In an effort to help our clients stay healthy and avoid from using their long term care insurance policy as long as possible, we are committed to featuring health tips and tricks found on the health tab of our website.
This Friday’s featured recipe includes a full day of healthy meal ideas! We know that eating right for every meal such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, as well as snack options can be challenging. Compiled below is a whole day of healthy meal options to help you stay on track for the entire day. (Please note these recipes do not belong to LTC TREE).
Breakfast- Pumpkin Protein Waffles
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup old fashioned oats*
- 1/4 cup protein powder or additional 1/4 cup oats
- 1/4 cup egg whites from a carton
- 1/4 cup canned pumpkin purée
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- water/almond milk for consistency
Snack- Green Smoothie
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups unsweetened almond milk
- 2 cups spinach* frozen
- 1 medium banana frozen
- 1 cup fruit of choice**
- protein powder bee pollen, collagen, etc.
Snack- Greek Yogurt Bowl
Ingredients:
- 4 cups vanilla Greek yogurt
- 2 medium bananas sliced
- 1/4 cup creamy natural peanut butter
- 1/4 cup flax seed meal
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
Lunch- Ground Turkey Enchiladas
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound ground turkey
- ½ onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- 1¾ cups enchilada sauce or about 1 cup of homemade enchilada sauce
- Kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper
- 8 (8-inch) flour tortillas
- 3 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese, or colby or Monterey Jack
- 1 cup crumbled queso fresco
Dinner- Whole-Wheat Spaghetti with Shrimp
Ingredients:
- Kosher salt
- 8 ounces whole-wheat spaghetti
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 shallot, chopped
- 1 14-ounce can white beans, drained and rinsed
- 3 jarred cherry peppers or pepperoncini, roughly chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 3/4 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- Grated zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley, roughly chopped
- Freshly ground pepper
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