Weekly Food Prep is my proven key to success.  When I don't have easily accessible clean food, I tend to eat out a lot more often and eat foods I try and avoid.  Shopping and cooking in the same day is vital.  If i don't clean and prepare my produce it tends to go bad before I use it.  The most important things I need are tasty cooked proteins and washed and ready-to-eat fruits and vegetables.  Since I am a single mother of 2 I also prep some foods for the kids, this makes packing healthy lunches and whipping up quick dinners a breeze.
This week I chose chicken breast and lean steak (london broil) as my proteins.  I marinated both of them for a few hours before cooking.  Marinading is a great way to pack a huge flavor punch without a lot of calories.  The chicken was soaked in a lemon garlic marinade and the beef was soaked in a balsamic, soy, garlicky concoction. 
The cooked vegetable this week was roasted fresh string beans tossed in olive oil and spices, roasted in a blazing hot oven.  I always keep cold garden salad ingredients on hand because that is a daily staple in my diet and I really love how versatile salad is.  For fruit this week I  washed and pitted 3 lbs of perfectly amazing black cherries for snacking.  Hard boiled eggs are another prep day essential.  I peel them in the morning and throw them in a disposable cup all mashed up for a quick breakfast on the way to the gym.
I don't always make drinks but since i'm trying to cut out soda (again) I prepared watermelon lemon juice and fresh brewed passion fruit ice tea. 
Thank you Kimberly James for the inspiration this week!

 Passionfruit IceTea

 Watermelon Lemon Juice

 Hard Boiled Eggs

 London Broil

Pitted Cherries

  

Baked Lemon Chicken

 Sample Dinner

 Sample Lunch