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How I Cook a Week's Worth of Healthy Food in 1 Hour

For me, the best way to eat healthy when I’m busy is to have a lot of prepared nutritious foods in the fridge to eat throughout the week. This is your guide for how to make a week’s worth of food for two people in just about 60 minutes. I combine the cooked food with common pantry items and a few sauces to create meals that taste good and will keep you excited to keep eating them throughout the week.
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Ingredients 

PROTEINS:

  • 2 lbs Boneless skinless chicken breast, 1kg
  • 2 lbs of Skin on Norwegian salmon, 1kg

VEGGIES - each cut into large bite sized pieces:

  • 2 heads of broccoli
  • 1 lb brussel sprouts, .5kg
  • 1.5 lb thick cut carrots, 1kg
  • 2 large bunches of kale or chard, leaves cut into pieces with stem end thinly sliced

CARBS:

  • 600 g rice, I like medium grain calrose
  • 1.5 lb potatoes, 1kg, cut into large bite sized pieces, i'm using red baby potatoes
  • 2 med-lrg sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into bite size cubes

MISC INGREDIENTS AND PANTRY/FRIDGE ITEMS:

  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Olive oil
  • Arugula, 2-3 clamshells
  • Roasted red bell pepper
  • Pepperoncinis
  • Marinated olives
  • Feta cheese
  • Pickled red onions, RECIPE: https://youtu.be/QLX6wCDWrIc?t=443
  • Grainy mustard
  • Balsamic vinegar
  • Shredded cabbage, i buy the bagged coleslaw mix or you can slice your own
  • Sushi ginger
  • 3 avocados
  • Roasted seaweed or furikake
  • Kimchi
  • Sesame seeds
  • Corn tortillas, or tortillas of choice
  • Pickled jalapenos
  • Lime
  • Garlic powder, or garlic
  • Onion powder
  • Chili flakes/red pepper flake
  • Honey

Instructions 

  • Boil a very large pot of water. Add a lid to the pot to speed the time it takes to boil.
  • Preheat oven to 425F/220C.
  • Lay out chicken onto a parchment lined sheet tray and season with salt and pepper.
  • Lay the salmon onto a parchment lined sheet tray skin side down, and season with salt and pepper
  • Bake both the chicken and salmon at 425F/220C
  • At around the 15 minute mark, check the Salmon. It's done cooking when the internal temp reaches 130-140F/55-60C.
  • The chicken should be done after cooking for between 20-25 minutes depending on the size of the breasts. They're done when the internal temperature reaches 150-160F/65-70C
  • Eat immediately or transfer salmon and chicken to wide, flat storage containers in the fridge (lid off) to cool.
  • Salt the now-boiling water well and add in chopped broccoli. Cook for about 90 seconds or until the broccoli has softened, but still has a little bite to it. Transfer the broccoli to a wire rack to drain. Then into paper towel lined containers for storage in the fridge.
  • Add the carrots into the boiling water and cook for 3-4 minutes until just tender, but still a little snappy. Transfer to a wire rack to drain.
  • Add the kale to the boiling water and cook for about 2 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to drain then load into paper towel lined storage containers.
  • Add the brussel sprouts to the boiling water and cook for 3-4 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to drain then load into paper towel lined storage containers.
  • Increase oven temperature to 475F/245C.
  • To cook the rice, combine 800g water with 600g rice and a very large pinch of salt. Stir and set to cook on the white rice setting. Store in a container or two in the fridge until ready to use.
  • Slice potatoes in half. Replace the parchment paper from one of the protein sheet trays with a fresh sheet and add on sliced potatoes. Add a generous squeeze of olive oil and a large pinch of salt. Toss on the sheet tray to coat and arrange potatoes cut side down.
  • Peel and cut sweet potatoes into bite size cubes. Replace parchment paper from the second protein sheet tray with a fresh sheet and add diced sweet potatoes. Drizzle with olive oil and salt and toss to evenly coat.
  • Add both trays of potatoes into the oven to cook at 475F/245C. Cook for about 25 minutes until roasted, tender, and charred around the edges. Transfer potatoes into paper towel lined containers and store in the fridge.
  • If you'd like to make your own sauces, i've linked to recipes for all of them (except chili crisp) above

COMBINING INGREDIENTS INTO MEALS:

    SIMPLE MEDITERRANEAN SALAD:

    • Arugula
    • Roasted red peppers, chopped
    • Pepperoncinis
    • Marinated olives
    • Feta, crumbled
    • Pickled red onions
    • 4oz/100-120g chopped chicken
    • Balsamic vinaigrette: grainy mustard, aged balsamic, and olive oil (mixed or shaken together)

    SUSHI INSPIRED SALAD:

    • Arugula
    • Raw shredded cabbage
    • Blanched broccoli
    • Sushi ginger, chopped
    • 4oz/100-120g cooked salmon
    • Avocado, chopped
    • Roasted seaweed or furikake
    • Sesame ginger dressing

    KIMCHI RICE BOWL:

    • Rice
    • Cooked carrot
    • Cooked brussel sprouts
    • Cooked kale
    • 4-6oz/120-170g chicken
    • Microwave the items above then top with:
    • Kimchi
    • Gochujang sauce
    • Roasted sesame seeds

    SALMON TERIYAKI BOWL:

    • Rice
    • Cooked broccoli
    • Cooked brussel sprouts
    • 4-6oz/120-170g salmon
    • Microwave the items above then top with:
    • Teriyaki sauce
    • Chili crisp

    SIMPLE CHICKEN ENTREE:

    • 1 Chicken breast
    • Cooked Broccoli
    • Cooked potatoes
    • Heat ingredients above, then drizzle with pesto
    • salmon dinner

    SIMPLE SALMON ENTREE:

    • 1 Piece salmon
    • Cooked kale
    • Cooked sweet potatoes
    • Heat ingredients above, then drizzle with pesto

    CHICKEN TOMATILLO TACOS:

    • Wet tortillas under water then warm them through in a nonstick pan
    • Add 2 oz/60g chopped chicken (per taco)
    • Crumbled feta
    • Tomatillo salsa
    • Pickled jalapenos
    • Arugula

    FISH TACOS:

    • Wet tortillas under water then warm them through in a nonstick pan
    • Weekday guac
    • avocado mashed with a squeeze of lime juice & a pinch of salt, garlic powder, onion powder, chili flake
    • 2oz Heated flaked salmon (per taco)
    • Raw shredded cabbage mixed with a pinch of salt, honey, lime juice, and olive oil
    • Tomatillo salsa
    • Pickled red onions
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