Hello friends!
Recently I’ve really gotten into creating meals that are both nutritious and delicious. I find cooking from scratch so fun and rewarding! I’ve been documenting some of my favorite dishes on my phone and wanted to share a collection of them with you today.
Read on for menu inspiration for all three meals, plus links to my favorite recipes. These are especially helpful if you’re looking for high-protein, real-food ideas. Enjoy!
breakfast
- Greek yogurt with peanut butter, sliced bananas, and nutmeg.
- Hot breakfast sandwich with toasted sourdough, sliced cheddar, sausage links, fried egg.
- From-scratch pancakes topped with Greek yogurt and berry sauce (frozen berries cooked with water, cornstarch, and honey), sausage links.
- Baked berry oatmeal, sausage links, banana.
- Cottage cheese with berry topping (see above).
- Homemade granola with raw milk and sliced bananas.
- High-protein smoothie with Greek yogurt, raw milk, peanut butter, and bananas.
- Shakshuka (eggs cooked over a sauce of diced tomatoes and bell peppers) with toasted baguette.
- Cooked rolled oats with berries and bananas. Collagen powder added for extra protein.
- Avocado toast on sourdough, topped with fried eggs and paired with sausage links and clementine.
- Scrambled eggs with cottage cheese, shredded cheese, and kale.
- Mexican omelette filled with salsa, cheese, and leftover rice and beans.
- Korean steamed eggs, sourdough toast, clementine, sausage link.
- Cooked oatmeal with berries, Spam (now I know I’m not a fan XD), fried eggs, clementine.
- Breakfast sandwich with sourdough toast, avocado, scrambled eggs, cheese.
lunch & Supper
- Baked sweet potato, pulled pork, baked beans, salad.
- Baked potato with sausage, broccoli, refried beans, cottage cheese, and shredded cheese.
- Fried rice with chicken and veggies, black beans with green chiles, apples, cooked spinach.
- Mashed potatoes (with the skin), corned beef, frozen green beans sauteed with onions and bacon.
- Spaghetti squash alfredo with chicken and spinach, green beans, apples.
- Stir fry with chicken and vegetables over fried rice.
- Kale salad, creamy Italian chicken over spaghetti (from Hope’s Table; aff. link), clementine.
- Sauerkraut sardine sandwich with muenster (could do tuna + muenster instead!), green beans.
- Ground turkey with kale and Parmesan, baguette.
- “Valentine’s Day salad” with grilled chicken + toppings, paired with butternut squash soup.
- Chicken quesadillas (homemade tortillas, chicken, bell peppers, cheese, salsa), roasted carrots.
- Egg drop soup with homemade bone broth, roasted sweet potatoes, clementine.
- Sourdough pizza crust topped with veggies, sausage, pepperoni, mozzarella, etc.
- Air fryer chicken nuggets, roasted carrots, spinach salad, egg drop soup.
- Salmon patties, brown rice cooked with carrots and broth, roasted broccoli, avocado.
- Air fryer chicken, sourdough bread, roasted carrots, kale salad, avocado.
- Rice bowl (brown rice, fried eggs, sausage links, seared sardines, cooked spinach, cucumber).
- Air fryer chicken, refried beans, cooked broccoli with cheese, avocado.
There, that was fun! I hope scrolling through those pictures gave you some meal planning inspiration for next week. 🙂 Making this post made me hungry for lunch already, haha.
What are your favorite meals lately?
Thanks so much for reading, my friends, and have a lovely day!
***Allison***
Allison Marie 
You’ve been busy in the kitchen!
The weather has been crazy here in Vermont, so we’ve been enjoying soups still.
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Indeed I have! Ooh yes, I think soups can be enjoyed all year round, but there’s nothing like them in cold weather. Yum.
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These all look so good!! I’m a major healthy eater, so I love to see inspo from others my age! I usually get flak for eating/being healthy because I’m “already thin,” but this is so far from the point haha. I view my body as the temple of God and want to treat it well! I also am very interested in raw milk…wish I could find a local farmer for that!!
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Yay! I know, I love healthy eating inspo – or honestly just balanced, attainable eating hehe. Yeah, my version of healthy eating means focusing on nutritious food that keeps my body feeling good and working properly, not specifically losing weight.
Raw milk is great! I’m biased because we grew up on a dairy farm and now get milk from Sully’s parents’ raw milk dairy. 🙂
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Yes, attainable! Too many influencers going too far. haha
I’ve never had it, but I know it’s soo much better for you than the processed dairy we get at the store. I have friends in North Dakota that sell their milk for $10/gal but it usually goes for $15+. Do your family or Sully’s sell theirs locally?
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Indeed. Fun to watch but not very approachable.
Yeah thankfully we get a “family discount” hehe; it’s not cheap! Yes, Sully’s family sells it to drop sites in a circumference of several hours.
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These all look so good! We all eat very healthy food in my family, so it’s always nice to find more inspiration for when I make my own lunches and such. Also I’m BIG fan of avocado toast, so it’s lovely to it featured on the post!
…then again, I just really like avocados in general…
Another lovely post Allison!
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YES AVOCADOS FOR THE WIN! Especially avocado toast on sourdough. Yum.
So glad you found this post helpful Amelia!
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Okay, these all look AMAZING… but also your photography skills probably could make a peanut butter and sandwich seem like a gourmet option. My mouth is just watering!! Definitely coming back to look over your ideas very soon, because I’ve been stuck in the same ol’ recipes for awhile. Thank you for sharing these ideas with all of us!!
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Aww haha, I appreciate that because I always feel like I take subpar food pictures – I just snap one with my phone before eating. Glad they look appetizing and helpful for future meal planning!
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oh my GODS… these all look soooooo good!!!! I couldn’t even attempt a food photo. No, actually, I tried, and it failed very horribly! So that always makes your photographs seem more wondrous!
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I’m so glad my food photos look appetizing because I struggle with that too! It helps a lot to take my plate somewhere in the kitchen with plenty of sun. 🙂 Thanks for reading!
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