Here’s a meditation on healthy eating, plus a meal plan for kicking off the new year.
We’ve got skillet chicken with bok choy, shrimp and arugula salad, frittata squares, and more!
Our contributorSummer Milleris back to share her meal plans for the month of January.
Summer Miller, Elise Bauer, Coco Morante, and Sally Vargas
From that moment on, I changed the way I looked at resolutions.
The Year of Words
So began the year of words.Resist indifference.
Be bold.The words and phrases became opportunities for daily reflection and focused mediation.
Summer Miller, Elise Bauer, Coco Morante, and Sally Vargas
The words were less rigid than goals and allowed for grace when I needed it.
If the woman with a screaming child was behind me in line, I let her go first.
I did what I could do to make her morning a little better.
Summer Miller, Elise Bauer, Coco Morante, and Sally Vargas
Becoming joyfulwas as simple as reminding myself to play.
Who cares if dinner is 20 minutes late?
I danced in the kitchen with my children, and let them chase me around the living room.
Summer Miller, Elise Bauer, Coco Morante, and Sally Vargas
I flirted with my husband, and sang loudly in the car.
Finally, I redefinedbeing healthy.
Healthy suddenly had nothing to do with counting calories or the number on a scale.
Summer Miller, Elise Bauer, Coco Morante, and Sally Vargas
Being healthy was about how I lived my life.
Was I doing healthy things that brought me joy and made me FEEL good?
All of it required anew boldnessin me.
Summer Miller, Elise Bauer, Coco Morante, and Sally Vargas
I ended up losing those 10 pounds, but honestly, I wouldnt have cared either way.
I reveled in the process of becoming, and it was wonderful.
The Process of “Becoming”
So often we focus on big, grand ideals.
Summer Miller, Elise Bauer, Coco Morante, and Sally Vargas
Its not something you accomplish and then check off of your list.
You are in the process ofbecoming.
You dont fail, you continue.
Summer Miller, Elise Bauer, Coco Morante, and Sally Vargas
January represents our universal month of new beginnings.
Heres to a new year, and the wonderful, ever evolving you!
We all define healthy food in different ways.
Summer Miller, Elise Bauer, Coco Morante, and Sally Vargas
Some of us are vegan or vegetarian, others are more meat-focused with Paleo or Whole30.
Still others feel best on the fish-heavy and fat-rich Mediterranean diet.
One characteristic uniting all these different “diets” is that vegetables are good, and good for you.
Summer Miller, Elise Bauer, Coco Morante, and Sally Vargas
When you eat good you feel good.
What or who is inspiring you to take care of yourself this week?
This fast, simple, and healthy salad is a wonderful way to soften that transition.
2Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Soup:Eating your vegetables has never been more delicious.
To save time, as one commenter on this recipe suggested, use canned fire-roasted tomatoes instead of fresh.
Pair this vegan soup with bread, or for a lower-carb option, this olive and chickpea salad.
Skip the parmesan and the salad is vegan too.
4Skillet Chicken with Baby Bok Choy:Thirty minutes.
Need more than chicken and bok choy?
5Frittata Squares with Spinach, Tomatoes, and Feta:Lets eat Brinner!
Its Friday and breakfast for dinner is a perfectly acceptable way to kick of the weekend.
Add thisHam and Potato Hashif you need a little more to round out the meal.
