Asian Chicken Stirfry (100 cal/serving)

Keep it Simple September – Meal Prep Sautee – 4 servings

Sometimes you just want a meal that has two ingredients: chicken and broccoli. Boom. But then you think that it’s so boring you couldn’t possibly eat JUST chicken and broccoli two days in a row so you add a little asian twist.

2 chicken breasts
2 cups frozen broccoli
3 tbsp Aminos (soy sauce substitute)
3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
5 garlic cloves, chopped
½ yellow onion, chopped

Sautee onion, and garlic in frying pan on medium heat.
Add chicken and sautee until chicken in halfway cooked through.
Add balsamic and aminos and continue to cook until chicken is thoroughly cooked.
Add broccoli, stir, lower heat, cover and let cook for an additional 5 minutes.

Cucumber, Tomato and Grilled Chicken Summer Salad (120 cal/serving)

Keep it Simple September – Meal Prep Cold Salad – 4 servings

Starting realllllllly simple: a monkey could make this exquisitely fresh meal-prep lunch. It’s a manefestation of Farmers Market HEAVEN. One particular amish farm stand has the most amazing yellow cherry tomatoes I’ve ever had in my life – which deserve a spotlight in this dish.

2 chicken breasts
4 cucumber
2 cups cherry tomatoes (the more color variation the better!)
salt pepper garlic powder and fresh chopped basil to taste

Grill or cook chicken (I cooked in pan and then chopped)
Chop cucumber and halve cherry tomatoes.
Mix all ingredients and package up into four containters

Farmers Market Mecca and Keep It Simple September

I hope that all twentysomethings in the country (and the world – if cultural norm allows) have access to the best, locally grown, organic produce and grass-fed farm raised meat in one easily accessible place. AKA a farmers market. I hope you all have amazing farmers markets. Our farmers market blows my mind. I am an AVID early morning marketer. Of course there are the strange trucks that come from somewhere in New Jersey that have bananas and mangos and avocados (excuse me sirs and maams… but that did not come from your farm) BUT there’s also the most gorgeous plants and flowers, HUGE abnormally sized and shaped produce (you KNOW that’s real) AND it CHANGES based on what’s growing. It’s like the most fun paleo/clean eating game since “what can we make in a slow cooker”.

I suggest making meal prep, farmers market in-season produce, and clean eating a science.

And so, to assist in this (just kidding, i’m walking down this new path with you side-by-side twentysomethings) this month will brand the theme: Keep it Simple September.

Easy recipes. Simple (fresh!) ingredients. Less involved cooking procedures. Minimized servings.

Here’s some farmers market fun!