Another meal planning summary

This week I decided to make the following meals:

• Chicken tenders w/ brussel sprouts chips
• Tomato dijon turkey meatballs w/ twice baked butternut squash

For my extra snack, I plan on making crockpot steel cut oats.

To be honest, I was weary of making the chicken tenders. I never seem to bread chicken right. But I believe practice makes perfect, and I put together a good set up of --

Raw Chicken | Egg White wash | Almond Flour breading | Baking Rack

While the chicken was baking, I prepped the brussel sprout chips. It was kind of fun unlayering the brussel sprouts- it reminded me of one of those russian dolls within a doll.

This is 10 brussel sprouts worth of leaves

As soon as the chicken tenders left the oven, I roasted the brussel sprouts. While the sprouts roasted, I cleaned and put the chicken in its leftover container.

Below is the finished meal:

The recipe included a honey mustard dip, which really made the meal.

Note: Chicken tenders have a tendon in them that should probably be removed. It is not dangerous to eat, but can be a bit disconcerting. Next time I am definitely de-tendoning the chicken tender. Also with this baked recipe, you won't get the crisp texture as if you fried it, but the recipe wasn't a bad healthy compromise.

After dinner I made banana protein muffins (just cause). I ate them really fast and didn't take a picture of them. They were pretty much:

1. Blend:
• 1  banana
• 1 tbsp coconut flour
• 1/2 tbsp almond flour
• 3/4 Scoop of vanilla whey
• 2 tbsp egg whites
• 3/4 tbsp of cocoa powder
• Couple shakes of cinnamon
2. Pour batter into 3 muffin liners
3. Bake 20 minutes (+/- 5 mins) at 350 degrees

The muffins were pretty good, and didn't taste very protein-like. They were small, but I think that is inevitable when cooking with coconut flour, almond flour, and protein powder. And like I mentioned in an earlier post, I don't really like to make 1+ servings of almond flour baked goods because I will gobble up the whole batch. This recipe is one serving and about 270 calories.