Introduction:
Clean Eating Recipes: Cleanliness is the key to good health and a healthy lifestyle. A person’s habit of cleanliness tells a lot about his or her personality. Eating healthy is of no use until and unless you follow all aspects of cleanliness. Everyone likes to eat good and delicious food, but no one’s want to cook it themselves. It is true that cooking is not difficult as a task, but you need to be very careful while cooking food not because its quite a challenge but with small details, which can affect your health.
You need be certain while cooking that you must keep your cooking environment clean and wash very other washable thing once or at least twice before using it. Hygiene should be your first and foremost concern.
In today’s fast paced world, we have destroyed our eating schedules and habits. All we do is take out a quick 10 minutes from our daily routine and eat whatsoever is accessible to us on a short notice. Yet, it is true that we don’t bother about ingredients all we do is cook the easiest and easily accessible thing for yourself.
Least we could do is to keep a check and balance in our diets. Firstly, if we start having a grip on our daily healthy diet plan then with time it would be easier for us to make changes. First things first, we’ll be discussing a few things we need to take care of while cooking.
Clean eating ideas for lunch
Take something very light for lunch because once you’ve had a good low-calorie breakfast then you don’t really need to have a very heavy and full of calorie lunch. Its better if you skip lunch but if you’re hungry and can’t stay without eating for a long time then salad and nuts are a good option. You can also try a grilled chicken wrap with hummus, it is low in calories yet carries proteins in it. Yet, chicken and poultry are good for health and weight loss.
What you can do is, if you are a working person or a student at university or high school you can make a plate for your lunch time. The point comes how do we know that we are eating clean?
We need to follow a few steps for clean eating ideas for lunch. The first thing you should chose a healthy meal for your lunch avoid as much unhealthy food as you can. When we think about lunch, it always seems to be a struggling thought that ‘’what can we eat in lunch?’
Something which is easy to cook and not time taking to eat because of the specific timeline we have at our workplace. There are a few steps we can follow for clean eating ideas for healthy lunch recipe.
Wash your hands for clean eating.
Before you open your lunch box or packed food wash your hands and then sanitize your hands so that all the dirt and germs would be washed and sanitized away. While walking or working we many of the times touch such things that we don’t even remember and contains a lot of germs. If you just check the grill of a staircase, you could find so many germs that you will not ever touch that again in life. Who knows someone having what kind of infection or disease touches that. So most important part is washing your hands before you eat or drink, keep this as a compulsory step.
Clean utensils and place
While you pack your food for lunch make sure the lunch box or the foil paper is placed in a clean surface and while you pack the environment is clean. When you eat at your lunch time just have a look around and check that your surroundings that is it clean?
Sometimes we just don’t observe but there are a lot of things around us that contains a lot of germs. There can be a dustbin near you, a used tissue paper which someone uses or things like that. So, make sure you sit on a place where your brain clicks that the environment and surroundings are 101 percent safe for you.
Save heating temperature for food.
There are different temperatures for food storage and then food heating. You must also be aware of the temperature danger zone. It is the term used to describe the temperature range where food is most at risk of developing harmful bacteria. Food (clean eating) in the danger zone is at risk of causing illness to anyone who handles or consumes it. Due to foodborne illnesses such as salmonella. Keeping food out of the danger zone will ensure it’s safe to eat by limiting the growth of bacteria. While heating you can search the food heating temperature in Google for your safety as well.
Food packing for clean eating
The purpose of food packing is you prevent it from getting germs in it. There are different materials of food packaging available in the market plastic, jute, silver foil etc. You can use your home washed lunch box as well which is the safest of all. You wash your lunch box with the dish washing soup and de ’sanitize it and then put your food in that lunch box.
Clean eating ideas for dinner
Basically, clean eating means filling your plate with healthy food. Healthy food includes whole grains, fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and legumes. You can choose between easy recipes with short cooking time.
Vegetables: They are best for you to take in dinner, especially green vegetables. Plain frozen vegetables are an option for shortage of time.
Fruits: Plain fresh fruits or frozen fruits both are an option they provide you water, sugars, glucose, and vitamins.
Lean proteins: Turkey, fish, chicken all white meat items are lean proteins.
Legumes: Beans and lentils are high in proteins, and they are easily available in canned foods.
Clean eating ideas for dinner they are same for each breakfast, lunch, and dinner. All you must focus on your clean eating environment and surroundings. Your utensils should be clean. One easy idea is, just ask your brain to click is the place at which you are clean eating. Does your brains allow you. Our brain has a very strong sixth sense which clicks us.
30 days clean eating recipe
I am sharing a recipe with you which i just saw on the internet and tried myself and honestly that was as delicious as anything and that was a pot recipe which can be used daily for at least a month depending upon your capacity of eating and hunger level. I’ll recommend you guys to try it out in you 30-day clean eating recipes.
This is a smoky and spicy sweet chilli recipe which is freezer friendly. And you are going to live the taste of the sweet and sour beef in it.
Ingredients Clean Eating
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 large shallot or 1 small onion, chopped.
- 2 garlic cloves, minced.
- Salt and pepper
- 29oz can tomato sauce.
- 15oz can Bush’s Vegetarian Baked Beans
- 15oz can black beans, drained and rinsed.
- 3 Tablespoons chili powder
- 1-2 heaping Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika.
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper (or more or less)
Toppings: shredded cheddar cheese, chopped green onions, tortilla chips, sour cream.
Procedure:
Start by browning 1 lb ground beef with 1 large, chopped shallot or 1 small onion, 2 cloves garlic, salt, and pepper in a large soup pot or Dutch oven.
Then add 28oz canned tomato sauce, 15oz canned baked beans, and 15oz canned black beans that have been drained and rinsed.
Now add all the spices. 3 tablespoons chili powder, 1 teaspoon smoked paprika, ½ teaspoon each salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and cumin, and ¼ teaspoon (or more or less) cayenne pepper.
The smoked paprika gives this chili a totally unique flavour and plays well off the smoky/spicy chili and cayenne powders.
Now 1-2 heaping tablespoons brown sugar. The chili tastes completely different without the brown sugar so if you like a subtle sweetness in your chili then you’ve just got to go for it. It will make your chilli sweet and salty.
Place a lid on top then simmer for 30 minutes, stirring two or three times. And your one of 30-day clean eating recipes is ready!
Reheating
This chili can be freeze for later use as well. Let it cool completely then scoop into a freezer bag and freeze flat. To reheat, let it thaw in the refrigerator overnight and then reheat on the stove. When it’s time to eat, scoop the chili into bowls then top with melted cheese, chopped green onions, and tortilla chips for crunch.
Roasted tomato salsa
Tomatillo Salsa in 3 ways
Green: This version is mild and pleases everyone. It’s great with chips, over enchiladas, and in my Chipotle Cilantro Dressing.
Spicy Red: Use the green as a base and add 1-2 finely chopped chipotle peppers. I make the green tomato salsa recipe first, then divide it in half and use the other half for this Spicy Tomato Salsa. This one is our favourite as it has a smokiness from the chipotle peppers in adobo.
Chipotle Cilantro Dressing is made using the green (or red) salsa and adding yogurt, lime juice and my homemade chipotle seasoning.
Ingredients clean eating
- 2 lbs tomatoes
- 1 can green chilies
- 2-3 poblano peppers
- ¼-1/2 jalapeño depending on how hot you like it
- 2 garlic cloves minced.
- ½. Cup chopped onion.
- ½ cup cilantro leaves chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste.
Procedure
Soak the tomatoes for a while so all the dust and germs get removed. Cut tomatoes, jalapeno and poblanos’ in half and place on a foil lined baking sheet. Broil for about 8 minutes, turning pan if needed. Allow to cool slightly. Peel off skins on poblano peppers and jalapeños. In a food processor combine tomatoes, jalapeños, green chilies, poblanos, onion, cilantro and garlic. Process until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve as is or continue for the Spicy Red Tomato Salsa.
To make the Spicy Red Tomato Salsa: Add 1 chipotle pepper with a little adobo sauce to ½ of the batch of green to make the Spicy Red Tomato Salsa. Just add 1 pepper though, then taste and see. You may be tempted to add more but it gets spicy quick. You can eat these with readymade or homemade chapati’s or even bread and bun as you like.
Refrigerate or freeze these and use them daily. Easy and tasty salsa or chutney hack.
Clean eating dinner recipes:
For clean eating dinner recipes, we have a really healthy option for you guys.
Cabbage soup
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped.
- 2 medium carrots, chopped.
- 2 stalks celery, chopped.
- 1 medium red bell pepper, chopped.
- 2 cloves garlic, minced.
- 1 ½ teaspoons Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 8 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
- 1 medium head green cabbage halved and sliced.
- 1 large tomato, chopped.
- 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
Procedure
Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, carrots, and celery. Cook, stirring, until the vegetables begin to soften, 6 to 8 minutes. Add bell pepper, garlic, Italian seasoning, pepper, and salt and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
Add broth, cabbage, and tomato; increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer, partially cover and cook until all the vegetables are tender, 15 to 20 minutes more. Remove from heat and stir in vinegar.
Here’s you clean eating dinner recipe is ready! Quick and very easy.
Chicken and white bean soup
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage.
- 14 ounces chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 15 ounces canned cannelloni beans (rimed)
- 2 pounds roasted chicken (shredded)
Procedure
Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add leeks and cook, stirring often, until soft, about 3 minutes. Stir in sage and continue cooking until aromatic, about 30 seconds. Stir in broth and water, increase heat to high, cover and bring to a boil. Add beans and chicken and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until heated through, about 3 minutes. Serve hot.
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