Whole30 Week 1 Meals
So I am admittedly NOT a food blogger and have aallll the respect for the people who are, but we have finished our first half week of Whole30 and are feeling great! If you don’t know what whole30 is, it’s essentially an elimination diet or habit reset where you eat primarily meats, vegetables, and fruits for 30 days to give your body a break from difficult to digest foods and processed chemicals. Nuts (all except peanuts) are allowed as well. You can read more about the guidelines here if you’re curious. A lot of you have expressed interest in seeing some of what we’re eating so I thought I would do a little roundup for you of the past week. I DID NOT come up with a lot of these on my own just FYI. I have a full Pinterest board of ideas you can find here and will link original sources down below as well.
I’m also linking 2 cookbooks that have been helpful so far- the original whole30 cookbook is a little too complex for my liking so I’ve been sticking with the Fast & Easy (20-30 minute meals) and Slow Cooker cookbooks this round!
BREAKFAST
Most days so far we have kept breakfasts super simple with an apple + almond butter (make sure there’s no sugar added to stay whole30 compliant) and sausage patties or bacon. The last few days I’ve wanted something a little different so I have used these smoothies. I think that using a stand-in for yogurt (even if ingredients are compliant) might be iffy on the tride and true whole30 rules, but this is our second round through, and since I am allergic to eggs I am allowing myself more leniency with breakfasts as long as ingredients are still compliant. I found sugar free, dairy free yogurt at my local Sprouts.
LUNCH
I have pretty much eaten my little makeshift charcuterie lunch almost every day either for lunch and dinner. It’s one of the only whole30 satisfying meals I’ve found that truly requires ZERO prep, and I’m already about that life! Haha We did not do a full prep day before we started this so having something easy has been clutch. I was pleasantly surprised with the little sausage wraps too! Pro tip: Roast A TON of potatoes (or sweet potatoes) each week if you’re doing whole30. I promise you’ll eat them!
DINNER
I was so happy to find that Trader Joe’s Vegan Pesto contains only whole30 compliant ingredients! It’s soo yummy and easy for putting over veggies and meat! The fanciest (and best, let’s be real) meal of the bunch 100% came from someone one else’s brain. Haha Here’s the full recipe for the Thai Zoodle Soup- it was sooo yummy and filling!
SNACKS
The official whole30 guidelines are to try and restrict snacking as much as possible, but I feel like I’ve been veryyy hungry throughout the day (especially on days I’ve done cardio) so I am totally fine with modifying that and just eating when I’m hungry. Overall, I am very PRO eating real food when you’re hungry and not restricting calories to the point that you feel miserable the whole time. So here’s a few of our faves this week:
Veggies and compliant vegan ranch (Primal Kitchen makes a great one)
Mixed Berries or Grapes + Cashews
Apple + Almond Butter
Celery + Cashew Butter + Raisins
Deli Meat + Pickles
That’s a wrap for our first (almost week) of whole30! Please let me know if this was helpful for you, and if you’d like to see more like this in January and moving forward in 2020! It’s definitely out of my comfort zone!
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