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Clean eating highlight: Our Favorite High-Protein Dinner Recipes

Protein gives you energy, makes you feel fuller, and helps build bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood. It is a macronutrient, which means that you need a relatively large amount of it per day: about 3 servings (7oz) for men, and two servings (5oz) for women. Protein is essential to a healthy diet, and that’s why we’ve picked out our favorite protein packed recipes to share with you.

  1. Mediterranean Turkey Burgers

Grilling season is almost over, but you still have time to grill up a couple of these bad boys! The special secret to these burgers is the spinach mixed in with the meat to keep it moist and tender while it cooks. It also happens to add extra protein!

  1. Skinny Bell Pepper Nacho Boats

Here’s another ground turkey recipe that’ll have your mouth watering. Get your nacho fix without the fat and carbs!

  1. Healthy Turkey Chili 

Ground turkey is a great lean substitute for ground beef, and it packs just as much protein and certainly doesn’t lack in flavor.

  1. Chicken and Black Bean Burrito Bowl

You had us at “burrito.” Chicken and black beans give this recipe a sweet protein kick, while the cilantro lime rice takes it to star flavor status.

  1. Buffalo Chicken and Broccoli Bowls

It’s like chicken wings and Chinese takeout combined—only minus the carbs, fat, and calories!

  1. Lemon Chicken Skillet

Everyone should have a go-to basic chicken recipe on hand. This one is refreshing, filling, and easy to make.

  1. Southern Oven-Baked Crispy Chicken

Behold: the answer to your prayers. This skinny fried chicken recipe is satisfying and finger-lickin’ good, minus the calories and fat of your traditional fried chicken. Treat yourself to seconds!

  1. Egg White Pizza

Don’t skip pizza night! This egg white pizza recipe is low-carb and high-protein. Customize it with your favorite toppings.

  1. Spaghetti Squash Lasagna

Mmm, a healthy lasagna alternative packed with veggies? Yes, please. This recipe tastes just as good, if not even better, than the real deal.

  1. Vegan Tacos

Ready to give Meatless Monday a shot? These vegan taco bowls might just turn you veg. And rumor has it they’re Beyoncé’s favorite recipe.

  1. Low-Calorie Black Bean Soup

We love beans. They’re so high in protein, and so versatile. This soup is delicious by itself or as a side or starter as part of a meal.

  1. Cheesy Black Bean Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Again with the beans. What can we say? They take any meal from decently healthy and mildly flavorful to deliciously protein-packed.

  1. Pumpkin Gingerbread Protein Pancakes

Breakfast for dinner! You know you love it, and you most certainly deserve it! These scrumptious pumpkin pancakes are super fluffy, high in protein, gluten free, dairy free, sugar free, and vegan.

We hope you find these recipes useful! A healthy diet should always be accompanied by an active lifestyle. Check out Athlete Beyond for athletic wear and get moving!

 

Clean Eating Highlight: Summer Lunches

During the winter, we can’t help but reach for comfort foods. It’s cold and dreary outside and not only is your body working harder to keep warm, but your mood is probably down, making you more likely to reach for snacks in an attempt to raise your spirits. But summertime is another story. The sunny months of summer inspire fresh fruits and vegetables, garden salads, and light, clean meals. What a relief!

Your binder is stocked with dinner recipes suitable for a warm evening on the terrace, but what about lunch? Leftovers in a Tupperware container? Not so fun. There are plenty of clean eating lunch recipes that you can enjoy at home or at work over the summer.

Summer Salads

Celebrate summer with a fresh tossed salad topped with yummy summer fruits like watermelon, peaches, and cherries. Add some nuts, meat, and/or egg for protein and you’re golden! Here are some delicious-looking summer salad recipes:

  1. 17 Loaded Healthy Salads

This list of 17 salads is packed with fresh summer options, like the Spinach, Strawberry, and Peach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing, the Tropical Pineapple Salad, and the Summer Chicken Taco Salad. So many options!

  1. 10 Healthy Quinoa Salads

Not only is quinoa good for you, but it’s ridiculously easy to prepare, so you can throw any of these 10 quinoa-based salads together in no time. The Quinoa Salad with Roasted Corn and Mango sounds particularly appetizing.

  1. Thai Tuna Power Bowl 

Power Bowls are basically super salads. They’re untraditional in that there isn’t usually a leafy base. Instead, the bowl is just packed with veggies, some kind of protein, a type of grain (optional,) and a flavorful dressing. This one looks like a simple tuna fish salad upgrade that we would definitely be game for.

Wraps

Wraps are an obvious go-to for lunches. Step it up a notch with some delicious summer twists on the ol’ classic.

  1. Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps 

Is it obvious that we love Thai food yet? Ditch the flour tortillas and try these lettuce wraps instead. They’re packed with veggies and healthy ingredients, and they’re easy to make!

  1. Hummus Veggie Wrap

The great thing about a recipe like this is that you can customize it however you’d like, and change it up every week. All you need is a whole wheat tortilla, hummus, your veggies of choice, and maybe a little homemade balsamic dressing or a sprinkle or feta cheese to jazz things up a bit.

  1. Summer Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce

It’s all in the name. These summer rolls are a perfect, healthy way to eat lunch when you have a little more time on your hands. Just slice up some veggies and follow the recipe for the dressing and how to wrap the rolls, and you’ve got yourself a fresh meal.

Eating healthy over the summer is important, and so is staying active! Check out Athlete Beyond for athletic apparel to compliment your healthy lifestyle.

Clean Eating Highlight: Summer Lunches

During the winter, we can’t help but reach for comfort foods. It’s cold and dreary outside and not only is your body working harder to keep warm, but your mood is probably down, making you more likely to reach for snacks in an attempt to raise your spirits. But summertime is another story. The sunny months of summer inspire fresh fruits and vegetables, garden salads, and light, clean meals. What a relief!

Your binder is stocked with dinner recipes suitable for a warm evening on the terrace, but what about lunch? Leftovers in a Tupperware container? Not so fun. There are plenty of clean eating lunch recipes that you can enjoy at home or at work over the summer.

Summer Salads

Celebrate summer with a fresh tossed salad topped with yummy summer fruits like watermelon, peaches, and cherries. Add some nuts, meat, and/or egg for protein and you’re golden! Here are some delicious-looking summer salad recipes:

  1. 17 Loaded Healthy Salads

This list of 17 salads is packed with fresh summer options, like the Spinach, Strawberry, and Peach Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing, the Tropical Pineapple Salad, and the Summer Chicken Taco Salad. So many options!

  1. 10 Healthy Quinoa Salads

Not only is quinoa good for you, but it’s ridiculously easy to prepare, so you can throw any of these 10 quinoa-based salads together in no time. The Quinoa Salad with Roasted Corn and Mango sounds particularly appetizing.

  1. Thai Tuna Power Bowl 

Power Bowls are basically super salads. They’re untraditional in that there isn’t usually a leafy base. Instead, the bowl is just packed with veggies, some kind of protein, a type of grain (optional,) and a flavorful dressing. This one looks like a simple tuna fish salad upgrade that we would definitely be game for.

Wraps

Wraps are an obvious go-to for lunches. Step it up a notch with some delicious summer twists on the ol’ classic.

  1. Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Is it obvious that we love Thai food yet? Ditch the flour tortillas and try these lettuce wraps instead. They’re packed with veggies and healthy ingredients, and they’re easy to make!

  1. Hummus Veggie Wrap

The great thing about a recipe like this is that you can customize it however you’d like, and change it up every week. All you need is a whole wheat tortilla, hummus, your veggies of choice, and maybe a little homemade balsamic dressing or a sprinkle or feta cheese to jazz things up a bit.

  1. Summer Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce

It’s all in the name. These summer rolls are a perfect, healthy way to eat lunch when you have a little more time on your hands. Just slice up some veggies and follow the recipe for the dressing and how to wrap the rolls, and you’ve got yourself a fresh meal.

Eating healthy over the summer is important, and so is staying active! Check out Athlete Beyond for athletic apparel to compliment your healthy lifestyle.

10 Guiltless Clean-Eating Desserts

10 Guiltless Clean-Eating Desserts

You’ve taken the leap and changed your lifestyle and diet for the better, and that meant cutting out sugar. But you’re allowed to treat yourself once in a while, especially when you’ve been working hard, and it doesn’t have to mean breaking your diet! Check out these 10 guiltless clean-eating desserts:

  1. Healthy No-Cook Peanut Butter Fudge

This dreamy peanut butter fudge is thick, sweet, and loaded with delicious peanut butter. The best part? It contains no refined sugar! The substitution might sound crazy—it’s chickpeas—but they work to give the fudge its velvety texture. Check out the recipe here.

  1. Frozen Blueberry Yogurt Bites

These are becoming a bit of a classic in the clean-eating community. That may be because they’re so easy to make, and convenient to store! All you need are blueberries, Greek non-fat yogurt, and a sugar substitution of choice, and you’re golden. Just pop them in the freezer and you have a clean go-to snack whenever you get the munchies! Get the recipe here.

  1. Clean Eating Peanut Butter Cups

Yes, you read that right. If you love and desperately miss sugary sweet peanut butter cups, this recipe is for you. It’s only five ingredients!

  1. Healthy Avocado Chocolate Cookies

Avocado gives these heavenly chocolate cookies their creamy texture, so butter can stay on the bench. Meanwhile coconut sugar takes the place of refined sugar, making these cookies the answer to your sweet tooth without the cavities! 

  1. Greek Yogurt Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mmm, what’s better than good ol’ fashioned chocolate chip cookies? I think I know—chocolate chip cookies made with Greek yogurt! They’re chewy, crispy on the edges, and packed with chocolate chips. Swoon.

  1. Clean & Fudgy Dark Chocolate Frosted Brownies

These dark chocolate brownies are described as “supremely decadent.” They’re super rich, packed with tasty dark chocolate, and topped off with a sweet fudgy frosting. And they’re healthy!

  1. Wendy’s Copycat Frosty Recipe {Paleo, Clean Eating, Dairy-Free, Vegan}

You said goodbye to fast food (for good reason,) but we don’t blame you if you’ve been craving it ever since. Especially Wendy’s Frosties. Everyone loves those. This recipe tastes exactly like your childhood—minus the extra sugar! 

  1. Coconut Milk Cinnamon Ice Cream

Ice cream is actually one of the best and easiest desserts to give a clean-eating spin. This particular recipe is both vegan and gluten-free, and uses coconut milk, unsweetened almond or cashew milk, and agave or maple syrup to give it a creamy texture.

  1. Lemon Cream Bars

These lemon cream bars “taste like summer” and are creamy and light, as opposed to your average sticky, sugary lemon bars. Coconut flour and coconut oil combine here for the base, while coconut cream and some lemony goodness in the shape of juice and zest make the creamy top. 

10. Melt In Your Mouth Clean No Bake Bars

These delicious no bake bars include peanut butter, honey, coconut oil, rolled oats, dark chocolate chips, craisins, and almond extract. They’re clean AND satisfying.

Is your sweet tooth satisfied? Keep up with that awesome healthy diet, and don’t forget to hit the gym. Check out Athlete Beyond for athletic apparel you’ll look and feel great in!

5 Easy & Healthy Breakfasts

5 Easy & Healthy Breakfasts

You know what they say: breakfast is the most important meal of the day. A hearty breakfast will get your metabolism going, give you energy, and keep you feeling full, and therefore motivated, all day long. But mornings can be chaotic. Sometimes we can’t help but hit snooze a couple times. It’s tempting on those mornings to reach for a muffin or a sugary donut, but you don’t have to sacrifice a healthy diet for the sake of time.

Here are 5 easy & healthy breakfasts you can whip up in a jiffy:

  1. Greek Yogurt Parfait with Banana, Granola and Chocolate Chips 

This recipe requires only four ingredients—Greek yogurt, granola, dark chocolate chips, and one banana—all things you probably already have on hand! Greek yogurt is packed with protein, calcium, potassium, vitamin D, vitamin A, vitamin B12, riboflavin, phosphorus and niacin. All of that protein and all of those vitamins keep you feeling fuller longer, which is part of the reason this breakfast recipe is so great. On top of that, the nuts and seeds in granola will provide you with plenty of healthy fats and fiber, giving you energy that will last all day.

  1. Fried Egg and Avocado Toast 

Avocado toast has become pretty popular recently, and that’s because avocado is super good for you. Avocados are one of the few foods that contain monounsaturated fat (that’s the good kind.) These good fats can help lower cholesterol and make you feel energized. Add a fried egg for protein on top and presto. You’ll have a super easy, delicious, and healthy breakfast in all of five minutes.

  1. Cake Batter Overnight Oats 

Don’t let the “cake batter” part scare you. These little overnight oats contain chia seeds, coconut milk, and fruit of your choice (no cake batter involved.) Oh yeah, that’s right. This is a five-for-one deal! The basic recipe can make five different flavors: Strawberry Shortcake, Orange Roll, Pineapple Upside Down Cake, Kiwi Colada, and Blueberry Muffin. Since these are “overnight” oats, they’ll be ready for you to chow down on in the morning with no extra prep. They’re perfect for those hectic Mondays.

  1. Blueberry Banana Smoothie 

Smoothies are a great go-to for an easy, healthy breakfast. They’re so versatile—you can experiment with different flavor combinations and protein sources until you find your favorite. They’re pretty easy to throw together, and even easier if you prep them and stash the ingredients in your freezer so they’re ready to toss in the blender come breakfast time. This blueberry banana smoothie is relatively simple. It calls for seven ingredients, some of which you probably already have in your kitchen.

  1. 2 Minute Omelet in a Mug 

It doesn’t get much easier than this, folks. This 2 Minute Mug Omelet only takes about 2-3 minutes to throw together, and you can customize what goes in it. You just mix together the ingredients in a mug and pop it in the microwave for about one minute. Spinach and chicken sausage? Sure! Salsa and shredded cheese? Absolutely. Mushrooms and feta? Toss ‘em in.

Don’t forget: the best companion to a healthy diet is regular exercise. Check out Athlete Beyond for athletic apparel and get your workout on!