Cook 3-4x more protein than you need for your meal so you can put leftovers in the fridge for later. Protein prep pro tip: Use dinner as protein prep time. Bottom right: Pot Roast is spectacular in a crockpot…and so easy!.In the winter, these are quick and easy to cook in the oven or on the stove. Pull the tails off (if you want to), stick ‘em on some skewers, top with some seasoning (cajun is my fav) and go. Bottom left: Raw shrimp is perfect for summer grilling and it is easy to prep since it is already deveined.Top middle + top right: Carne Asada and Pollo Asado are my go-tos for grilling or throwing in the oven (when it is too cold in VT to start the grill!).If you’re working with higher fat macros, you don’t have to go quite so lean here. Top left: 96% lean ground beef is delish in rice/veggie dishes, made into burgers or thrown over some spaghetti squash.Here are some of my favorites… Raw Protein from Trader Joe’s Luckily, Trader Joe’s has tons of quick, easy and healthy protein options (both raw and cooked). If you’re newer to counting macros, prepping protein needs to be the main focus of your meal prep. If you’re a macro-tracking pro, you know that the key to eating enough protein is having enough of it cooked and ready to go. Let’s do it! (Pin it to save this article for later!) Macro Friendly Trader Joe’s Protein I’m going to break it down into different categories that will help you along with your macro counting/health journey: Today, I wanna share some of my macro-friendly Trader Joe’s staples and the meals I use them for. If you’re a fellow Trader Joe’s junkie, you know that the seasonal options are delish but they’re just that - seasonal. When this tweet was going around, six separate people sent it to me on Instagram (I haven’t quite made my way over to Twitter yet) asking if I was triggered and my answer was a resounding “nope, not even a little triggered” cause that is totally me. Moral of the story: I love it at Trader Joe’s. This is one of the things I find myself reminding my clients most often and I want you to remember through your nutrition journey: keep the healthy choice the easy choice. When you’re a) trying to make mostly healthy choices and b) have better things to do with your time than slave away in the kitchen, keeping the healthy choice the easy choice is key. Not only because the foods are delish, reasonably priced and there is always something new to try, but also because everything there is so darn easy to cook.
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