Healthy Eats: Sweet Onion Salad

There is nothing quite like the taste of roasted onions. What’s more? You can roast onions without adding oil to them and they will still taste incredible. It’s so easy, why not add some cauliflower to the pan too. Then finish with some grilled chicken, greens, chopped tomatoes and bell pepper and you’ve got a […]

Healthy Eats: Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats

When you need an easy breakfast for those busy mornings, try Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats. You’ll do the work the night before and enjoy this mason jar filled with goodness. Set your morning off on the right foot with the appropriate balance of carbs, fats, and protein! This post contains affiliate link(s). As an Amazon […]

Healthy Eats: Balsamic Thyme Butternut Squash

Nature’s carbohydrate sources are the best you can add to your diet. Just 1 cup of Balsamic Thyme Butternut Squash provides you with 297% of your daily Vitamin A requirements and 48% of Vitamin C, and has only 16 g of carbohydrates which means you can eat quite a bit and stay within your meal […]

Healthy Eats: Grilled Flank Steak

Grilled flank steak is a perfect protein for your Check Total Health meal plan. It is a pretty lean cut of beef and is very easy to prepare. I like to be creative with red meat and marinade in “hard root beer” along with some spicy seasoning. For this preparation, I placed a large flank […]

Healthy Eats: Grilled Sweet Potatoes

Grilled Sweet Potatoes are one of my favorite staples in the Check Total Health Meal Plan. A great way to prepare the sweet potatoes is to slice them 1/2 inch thick, spray them with non-stick cooking spray, and season with Chinese Five Spice. Then heat the grill to 500 degrees and place the sweet potatoes over direct […]

Healthy Eats: Open Face Sandwich

There is no need to only eat broccoli and chicken when you are eating clean. Why not make a gourmet open face sandwich and really impress a lunch guest? My mom was coming over for lunch one afternoon and I wanted to serve something that was within my Check Total Health meal plan but I also […]

Healthy Eats: Cilantro Salmon

Fresh herbs can take bland to bold with almost no effort required. Snazz up your fish by adding chopped fresh herbs to it before broiling and voila: Cilantro Salmon is born! Buy your fresh or frozen salmon and pat dry before placing on a tinfoil lined baking sheet. Season salmon with salt, pepper and garlic […]

Healthy Eats: Parmesan Mushrooms

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, make your vegetables taste good and it won’t be hard to eat them! Parmesan is very low calorie and fat for a cheese so it won’t ruin your day to have a little and mushrooms provide a ton of health benefits…put them together and you’ll have […]

Healthy Eats: Sugar Snap Pea Salad

I stand by what I said in Healthy Eats: Grilled Vegetables, people burn out on veggie eating because they can be bland and boring if not prepared right. The next time you find yourself done with foods that are green, consider making this roasted Sugar Snap Pea Salad and turning your loathsome feeling into that […]

Healthy Eats: Pumpkin Bread

Oh the smell of fall! You know what I’m talking about, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bread, anything pumpkin! Now you can have a fall time favorite with half the guilt! Prepare this homemade pumpkin bread and have it for your breakfast carb or your post workout carb, and not just during FALL, have it […]