Skinnytaste Meal Plan (Aug 6-Aug 12)

A free 7-day flexible meal plan including breakfast, lunch and dinner and a shopping list. All recipes include calories and Weight Watchers Freestyle™ SmartPoints®.

While we are still enjoying the rest of our summer here in the north, I know many of you are preparing for your children to go back to school (and some already have!). Let me know what your favorite back to school recipes are!

If you’re new to my meal plans, I’ve been sharing these free, 7-day flexible healthy meal plans (you can see my previous meal plans here) that are meant as a guide, with plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food, coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc or swap recipes out for meals you prefer, you can search for recipes by course in the index. You should aim for around 1500 calories* per day.

There’s also a precise, organized grocery list that will make grocery shopping so much easier and much less stressful. Save you money and time. You’ll dine out less often, waste less food and you’ll have everything you need on hand to help keep you on track.

Lastly, if you’re on Facebook join my Skinnytaste Facebook Community where everyone’s sharing photos of recipes they are making, you can join here. I’m loving all the ideas everyone’s sharing!

THE DETAILS:

Breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday, are designed to serve 1 while dinners and all meals on Saturday and Sunday are designed to serve a family of 4. Some recipes make enough leftovers for two nights or lunch the next day. While we truly believe there is no one size fits all meal plan, we did our best to come up with something that appeals to a wide range of individuals. Everything is Weight Watchers friendly, I included the updated Weight Watcher Freestyle Points for your convenience, feel free to swap out any recipes you wish or just use this for inspiration!

The grocery list is comprehensive and includes everything you need to make all meals on the plan. I’ve even included brand recommendations of products I love and use often. Cross check your cabinets because many condiments you’ll notice I use often, so you may already have a lot of them.

And last, but certainly not least, this meal plan is flexible and realistic. There’s plenty of wiggle room for cocktails, healthy snacks, dessert and dinner out. And if necessary, you can move some things around to make it work with your schedule. Please let me know if you’re using these plans, this will help me decide if I should continue sharing them!

MONDAY (8/6)
B: 2 hard-boiled eggs (0) and a peach (0)
L: Chicken Tzatziki Bowls* (9)
D: Veggie Lasagna Zucchini Boats (7)
Totals: Freestyle Points ™ 16, Calories 902**

TUESDAY (8/7)
B: Avocado Toast with Sunny Side Egg (4)
L: Chicken Tzatziki Bowls (9)
D: Thai Chicken Peanut Lettuce Tacos (6) with sliced cucumbers (0)
Totals: Freestyle Points ™ Smart Points 19, Calories 898*

WEDNESDAY (8/8)
B: Avocado Toast with Sunny Side Egg (4)
L: Chicken Tzatziki Bowls (9)
D: Mediterranean Boneless Pork Chops with Julienned Vegetables (6)
Totals: Freestyle Points ™ Smart Points 19, Calories 859**

THURSDAY (8/9)
B: 2 hard-boiled eggs (0) and a peach (0)
L: Chicken Tzatziki Bowls (9)
D: Grilled Bourbon Chicken (5) with 1 cup cauliflower rice (0)
Totals: Freestyle Points ™ Smart Points 14, Calories 1,003**

FRIDAY (8/10)
B:  PB & J Yogurt (6)
L: Watermelon Arugula and Feta Salad (4)
D: Grilled Salmon with Avocado Bruschetta (3) and ¾ cup brown rice (5)
Totals: Freestyle Points ™ Smart Points 18, Calories 959**

SATURDAY (8/11)
B:  Breakfast Pizza (5)
L: Watermelon Arugula and Feta Salad (4)
D: DINNER OUT!
Totals: Freestyle ™ Smart Points 9, Calories 429**

SUNDAY (8/12)
B: ¼ Crustless Summer Zucchini Pie (4) with 1 cup grapes (0)
L: The Skinny Tuna Melt (4) with an apple (0) (Recipe x 2)
D: Cheese Stuffed Turkey Meatloaf (7) with Roasted Parmesan Green Beans (1)
Totals: Freestyle ™Smart Points 16, Calories 960**

*Prep/make Chicken Tzatziki Bowls on Sunday for Mon-Thurs lunch.  You can also boil your eggs for Mon/Thurs breakfast, if desired.

**This is just a guide, women should aim for around 1500 calories per day. Here’s a helpful calculator to estimate your calorie needs. I’ve left plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food such as coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc.

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Burn Up Your Workouts With These 9 New Tracks

So. Like last month, it’s still hot AF. Good things these songs are, too. Happy sweating to these hot new tracks for August! The Island, Pt. 1 (Dawn) – Skrillex Remix, Pendulum and Skrillex A really fun song to get lost in. (Also fun to get lost in: the fact that Skrillex absolutely sounds like a new breakfast item on, like, a Denny’s menu … and what do you think would be in said dish? Talk amongst yo’selves.) Move Me, Mura Masa featuring Octavian It’ll move ya. Almost Love, Sabrina Carpenter We don’t almost love it; we totally love it.…

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Baked Ratatouille with Havarti Cheese

Baked Ratatouille with Havarti Cheese is layered with eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers and summer squash.

True story, my favorite Disney movie of all time is Ratatouille. I’ve watched it hundreds of times with Madison and it never gets old.  My version of the classic French dish is more like a casserole, similar to this Noodless Zucchini Lasagna, only without the ricotta and meat sauce.

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5 Ways to Practice Self Compassion

If you practice yoga then you’ve most likely heard the instructor talking about compassion. It’s rooted in the sutras as one of the ways to purify the mind. You may have even adopted this practice into your own arsenal, keeping it close in your heart near kindness and tolerance. You probably call on your compassion to stay connected to others. But are you compassionate towards yourself? Too often we are our own worst enemy. When we make a mistake, or don’t live up to our own expectations we sink into the downward spiral of negativity directed inward. And its tough…

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Grilled Bourbon Chicken

Grilled Bourbon Chicken breasts are marinaded with soy sauce, Bourbon, brown sugar, ginger and spices then grilled until slightly caramelized on the outside and juicy on the inside.

BBQ Bourbon Chicken

This recipe takes boring grilled chicken to a whole new level! The inspiration came from the popular mall dish, Bourbon Chicken, a dish I used to get as a teenager at my local mall’s Cajun-themed Chinese restaurant. I served it over cauliflower rice, but it would also be great with brown rice.

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Take Your Grilling Greatness to the Next Level

It always makes me laugh when people ask me if I know how to grill. I mean, I don’t — I leave that to basically everyone else I know who loves to be at the helm while I chop veggies. But that’s not what’s funny. The funny thing is that asking, “Do you know how to grill?” is so broad, because knowing how to grill a steak doesn’t mean you’ve mastered the perfect technique for veggie kebabs. Because, sure, I know how to turn on the grill (unless it’s one of those fancy, complicated ones), and I’m not too shabby…

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Fried Green Plantains + Mango Avocado Salsa