This restaurant-inspired, make-ahead vegan sofritas tacos lunch uses tofu as the blank canvas, then yumms it all up with an amazing sauce with roasted tomatoes and poblano pepper. The depth of flavor will satisfy you all week at lunch, in the vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, cruelty-free, healthiest way. With Earth Day coming up April 22, don’t…
Healthy Week Lunches: Buttermilk Ranch Chicken Wrap
We are going green today! For St Patty’s Day? Sure why not, but really we are going green for our health with this Buttermilk Ranch Chicken Wrap served up with a sweet side of healthy Bigelow Green Tea. This is what I am having for lunch this week, and it is the next installment in…
Healthy Week: Lunches 9 {Sweet Summer Quinoa and Black Bean Power Wraps}
Sweet Summer Quinoa and Black Bean Power Wraps are packed with nutrition and fiber to fill your tank and help you reach your fitness goals. This week is prep time for another triathlon! Sunday is the Pineappleman sprint distance tri here in Melbourne Beach, Florida. This tri is a 1/3 mi swim, 15 mi bike,…
10 Healthy Snack Ideas for the Workweek
We all need healthy, EASY snack ideas during the busy week, right? So here are my TEN Healthy Snack Ideas for the Workweek, my go-to’s for healthier, convenient munching. I am often asked for ideas for healthy snacks, so I thought I would do up a post on the topic. Not that I have any stellar…
Orange and Cilantro-Marinated Chicken Tacos {Healthy Week: Lunches 8}
Meal prep made easy and DELICIOUS with Orange and Cilantro-Marinated Chicken Tacos. Healthy, citrus chicken, grilled for tacos to eat for lunch during your workweek. Stay on track by being prepared with my Healthy Week Lunch Series. And this is it! Triathlon time! Sunday’s HITS Ocala triathlon will be my first for 2014 and first…
Orzo Power Salad with Salmon, Walnuts, and Greens {Healthy Week: Lunches 7}
With greens, whole wheat orzo, pomegranate seeds, and salmon, this Orzo Power Salad with Salmon, Walnuts, and Greens has it all! Nutrition packed and SO TASTY, make this ahead and enjoy for your lunch during the work week. Meal prep made easy! It’s that time again! Final triathlon preparation! First up this year is the HITS…
Salmon, Cucumber, and Greek Yogurt Salad {Healthy Week: Lunches 6}
Prep your lunches ahead for the work week to help you eat healthier, resist temptation, and stay on track! My Salmon, Cucumber, and Greek Yogurt Salad is another installment in my Healthy Week Lunch series. The sixth installment in my Healthy Week Lunch series is all about the fact that I have only recently discovered Greek…
Taco Salad with Avocado Herb Dressing {Healthy Week Lunches Series}
Keep meal-prep easy and healthy eating for lunch during the workweek ready-to-do with my Taco Salad with Avocado Herb Dressing. This fifth installment of my Healthy Week Lunch Series focuses on protein and healthy fat. Only three weeks to the half marathon, so I’m still very carb-focused, but I’m getting those from fruit and grains in…
Wild Rice and Tuna Nicoise Salad {Healthy Week Lunches Series}
Keep yourself eating healthy lunches during your workweek with this make-ahead, meal-prep easy Wild Rice and Tuna Nicoise Salad. This is the fourth installment in my Healthy Week: Lunches series! I’m a huge proponent of pre-making my lunches for the week. This week, I’m focusing on healthy carbs and fats getting ready for my first ever…
Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp with Kale and Quinoa Salad and Buttermilk-Parmesan-Peppercorn Dressing {Healthy Week Lunches Series}
Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp with Kale and Quinoa Salad and Buttermilk-Parmesan-Peppercorn Dressing is a healthy, make-ahead for the week, lunch recipe you will love! Healthy and so yummy, this lunch will satisfy. Triathlon season is over for me for the year, but I am now training for my first half-marathon. So this lunch, with antioxidant-rich, alkalizing kale…
Chicken and Bowtie Pasta with Lemon and Herbs {Healthy Week Lunch Series}
Chicken and Bowtie Pasta with Lemon and Herbs Carb loading. This is such an abused practice and used so often the night before running a 5K as an excuse to load up on a huge plate full of pasta. What most people don’t realize is that it takes a couple days to replenish your glycogen tank…
Healthy Week: Lunches {Baked Salmon with Brown Rice, Red Quinoa, and Zucchini}
It’s pretty well established that I love to cook. It’s also fairly well known that Erica can put away some food. So how am I able to cook like I do and stay somewhat under control health- and weight-wise? Because, in addition to exercise (I compete in triathlons and am currently training for my first…