Grocery Grab!

HELLLLLLOOO.

I've been M.I.A. I apologize. You will find out why as soon as tomorrow when I post another blog. TWO BLOGS IN TWO DAYS!? MADNESS.

SO CANADIAN COMRADES. Thanksgiving just ended!  I certainly hope you indulged just as much as I did in simple carb filled meals and sugah sugah sugah! SUCCRRRREE! I'm hyper today. NOW BACK ON TRACK WITH OUR NUTRITION. Cause Lord knows this girl needs it.

I've posted a lot about eating clean on this blog. After all, for the 149203483409823423904823th time, eating clean is the ONLY way you will quickly get MUSCLES WITH MEAGS. I have posted about what a healthy balanced diet looks like, as well as a few recipes and fun ways to spice up your clean eats!

But after making a meal plan for a friend of mine recently, he expressed to me that while he appreciated what I did, he found my day by day meal plan to be super confusing! As a full time business owner he said he simply did NOT have the time to look through it and figure out exactly what to buy. In addition I gave him so much variation (I want to make sure I'm not BORING you with tuna every day) that he found himself a bit overwhelmed. Plus, most of us cook on a budget. We won't be having something totally different every day for lunch and dinner. If we want to stay inexpensive, it makes most sense to have chicken for dinner, and then just cook enough so that the NEXT day you can also have chicken for lunch, right? Meal prep is your friggin worst enemy BEST FRIEND FOLKS. I'm rambling.

I thought it might be cool for some of you that need more simplicity to do just that. Give you a simple grocery list. I tried to put things on it that are relatively inexpensive, in fact I plan on coming back and editing this blog with prices beside each item but I wanted to get it to you quickly! There are some things on here that AREN'T as cheap as others but I would highly recommend. Bite the bullet. Get jacked. If the item has stars beside it, it indicates that these items are more expensive but the healthiest option for you. 

I also colour coded it (thank you 21 day fix). So each colour is from a different food category. You must buy a few items from EACH colour and eat a bit from EACH COLOUR every day to achieve your balanced diet. I don't suggest you buy EVERYTHING on this list as you might break the bank. But I wanted to give a few options for each category!

Here goes nothin!

-       Chicken Breast ****

-       1 lb of Ground Turkey

-       Tuna

-       Eggs

-      Whey  Protein Powder

-       Greek/Natural Yogurt

-       Spinach Mix

-       Baby Carrots

-       Cucumber

-       Peppers

-       Large Bag of Frozen broccoli/brussel sprouts

-       Berries *****

-       Apples

-       Melon

-       Bananas

-       Ezekiel Bread/Wraps ****

-       Beans (low sodium, canned)

-       Sweet Potatoes

-       Brown Rice

-       Avocado/Guacamole

-       Cashews

-       Almonds

-       Hummus

-       Peanuts

-       Trail/Seed Mix 

CONDIMENTS/SAUCES/SWEETENERS

- Mustard

- Hot Sauce

- Balsamic Vinegar

- Olive/Coconut Oil

- Natural Peanut Butter

- Agave Nectar

- Any natural extract (vanilla, peppermint, etc)

I  I'm hoping that list cleared some things up for people! Message me or comment if you have any questions!!!!

HEADS UP: Very soon I will be hosting a totally free 7 Day CLEAN EATING challenge on Facebook for those of you who are interested in learning more about a balanced diet and nutrition. If that sounds like something you would be interested in, please reach out to me!