Love this combo for Post-Workout Protein & Carbs 🍎💪
200g honeycrisp apples
200g nonfat Greek yogurt
15g Protein Peanut Butter Powder from Betty Lou👍
Tag: Party Idea
Strawberries with Peanut Butter Yogurt
A pound of strawberries with peanut butter Greek yogurt 🤤🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🥜🥜
One of my absolute FAVORITE ways to end my macros for the day 😋 such a big volume dessert for under 500 calories 🙌 .
If you didn’t know that a pound of strawberries was only 145 kcal…well now you do 🙌👏strawberries are made up of mostly water so this helps with keeping it low cal and helps keep you feeling full👌
I paired my pound with 19g of Nuttzo Peanut Pro mixed with a cup of 2% plain Greek yogurt from Trader Joe’s 😋
I’ve also had this meal with nonfat Greek yogurt and PB2 which brings the fat down to practically nothing and lowers the calories by about 120👌 but I had some fats to fill so went with the 2% fat yogurt and real pb 😋🥜
Macro Friendly Pasta Salad
Macro Friendly Pasta Salad that only requires 4 ingredients! Perfect side dish to bring to any party or super simple dish to make for a meal prep! Shown above is a serving of the pasta salad which comes out to 128g in weight and 162 calories 6P/27C/3F. The big thing that can make pasta salad have not the friendliest macros is that they can be high in fat from a large amount of oil based dressings or high fat additions like cheese, avocado, and olives. Since pasta salad is typically a party food/side and since most parties will already have foods/treats that are higher in fats then I thought having a lighter and easy pasta salad could be a great recipe to have!
I kept this pasta salad super simple, but you can definitely add in more veggies to make it MORE nutrient dense! I added sautéed spinach to it here and loved it! And since this recipe is so low in fat you can have the easy option to add in those other fats without worrying about overdoing it on the fat macros for this dish 🤗
I LOVE these Wacky Mac Veggie Spirals! Easy to make and packed with nutrient dense ingredients!
I also added a 10 oz container of grape tomatoes which I sliced with this cool trick I saw on the Food Network! You simply put a bunch of your tomatoes between two plates and then slide a knife between the plates to cut the tomatoes!
Saves A BUNCH OF TIME as opposed to slicing them individually!
Remember how I was mentioning that a lot of pasta salads are higher in fat because of their dressings? Well here’s my solution! I still used a delicious high fat Roasted Tomato, Parmesan, & Basil Dressing BUT I kept it in moderation by only using 4 tbsp(60g) (while most pasta salad recipes say to use an entire bottle of Italian dressing) and mixed it with 75g Nonfat Greek Yogurt, salt, and a bit of water. This let me have that great taste without overdoing it on the calories!
I added in teaspoons of water as I whisked it to check that I was getting a good dressing consistency. It ended up being probably 1.5 tbsp of water but this can vary depending on the greek yogurt and salad dressing you mix it with.
Last step is to toss the pasta and tomatoes in the sauce and enjoy!
I figured out that a serving was 128g by weighing my container before adding anything (500g) and then weighing it again after I added everything (1785g) and subtracting those amounts to make the total weight of the pasta salad 1285g. Then I just divided that by 10 to say that it makes 10 servings at 128g each.
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Macro Friendly 5 Layer Dip
You guys! I’m too excited about this one! A Macro Friendly 5 Layer Dip?! Perfect for any party and it’s packed with nutrient dense ingredients that you’ll feel good about! I made a few tweaks from a classic 5 layer dip to make this dip almost 40 calories less than a regular dip with less fat grams and more protein!
Layer1: The first tweak I made from a classic dip to bring in more protein and less fat is that I used steamed lentils instead of beans for the base! I got my lentils pre-steamed from Trader Joe’s, so all I had to do was puree 1.5 cups lentils in my food processor with half a tbsp of extra virgin olive oil to get a good base.
Layer 2: Next layer is 175g mashed avocado. Nothing extra added because why ruin a good thing 🥑
Layer 3: Pico de gallo! I used my vegetable chopper to make this pico de gallo in less than a minute! I sliced 300g tomato and 100g onion before chopping so that it gave me more even cuts.
And pulsed the tomato and onion mixture in my food processor with cilantro and salt just to mix it a little bit more. 
Layer 4: Cayenne Powder & Cilantro seasoned Greek yogurt instead of sour cream! This is one of the tweaks to the original recipe that makes it SO much more macro friendly! 1 cup nonfat greek yogurt has the macros of 140 calories 24P/10C/0F while 1 cup sour cream is 480 calories 8P/16C/48F!! 
I used 12 oz non fat greek yogurt, 1 tbsp cayenne powder, and 1 tbsp cilantro flakes with a pinch of salt for a great kick of flavor!
Layer 5: Reduced Fat Mexican Cheese! This last layer helps make this dip more macro friendly than the original because it’s lower in fat and higher in protein than regular Mexican Cheese. Using the reduced fat lowers the recipe by 40 calories and 4g of fat!
My picky family approves this recipe so I definitely recommend anyone give it a try!
I paired my dip with these yummy Pico De Gallo Bean and Rice Chips from Beanfields.
Ingredients to make 10 servings:
-1.5 cups steamed lentils
-Half a tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
-175g mashed avocado
-300g Roma Tomato
-100g White Onion
-Cilantro
-Cayenne Power
-Pinch of Salt
-12 oz Nonfat Greek Yogurt
-Half a Cup a Reduced Fat Mexican Cheese
Macro Friendly Turkey Chili
Have a 🏈party coming up and nervous about all the maybe high calorie/un-macro Friendly dishes that might be there 😬 Want to impress your friends by bringing some bomb chili that you can enjoy with stressing that isn’t going to ruin your fitness goals?! Then try out this chili!
So much flavor and spice with macros so nice! 💪
And SUPER EASY to make! My favorite way to cook! 🙌
What’s in it?
(Note: You can use a whole lb of ground turkey and split up the ingredients a bit more to make it even more macro friendly! I just had wanted to save 4 oz to eat plain the day I made this)
🔺1 can Chopped Tomatoes with Garlic
🔺1 chopped jalapeño (optional for more 🔥)
🔺Added seasonings: chili powder, cumin, and garlic powder
Adding in these canned flavored items made me feel less stressed about flavor but I added what I had available in the cupboard, but if you don’t add anything else for seasonings, you have to at least add some Chili powder…I mean it IS Chili!
Directions:
Add beans, tomatoes, and chopped jalapeño to a pot and cook on medium heat.
Cook ground turkey with seasonings in a separate skillet until just about done.
Transfer turkey to pot with beans and veggies to continue to cook on low.
Add in tomato paste to thicken it up and continue to cook it on low to just get all the flavors go mesh together 😋
To figure out the Chili macros I created a recipe in My Fitness Pal by adding in all the ingredients used and then choosing the servings amount (3 in this case so that I could have 4 oz of Turkey with each serving)
And then anytime I have a serving I can just go to my recipes and log it!
Enjoy with a dollop of nonfat Greek yogurt to help tame the spice and add in some extra carbs (Naan, chips, potato) if you want 😉
Macros with Naan & Yogurt: 569 kcal 39P/79C/12F