Example 1800 Calorie Meal Plan
Oatmeal with 2 Tbsp Peanut Butter and Banana
Ingredients
Directions
- Mix oatmeal with water & microwave to desired consistency
- Top with nut butter, banana, and cinnamon
Ingredients
Directions
- Fry bacon on stove top by cooking on low heat & turning every few minutes. Alternatively, you can cook bacon in the microwave or in the oven (~20 minutes at 400 degrees) if you prefer.
- Slice tomato and avocado, and layer with bacon into lettuce wraps.
- Top with dressing and oregano.
- NOTES: No bacon? Use turkey or soy bacon. No dairy? Use a dairy-free dressing, e.g. vinaigrette, or more avocado. No avocado? Use more blue cheese dressing.
Ingredients
Directions
Swap turkey for Tofurky, or if you’d rather, you could swap for 1/2 cup of chickpeas.
- Cut tomatoes in halves & slice cucumbers, cube avocado.
- Mix tomatoes, cucumber, and avocado together with oil and seasoning to make a side salad.
- Arrange ingredients in a container, or keep turkey in a separate container.
- When ready to eat, add salad to turkey slices to make roll-ups if you like, or eat separately.
- Note: When choosing deli meat, look for organic and “no nitrates” if possible.
Ingredients
Directions
- Spray pan with an oil spray. Cube chicken.
- Cook for ~8 minutes on low-medium heat.
- Add in cauli rice for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until you see some browning.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients, stirring continuously until all mixed in.
- Dairy free? Use dairy free cheeses or swap this meal out for something else you’d prefer. No chicken? Use tofu, a meat-substitute, or beans.
Ingredients
Directions
- In a bowl, crack in eggs & whisk with a fork
- Spray a small pan with an oil spray. Turn on medium heat.
- Add eggs into the pan, flip with a turner once eggs are mostly cooked through. Let cook for another 1-2 minutes.
- Top with flat, cooked-through egg with tomatoes, mozzarella, parmesan, and seasonings. Cover pan with lid, turn heat to low, and let “pizza” cook until cheese has melted.
- No dairy? Use a dairy-free cheese or salami, bacon, or pepperoni (or a vegetarian meat version).
Ingredients
Directions
- Spread 2 Tbsp peanut butter on tortilla.
- Lay banana on one side of the tortilla, then roll up & cut into slices.
- Dip the celery in the other Tbsp peanut butter.
- Gluten-free? Use a gluten free tortilla.
Ingredients
Directions
- Dip jerky in guac
- No jerky? Have hard boiled egg – or turkey jerky, or salmon jerky
Chicken Thigh Salad with Sunflower Seeds and Blue Cheese
Ingredients
Directions
Swap chicken for chickpeas in Step 2.
Drain and rinse the chickpeas, then mix them into the salad as directed.
- Spray pan with an oil spray, turn heat on pan to high.
- Sear chicken, meaning cook on both sides for ~2 minutes.
- Cover pan with lid & cook for another 5-6 minutes, until chicken has cooked through.
- Dice onion and cube avocado.
- Mix all ingredients together into a salad.
- Notes: Roasted & salted seeds are fine! No dairy? Use additional seeds or avocado.
Ingredients
Directions
- Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl with a fork. Blend in a blender if helpful.
- Spray a non-stick pan with an oil spray.
- Add mixture (will make 4-5 pancakes) to pan and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side.
- No nuts? Feel free to use any other nut/seed butter you prefer.
Ingredients
Directions
Swap chicken for pressed and cubed tofu in Step 3.
Toss the tofu cubes with 1/2 of the BBQ sauce, then proceed with the recipe as directed.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Dice onion.
- Dice chicken, mix together with 1/2 your BBQ sauce.
- Spread the rest of your bbq sauce on the tortillas.
- Top tortillas with chicken, cheese, and red onion.
- Bake (or air fry) for 5-10 minutes, depending on how crispy you want your pizzas.
- Top with fresh parsley.
- No dairy? Use a dairy-free cheese or use a dairy-free pesto instead of the BBQ sauce and cheese (available at most stores). Gluten free? Use gluten free tortilla, e.g. corn.
- Note: you don’t have to use rotisserie chicken – baked or grilled chicken breast will work just as well.
Ingredients
Directions
- Slice tomatoes.
- Arrange all ingredients on a plate. Top tomatoes with glaze and salt.
- No prosciutto? Use edamame. No dairy? Use extra prosciutto.
Ingredients
Directions
- Spray pan with an oil spray and stir-fry on medium heat (breaking up noodles with tongs if cooking zoodles from frozen). Once cooked through, drain any excess liquid with a sieve.
- Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces. Spray a separate pan with an oil spray. Cook chicken pieces for 8-9 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cooked through.
- Add zoodles, artichokes, ricotta, and crushed tomatoes to the pan with chicken and heat through, ~5 minutes. Season.
- No chicken? Use tofu or fish.
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monday
Oatmeal with 2 Tbsp Peanut Butter and Banana
Ingredients
Directions
- Mix oatmeal with water & microwave to desired consistency
- Top with nut butter, banana, and cinnamon
Ingredients
Directions
- Fry bacon on stove top by cooking on low heat & turning every few minutes. Alternatively, you can cook bacon in the microwave or in the oven (~20 minutes at 400 degrees) if you prefer.
- Slice tomato and avocado, and layer with bacon into lettuce wraps.
- Top with dressing and oregano.
- NOTES: No bacon? Use turkey or soy bacon. No dairy? Use a dairy-free dressing, e.g. vinaigrette, or more avocado. No avocado? Use more blue cheese dressing.
Ingredients
Directions
Swap turkey for Tofurky, or if you’d rather, you could swap for 1/2 cup of chickpeas.
- Cut tomatoes in halves & slice cucumbers, cube avocado.
- Mix tomatoes, cucumber, and avocado together with oil and seasoning to make a side salad.
- Arrange ingredients in a container, or keep turkey in a separate container.
- When ready to eat, add salad to turkey slices to make roll-ups if you like, or eat separately.
- Note: When choosing deli meat, look for organic and “no nitrates” if possible.
Ingredients
Directions
- Spray pan with an oil spray. Cube chicken.
- Cook for ~8 minutes on low-medium heat.
- Add in cauli rice for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until you see some browning.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients, stirring continuously until all mixed in.
- Dairy free? Use dairy free cheeses or swap this meal out for something else you’d prefer. No chicken? Use tofu, a meat-substitute, or beans.
tuesday
Oatmeal with 2 Tbsp Peanut Butter and Banana
Ingredients
Directions
- Mix oatmeal with water & microwave to desired consistency
- Top with nut butter, banana, and cinnamon
Ingredients
Directions
- Fry bacon on stove top by cooking on low heat & turning every few minutes. Alternatively, you can cook bacon in the microwave or in the oven (~20 minutes at 400 degrees) if you prefer.
- Slice tomato and avocado, and layer with bacon into lettuce wraps.
- Top with dressing and oregano.
- NOTES: No bacon? Use turkey or soy bacon. No dairy? Use a dairy-free dressing, e.g. vinaigrette, or more avocado. No avocado? Use more blue cheese dressing.
Ingredients
Directions
Swap turkey for Tofurky, or if you’d rather, you could swap for 1/2 cup of chickpeas.
- Cut tomatoes in halves & slice cucumbers, cube avocado.
- Mix tomatoes, cucumber, and avocado together with oil and seasoning to make a side salad.
- Arrange ingredients in a container, or keep turkey in a separate container.
- When ready to eat, add salad to turkey slices to make roll-ups if you like, or eat separately.
- Note: When choosing deli meat, look for organic and “no nitrates” if possible.
Ingredients
Directions
- Spray pan with an oil spray. Cube chicken.
- Cook for ~8 minutes on low-medium heat.
- Add in cauli rice for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until you see some browning.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients, stirring continuously until all mixed in.
- Dairy free? Use dairy free cheeses or swap this meal out for something else you’d prefer. No chicken? Use tofu, a meat-substitute, or beans.
wednesday
Oatmeal with 2 Tbsp Peanut Butter and Banana
Ingredients
Directions
- Mix oatmeal with water & microwave to desired consistency
- Top with nut butter, banana, and cinnamon
Ingredients
Directions
- Fry bacon on stove top by cooking on low heat & turning every few minutes. Alternatively, you can cook bacon in the microwave or in the oven (~20 minutes at 400 degrees) if you prefer.
- Slice tomato and avocado, and layer with bacon into lettuce wraps.
- Top with dressing and oregano.
- NOTES: No bacon? Use turkey or soy bacon. No dairy? Use a dairy-free dressing, e.g. vinaigrette, or more avocado. No avocado? Use more blue cheese dressing.
Ingredients
Directions
Swap turkey for Tofurky, or if you’d rather, you could swap for 1/2 cup of chickpeas.
- Cut tomatoes in halves & slice cucumbers, cube avocado.
- Mix tomatoes, cucumber, and avocado together with oil and seasoning to make a side salad.
- Arrange ingredients in a container, or keep turkey in a separate container.
- When ready to eat, add salad to turkey slices to make roll-ups if you like, or eat separately.
- Note: When choosing deli meat, look for organic and “no nitrates” if possible.
Ingredients
Directions
- Spray pan with an oil spray. Cube chicken.
- Cook for ~8 minutes on low-medium heat.
- Add in cauli rice for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until you see some browning.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients, stirring continuously until all mixed in.
- Dairy free? Use dairy free cheeses or swap this meal out for something else you’d prefer. No chicken? Use tofu, a meat-substitute, or beans.
thursday
Ingredients
Directions
- In a bowl, crack in eggs & whisk with a fork
- Spray a small pan with an oil spray. Turn on medium heat.
- Add eggs into the pan, flip with a turner once eggs are mostly cooked through. Let cook for another 1-2 minutes.
- Top with flat, cooked-through egg with tomatoes, mozzarella, parmesan, and seasonings. Cover pan with lid, turn heat to low, and let “pizza” cook until cheese has melted.
- No dairy? Use a dairy-free cheese or salami, bacon, or pepperoni (or a vegetarian meat version).
Ingredients
Directions
- Spread 2 Tbsp peanut butter on tortilla.
- Lay banana on one side of the tortilla, then roll up & cut into slices.
- Dip the celery in the other Tbsp peanut butter.
- Gluten-free? Use a gluten free tortilla.
Ingredients
Directions
- Dip jerky in guac
- No jerky? Have hard boiled egg – or turkey jerky, or salmon jerky
Chicken Thigh Salad with Sunflower Seeds and Blue Cheese
Ingredients
Directions
Swap chicken for chickpeas in Step 2.
Drain and rinse the chickpeas, then mix them into the salad as directed.
- Spray pan with an oil spray, turn heat on pan to high.
- Sear chicken, meaning cook on both sides for ~2 minutes.
- Cover pan with lid & cook for another 5-6 minutes, until chicken has cooked through.
- Dice onion and cube avocado.
- Mix all ingredients together into a salad.
- Notes: Roasted & salted seeds are fine! No dairy? Use additional seeds or avocado.
friday
Ingredients
Directions
- In a bowl, crack in eggs & whisk with a fork
- Spray a small pan with an oil spray. Turn on medium heat.
- Add eggs into the pan, flip with a turner once eggs are mostly cooked through. Let cook for another 1-2 minutes.
- Top with flat, cooked-through egg with tomatoes, mozzarella, parmesan, and seasonings. Cover pan with lid, turn heat to low, and let “pizza” cook until cheese has melted.
- No dairy? Use a dairy-free cheese or salami, bacon, or pepperoni (or a vegetarian meat version).
Ingredients
Directions
- Spread 2 Tbsp peanut butter on tortilla.
- Lay banana on one side of the tortilla, then roll up & cut into slices.
- Dip the celery in the other Tbsp peanut butter.
- Gluten-free? Use a gluten free tortilla.
Ingredients
Directions
- Dip jerky in guac
- No jerky? Have hard boiled egg – or turkey jerky, or salmon jerky
Chicken Thigh Salad with Sunflower Seeds and Blue Cheese
Ingredients
Directions
Swap chicken for chickpeas in Step 2.
Drain and rinse the chickpeas, then mix them into the salad as directed.
- Spray pan with an oil spray, turn heat on pan to high.
- Sear chicken, meaning cook on both sides for ~2 minutes.
- Cover pan with lid & cook for another 5-6 minutes, until chicken has cooked through.
- Dice onion and cube avocado.
- Mix all ingredients together into a salad.
- Notes: Roasted & salted seeds are fine! No dairy? Use additional seeds or avocado.
saturday
Ingredients
Directions
- Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl with a fork. Blend in a blender if helpful.
- Spray a non-stick pan with an oil spray.
- Add mixture (will make 4-5 pancakes) to pan and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side.
- No nuts? Feel free to use any other nut/seed butter you prefer.
Ingredients
Directions
Swap chicken for pressed and cubed tofu in Step 3.
Toss the tofu cubes with 1/2 of the BBQ sauce, then proceed with the recipe as directed.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Dice onion.
- Dice chicken, mix together with 1/2 your BBQ sauce.
- Spread the rest of your bbq sauce on the tortillas.
- Top tortillas with chicken, cheese, and red onion.
- Bake (or air fry) for 5-10 minutes, depending on how crispy you want your pizzas.
- Top with fresh parsley.
- No dairy? Use a dairy-free cheese or use a dairy-free pesto instead of the BBQ sauce and cheese (available at most stores). Gluten free? Use gluten free tortilla, e.g. corn.
- Note: you don’t have to use rotisserie chicken – baked or grilled chicken breast will work just as well.
Ingredients
Directions
- Slice tomatoes.
- Arrange all ingredients on a plate. Top tomatoes with glaze and salt.
- No prosciutto? Use edamame. No dairy? Use extra prosciutto.
Ingredients
Directions
- Spray pan with an oil spray and stir-fry on medium heat (breaking up noodles with tongs if cooking zoodles from frozen). Once cooked through, drain any excess liquid with a sieve.
- Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces. Spray a separate pan with an oil spray. Cook chicken pieces for 8-9 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cooked through.
- Add zoodles, artichokes, ricotta, and crushed tomatoes to the pan with chicken and heat through, ~5 minutes. Season.
- No chicken? Use tofu or fish.
sunday
Ingredients
Directions
- Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl with a fork. Blend in a blender if helpful.
- Spray a non-stick pan with an oil spray.
- Add mixture (will make 4-5 pancakes) to pan and cook for 2-3 minutes on each side.
- No nuts? Feel free to use any other nut/seed butter you prefer.
Ingredients
Directions
Swap chicken for pressed and cubed tofu in Step 3.
Toss the tofu cubes with 1/2 of the BBQ sauce, then proceed with the recipe as directed.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Dice onion.
- Dice chicken, mix together with 1/2 your BBQ sauce.
- Spread the rest of your bbq sauce on the tortillas.
- Top tortillas with chicken, cheese, and red onion.
- Bake (or air fry) for 5-10 minutes, depending on how crispy you want your pizzas.
- Top with fresh parsley.
- No dairy? Use a dairy-free cheese or use a dairy-free pesto instead of the BBQ sauce and cheese (available at most stores). Gluten free? Use gluten free tortilla, e.g. corn.
- Note: you don’t have to use rotisserie chicken – baked or grilled chicken breast will work just as well.
Ingredients
Directions
- Slice tomatoes.
- Arrange all ingredients on a plate. Top tomatoes with glaze and salt.
- No prosciutto? Use edamame. No dairy? Use extra prosciutto.
Ingredients
Directions
- Spray pan with an oil spray and stir-fry on medium heat (breaking up noodles with tongs if cooking zoodles from frozen). Once cooked through, drain any excess liquid with a sieve.
- Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces. Spray a separate pan with an oil spray. Cook chicken pieces for 8-9 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cooked through.
- Add zoodles, artichokes, ricotta, and crushed tomatoes to the pan with chicken and heat through, ~5 minutes. Season.
- No chicken? Use tofu or fish.