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Healthy 3-Ingredient Dinners for Busy Weeknights

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Hey, hey! Two of the biggest challenges that our clients at Designed to Fit Nutrition face is not having enough time to prepare healthy food and not knowing what to eat, which is why our custom meal plans are so successful. We tell them exactly what to eat and we’re constantly adding new recipes and changing things up, so our clients never get bored. In fact, the majority of them say they are  excited  to see what’s next on their meal plan because the recipes are so tasty. (Check out what our clients have to say about DTFN . Almost all of them mention the recipes!) Most importantly, our recipes are so incredibly easy to make. We don’t want our clients spending hours and hours in the kitchen, and we firmly believe that healthy eating doesn’t need to be super time-consuming or difficult. Some of our recipes have as few as three (main) ingredients, so you can throw them together in no time at all! The recipes below are a mix of DTFN and CNC recipes, and all of them are favorites in

What Will 2017 Mean for Your Life?

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It’s 2017. There are old sci-fi stories set in 2017.  Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , the basis for  Blade Runner , takes place in 2019. That’s just two years away. It’ll come faster than you think. The time to make anything happen is now. But how? That’s the catch. No one can bestow motivation upon you. External events can trigger or inspire a motivation cascade, but it ultimately comes from within. As I enter this new year, I’m mulling over a couple different quotes. I don’t normally go for quotes, as I find it too tempting to read them, ponder them for ten seconds, and just move on with life, thinking I’ve done something meaningful. But these are really striking a chord, and I think they’ll help some of you start an internal dialogue on motivation and meaning that could bear fruit in the new year. Let me know what you think. The first comes not from the Iliad, but from the fairly mediocre yet fun film adaptation starring Brad Pitt as Achilles— Troy . “Any moment might

The 2017 Primal Blueprint 21-Day Challenge Begins Next Week! (and Here’s How to Prepare)

Lightened-Up Family Spaghetti and Meatball Night

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A classic crowd-pleasing meal, spaghetti and meatballs is all about family. Get the kids in the kitchen to help stir the sauce and roll the meatballs. Use these tips to make a meal the entire family will look forward to eating. Meal Prep Most of the components of spaghetti and meatballs can be made ahead. Be sure to make a big ol’ batch and freeze some for a busy night down the road, and tuck some in the fridge for school lunches the next day. Then all you’ll need is 10 minutes prior to dinner to boil the pasta and reheat the meatballs and sauce. Pasta Pasta has a bad reputation for being unhealthy. It’s true that processed wheat products are missing some key nutrients, but the real issue is inflated portions. One cup of cooked pasta contains 200 calories, an appropriate amount for most family members to enjoy as part of a meal. Fill the remainder of the plate with lean protein and vegetables for a well-balanced dinner. Whole-grain pasta is also looked down upon for being bitter

2017 Word Of The Year

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Last year my friend Lauren asked me to choose a word of the year for 2016. I had one foot in the past and one foot in the future and had no idea where my life was headed, so I chose the word PRESENT. My goal for 2016 was to stop worrying / thinking / analyzing about what would happen in 3 months, a year, or 5 years. To let go of all of the planning I had done my whole life and to just be. Reflecting on that word choice, it worked out well. I truly did embrace living in the present. Here we are stepping into crisp, pure January, and it’s time to choose my word of the year. I considered: Efficient. Focused. Driven. Kindness. Outrageous. Spirited. Motivated. After quite a bit of thought my word is: I wanted something I could apply to many areas of my life, and intentional seemed to fit the bill. When I think about the past two years, they just sort of floated by with more reaction than action. I want to be intentional with my…. Blog . I want to write about things that excite me