Printables and tools for busy women to live healthier lives
Don't you just love throwing a few ingredients in a crockpot in the morning and coming home toa delicious meal with zero effort? I love my slow cooker and today I'm sharing seven crockpot recipes totally on plan for Beachbody’s Core de Force meal plan.
Beachbody likes to keep things simple, so theCore de Force meal plan is a portion control clean-eating meal plan, just like the 21 Day Fix, 21 Day Fix Extreme, Hammer & Chisel, and many other Beachbody workout programs.
This makes it super easy to use your favorite recipes no matter which planyou are following. And even if you don’t follow one of the Beachbody nutrition plans, these are justgood ol’ healthy recipes.
Today I'm featuring crock pot meals, perfect for busy days! These recipes are all from the Team Beachbody blog; just click the link in the title to be taken to the full recipe.
Oh yes, I remember the days of Dave Ramsey and "beans and rice and rice and beans!" But still a tasty dinner. True confession (or maybe this is just a great tip).... I use canned beans. I have no interest in soaking beans overnight or boiling them first thing in the morning.
Container Count:
1 GREEN 2 YELLOW 1/2 RED
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I love meatballs of any kind, and turkey meatballs are lower in calories than beef. You can serve these with marinara sauce and pasta or spaghetti squash or throw them in chicken broth with some leftover veggies for a quick soup.
If you have a large crockpot definitely double the recipe. That way you can eat leftovers for lunch later in the week! You can serve with tortillas, but I also like fajitas (warm but not piping hot) over a salad. I have weird tastes, lol. You can also freeze the fajita mixture!
This slow cooker recipe for Chicken with Quinoa and Spring Vegetables is light but hearty. As the chicken gently cooks for hours it becomes extremely tender and juicy, but it’s the quinoa that’s the real surprise in this dish.
Luckily, with this Slow Cooker Banana Bread Oatmeal, breakfast can taste like dessert while still being a wholesome and nutritious way to fuel your day. It’s got all of the flavor of a luscious slice of banana bread, without the oily fat (or the extra smear of butter on top). Cinnamon, nutmeg, and three whole bananas give it authentic “baked-in” taste. Ground flax seeds give it extra nuttiness and a boost of fiber and healthy omega-3s. And, the best part is, this recipe cooks overnight and is ready to eat when you wake up!
One of my favorite chili recipes is from the 21 Day Fix Extreme cookbook. It's a turkey chili but I usually substitute ground beef to make the family happy. This uses cubes of chuck steak instead, but it's super simple. This recipe can also be doubled and leftovers frozen.
The 21-Day Fix eating plan calls for three meals and three snacks a day, made up of the number of servings determined by your calorie need. However, the portion sizes are quite small, which means that some people may find they're not getting enough daily calories, even for just the 21 days of the plan.
A slow cooker and a Crockpot are the same thing, essentially. A slow cooker is an appliance of which there are lots of brands. Crockpot is one brand of slow cooker. Crockpot popularized slow cookers when they launched their version in the 1970s.
Can you put meat straight into a slow cooker? Meat can be added directly unseared and not browned. However, browning meat and caramelising the beef is a great way to add depth of flavour and improve the visual appearance of the final dish.
With the 21 Day Fix Eating Plan, you'll use color-coded Portion-Control Containers: Green Container for veggies, Purple Container for fruit, Red Container for proteins, Yellow Container for carbs, Blue Container for healthy fats, Orange Container for seeds and healthy dressings, and teaspoons for oil and nut butter.
Multiply your current weight in pounds by 11. This number is your calorie baseline (basal metabolic rate or BMR). Add 400 (workout calorie burn) to your calorie baseline. The resulting number represents your calorie needs to maintain your weight.
If you can't finish all your containers for the day, just eat what you can. Just make sure you're eating a little from all the containers instead of filling up on what you like and avoiding what you don't like.
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