21 Day Fix Family Friendly Recipes - unOriginal Mom (2024)

FAQs

What foods are good for the 21 day fix? ›

The 21 Day Fix program encourages healthy eating and emphasizes fresh produce, lean proteins and healthy fats. The following are examples of foods to eat on the 21 Day Fix: Vegetables: Kale, watercress, collard greens, spinach, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, asparagus, beets, tomatoes, peppers, cauliflower, etc.

21 Day Fix Container Cheat Sheet:

Purple Container: Fruits like blueberries, strawberries, mango, and banana. Red Container: Proteins like chicken breast, salmon, eggs, and tempeh. Yellow Container: Carbohydrates like sweet potato, brown rice, tortillas, whole-wheat bread, and wine (yes, wine!).

Two large eggs equal one serving of protein with the 21 Day Fix. I usually make a batch using 4 eggs or 2 servings. With the assumption that you have already boiled eggs ready for this recipe, you can proceed with the recipe. If you do NOT have eggs boiled already just follow your favorite way of doing them 1st.

Next, simplify what's for dinner by creating a recurring menu—Monday pasta, Tuesday rice, Wednesday soup, and so forth. Predictable meals are simpler and easier to prepare, everyone eats the same thing, and the regularity will have rooting effects on your children.

At 1 year old, your child is learning to eat on their own. They can chew food as well as you can, so they can eat the same foods as the rest of the family.

Choose from dozens of delicious freezer meals including casseroles, baked pasta dishes, gumbo, pot roast, slow-cooker soups and stews, and more. You guests will never guess that you just popped that Turkey-Noodle-Poppy Seed Casserole out of the freezer.

Because they're cooking for people they love. They know the grandchildren, what they like, and how they like their food prepared. Grandparents are usually retired and have ample time to shop, cook, and serve exactly what the g'kids like. And, research supports that food cooked with love tastes better.

Quick meal and snack ideas

Scramble, hard-boil or fry eggs and serve with baked beans and toast, wholegrain if possible. Top pita bread with vegetables and low-fat cheese for an easy pizza. Grab fruit, vegetable sticks, cheese, dips and yoghurt for healthy, easy snacks when you're busy.

Some of the best freezer meals for new parents include stewed meats, lasagna, meatballs, soups, casseroles, and stir-fry. These can be prepared in advance, frozen, and easily reheated whenever needed, providing convenient and nutritious options during the hectic early days of parenthood.

Cheese Pizza – You're allowed 1/4 of a 12″ pizza (mind you most pizzeria pizzas are NOT 12″) and it counts as 2 yellow and a blue on your Tally sheet. Do NOT make this meal the equivalent of calories to a full day of meals. This is why some people don't to use a cheat/splurge meal.

Can you eat pasta on 21 day fix? ›

Thankfully you can still eat pasta on the 21 Day Fix, as long as you measure it according to your yellow container guidelines!

So that tells us that every bread that has whole grain as the first ingredient is approved. Water is sometimes the 1st ingredient and that is fine., but if “whole” is the 1st or second word the bread product IS approved. Period. No need to read any further down that ingredient list.