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We had a week of tasty, P90X-friendly meals at FitLifeSF Headquarters this week– a few simple favorites, and a few recipes worth sharing:
I’ll admit, this first week of the P90X Cycle, it’s not the workouts that have been eating up the time, it’s the mealprep and planning. We’ll cover the workouts we did this past week in another post, but I figured I couldn’t be the only one struggling with meal ideas on this plan- especially since we didn’t want to follow the “menu plan” included in the Nutrition Guide and opted instead for the portion approach.
Ps. I’ve been Twittering the food photos as-they-happen on my @smurfcore account and, whenever I get around to it, on @FitLifeSF as well. Please, do follow us and tell a friend! (Also, this is why the photos are more utilitarian than food porn.)
Last night, I made a favorite meal of mine. I was completely beat after 5 miles of treadmill speedwork and a core session and had a hankering for something substantial. Healthy Chicken Parm to the rescue!
Here’s how it went down:
Man, I love Taco Night. I had a great deal of success a few weeks ago baking my own crispy taco shells using King Size white corn tortillas, some olive oil spray, sea salt and a mini-muffin-tin/butter-knife contraption to hold them in taco shape while they baked. Last night, I nearly burned my face off with my head in the oven trying to replicate, so I think I need to order one of these.
That said, taco night was still a hit. I pounded the heck out of some flank steak (which is a nice, lean cut.) Squeezed a lime over it, rubbed it down with some chili powder and salt. Slopped it around in a few squirts of Agave Nectar (a nice, low glycemic index, natural sweetener) and seared it off to medium-rare. Served in the baked taco shell with lettuce, tomato, lowfat jack cheese, green onion, cilantro and diced jalapenos and a nice spoonful of Fage 0% Greek Yogurt (my favorite fat-free sour cream stand-in.) Rob had light sour cream- Clover or Daisy brand ONLY- with his. And, on the side, black beans cooked with some Tony Chachere’s and slightly squished.
Rob takes his Taco Night with a side of chips- White Corn tortillas spritzed with some Spectrum organic olive oil spray and crunchy substantial chunks of ground sea salt. Bake directly on the rack in the oven at 450, flipping as need be, until lightly browned. They may be a little wobbly when they first come out of the oven, but will crisp up nicely. These fresh, baked chips kick the pants off of any full-fat packaged chip, especially served hot out of the oven with guac!
I realized on the way home from work that I am completely chickened out. So tonight I had a good ol’ fashioned burger. Well, in as much as lean ground beef (check the label- 93% ground beef is just as lean as Jenny-O’s “Lean Ground Turkey”) and Jarlsberg Light cheese on Orowheat Double Fiber Bread is “ol’ fashioned.” Of course, it was loade dhigh with lettuce, tomatoes, red onion and sprouts. I also had some baked sweet potato fries. Yum!