I don’t know how you feel about it, but eating the same thing day after day gets old. I always try to mix up my meal prep to vary my options from day-to-day without expanding my grocery shopping budget. Enter themed lunches.
This week, we’re going Mediterranean after I fell in love with these Joseph’s Middle East Bakery Mini Reduced Carb/Flax, Oat Bran & Whole Wheat Pita Bread from Netrition. At 1f/7c/5p per pita, how could you not?
Six core ingredients: 4oz grilled chicken (you can buy frozen pre-grilled chicken for easier meal prep), 100g zima cherry tomatoes, 1oz fat free Feta, 2T Trader Joe’s Roasted Garlic hummus (much lower fat than other options), 2 Joseph’s mini pitas, 1c couscous.
Option 1: Pita pockets. Combine chicken, zima cherry tomatoes, feta, and hummus. Assemble inside 2 Joseph’s Pitas.
Option 2:Warm couscous. Swap out the pitas for cooked couscous with a little lemon. Chop the chicken and tomatoes, and mix with feta into the warm couscous. Use hummus as a dressing.
Option 3: Salad. Throw spring mix or other greens into a bowl. Top with chopped chicken, tomatoes, feta, and hummus in the place of dressing. Eat pitas on the side.
Option 4: Flatbreads. Grill it up. Layer pitas as your crust with chopped chicken, tomatoes, and feta. Eat remaining tomatoes dipped in hummus on the side.
Four different meals (likely more, too). Six basic ingredients. Easy enough.
