are craving this time of year. Trust me. 🙂

If you’re just looking for some other smoothies to make for breakfast or a quick snack this week, I added a slew of them below for you to click away! Happy (almost!) lovey day! xo Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.comChocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.comChocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.com

Ingredients:

What to do:

Same directions as always!

Combine all ingredients except cacao nibs into a quality blender and blend until smooth. Top with
cacao nibs, sip away! xo

Other smoothie recipes:

Chocolate Banana Mocha Smoothie

Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

Peaches and Cream Ginger Smoothie

Aloha Smoothie

Brighten-Your-Day Smoothie

Chocolate Chai Tea Smoothie

Pumpkin Smoothie

Blueberry Banana Protein Smoothie

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Pina Colada Hemp Smoothie

Orange Fluffy Smoothie

Green Smoothie

Zucchini Bread

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Zucchini Bread--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.com Zucchini Bread--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.comComfort and clean ingredients are combined in this easy recipe. Zucchini bread is to the rescue on these winter days, friends! Snow is still falling, blankets are piled on the couch, and this bread makes the house smell amazing. Winter days aren’t so bad after all. 😉Zucchini Bread--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.com Zucchini Bread--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.comZucchini Bread--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.com Zucchini Bread--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.comZucchini Bread--Recipe at: stephanie-spring.comGalvanized Platter and Dome: here.

Farmhouse Scale Clock: here.

 Ingredients:

  • 1 and 1/4 cup shredded zucchini
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 3 Tbsp coconut oil (melted)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 1/4 cup organic coconut palm sugar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 and 1/2 tsp cinnamon

What to do:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large-sized bowl, combine all dry ingredients. Stir together and set aside. In a medium-sized bowl combine all wet ingredients and whisk. Add to dry ingredients and whisk together. Grease loaf pan (I used butter) and pour batter into it. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until you can stick a toothpick in and it comes out clean.

 

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