Crockpot Meal Prep: January 25, 2016

Ingredients:

1 oven whole chicken

1 bag broccoli

1 large or 2 small cinnamon persimmon

2 avocado

celery, carrots, onion, as desired

Method:

1. Clean whole chicken and place in crockpot with diced celery, carrots, onions and desired seasonings
2. Cook on medium 4-8 hours depending on the size of your chicken
3. Chop broccoli
4. Slice persimmon
5. Slice avocado
6. Give broccoli a quick steam in microwave or in steamer
7. When chicken is done, slice meat off bone
8. Place desired amount of chicken breast, broccoli, avocado and sliced persimmon into 3-5 containers
9. Place the remainder of your cooked chicken into a container and save for additional meals (lunch/dinner)

This week’s meal prep is brought to you by Sarah from Ingredients Of A Fit Chick

Sarah used the crockpot this week to make a 5280meat whole chicken that could be used for this example prep plus additional meals throughout the week. She paired the chicken with Melissa’s Produce broccoli, cinnamon persimmon and fresh sliced avocado from her local market. Sarah also prepped:

Other Items Prepared:

1 lb ground beef + zucchini noodles

4 rice cakes + cinnamon raisin almond butter 

2 baked sweet potatoes + cottage cheese + coconut butter

6 hard boiled eggs

roasted veggies: kabocha squash, brussels sprouts, carrots, parsnips

2 coho salmon filets 

combat crunch bars 

overnight oats

large mixed green salad

100 oz water

All meals were packed into a 6pack cooler