No Food Prep: Protein Edition

Sometimes, folks are so busy that can’t spend a few hours in the kitchen a week to food prep. Or, they aren’t Master Chefs (yet).

Here are some quick, go-to options from the frozen foods section of a few different grocery stores to hopefully alleviate some stress and help with time management.

Make sure to watch out for sodium with these guys - packaged foods are notorious sodium bombs. Find a balance.

This post focuses on PROTEIN, but we also have blog posts for Carbs and Fats too. You can find these products at Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts, and Raley’s.

BREAKFAST:

• 365 hard boiled eggs, peeled and ready to eat

• Evol Lean & Fit Egg White Sandwich

• Breakfast sausage (Applegate)

• Siggi’s Plain Greek Yogurt

• Egg White patties (Good Food Made Simple)

• Egg Whites & Kale Breakfast Bowl (Dr. Praeger’s)

BURGERS/OTHER MEATS:

• Trader Joe’s Grass Fed Sirloin Beef Roast

• Organic Turkey Burgers (Jennie-O, Applegate)

• Organic Beef Burgers (any store brand that’s organic, The Organic Meat Co)

• Turkey Breast (Applegate)

• Tuna Burgers

• Salmon Burgers

CHICKEN:

• Pre-cooked chicken breast strips (Nature’s Rancher, Applegate, Tyson, and Trader Joe’s Just Chicken)

• GF Chicken Nuggets (Applegate)

• Rotisserie Chicken

FISH:

• Wild Caught Salmon Burgers

• Tuna Burgers

• Love the Wild Rainbow Trout (they have other types besides Trout too!)

• Full Circle Market frozen fish (thaw, season, throw in a pan with some oil for 4 mins on each side)

• Anything by The Saucy Fish Co. Barramundi

MEALS:

• Frontera Chicken Fajita Bowl

• Evol Fire Grilled Steak or Teriyaki Chicken

• Smart Made meals (frozen meals)

SNACKS:

• Rx Bars

• Other high quality protein bars (Perfect Bars, Primal Kitchen Collagen Bars, Bulletproof Bars, etc)

• Siggi’s Yogurt

• Packaged/Canned Tuna

• Salmon

• Sardines

• Jerky

• Turkey Breast (Applegate)