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Chicken Enchilada Casserole

All this hot and cold weather has me craving Mexican food, totally unsure why. But, flour enchiladas filled with fatty ground beef and dripping with cheese would likely not sit well these days, so I went searching for an alternative that met my cravings without sacrificing dozens of those precious fat grams.

The result: Chicken enchilada casserole. I got the idea from Gimme Some Oven, one of my favorite recipe sites. Unfortunately, 3 cups of cheese still wasn’t gonna do it for me. I swapped the full fat cheddar for reduced fat, cut the amount in half, and loaded up the dish with extra veggies. The result? A HUGE hearty slice of casserole with plenty of kick at just 9f/37c/26p per slice {that’s just 333 calories for you non-macro counting folks}.

Leftover Soup

One of our goals for this year {I stray from using the word “resolution” – more on that another time} was to cook more at home. With our hectic travel schedules and late nights at the office, it became all too easy to pick up Chipotle or pre-made meals from Central Market on the way home. The food was healthy enough, but our sodium intake was soaring and not having food in the house when we were home led us to rely a little too heavily on sugary snacks and protein bars on the weekend.

The one downside of all that cooking – we inevitably have some leftover vegetables in the fridge, canned goods that we accidentally bought two of, and meat in the freezer that we keep forgetting is there. Enter leftover soup. It’s a standard base made of things we typically have in the pantry, mixed with extras from meals earlier that week. Each ladle {I ate 2 per meal} was 3f/17c/12p for our version, which included added veggies and pasta.

Easy Breakfast Options

When I first started tracking macros last July, I ate the same meals. Every. Single. Day. It can really wear on you, and isn’t the whole point of flexible dieting the freedom to mix it up?! Knowing what to swap for what is difficult, though.

Thankfully, some of my fellow Grit Girls have let me into their daily diaries as input to a little data mining/programming project I’m working on {more to come on that}. Armed with data about what a lot of girls tend to eat in the morning, I’ve compiled a sampling of delicious, easy breakfast ideas. They’ve been modified to all hit similar macros targets, enabling easy swaps from one day to the next without jeopardizing the numbers you have saved up for other meals.

Emergency Stash

When I travel places I’m pretty familiar with, I tend not to bring along my Isobag or Six Pack Bag with prepped meals. Both bags are pretty bulky, and sometimes, I just don’t have the bag space {checking bags is highly frowned upon for this girl}. Case in point: My last trip to Boston. The…

Greek Pasta Salad

Summer is almost over {I know it’s past Labor Day, but temps are still 90+ in Dallas}, and I’m still trying to squeeze in a few last rounds of my favorite warm weather recipes before everything swaps to stew, soup, and pumpkin. A few weekends ago I whipped up one of my favorites for a…

Road Trip Snacks

We’re Tulsa bound this weekend, and everyone knows road trips require snacks. Gas stations and fast food restaurants are full of temptation, so I’ve rounded up a few of my favorite make-at-home snacks to help me hit my macros on the road and stay away from those fat-packed, super sugary, pre-packaged options. All of these can be mixed…

Semi-Homemade Protein Pudding

This girl’s always looking for new protein packed snacks I can grab on the go – and this super easy, 5 minute protein pudding in a jar may be my new favorite! {No lies – I’ve brought a Tupperware and pudding mix on trips with me to make this in my hotel room with skim…

Zucchini Lasagna

In my pre-fit girl life, I loved me some pasta. Now, I’d rather eat a waffle for those carbs – but the craving sometimes comes back. The fix? Zucchini lasagna, complete with all the gooey cheese and rich meat of the pasta version, but none of the guilt (extra points for the serious protein macros…

Healthy Travel Snacks

As someone who feels like they live in airports, I understand the desire to have something to munch on while you wait on that seemingly endless layover. It’s easy to pick up a Diet Coke and bag of peanut M&Ms – but those snacks can put a serious dent in your wallet (#airportpricegouging) and leave you feeling worse…

Cajun Chicken Pasta

Sunday night, I was seriously craving comfort food – specifically something filled with cheese and pasta. Yum. But, lots of cheese and pasta means no Oreos to cap off my nights, and let’s be honest – that’s not an option. So, I set about finding a happy medium. The result: a super flexible, mix-to-your-macros cajun…

10 Pre-mades to Simplify Meal Prep

Work ran late, you scrambled to get in a quick workout, and then you’re home – but now you have to make dinner. We’ve all been there, and in those moments, know it’s easier to pick up the phone and call for Chinese than to come up with an Instagram-worthy #healthyeating recipe. Here are some…

Mexican Quinoa Casserole

This post was originally published in March 2015, and was updated to modify a few changes I’ve made to the recipe and add new photos. This post has been moved. Find the new post HERE.

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