Mm Yummy!!
Step 1: Meal Planning
Meal planning is hard, but it is essential if you want to create the healthiest environment for your brain and your body. There are a lot of tips and tricks to create a meal plan but the thing that works for me is loose repetition. I decided what I would be able to eat in a week- snacks, drinks, meals- and I buy that food every time I go to the store. these items include salads, clementines, chips, pizza rolls etc.
Step 2: Grocery Shopping
Grocery shopping with ADHD is probably one of the most entertaining parts of my week. Aimlessly wandering Walmart with a grocery list in hand is a great way to see the most obscure aisles in Walmart. But here is what I have learned to get whenever I go to the store.
Grab and go food.
Ready made salads
Simple snacks (carrots and ranch)
Paper products (doing dishes when you have executive dysfunction is not fun)
Step 3: Cooking
Cooking takes a lot of time. There's no way around it, and it's not really something you can stop halfway through. Once you start, you have to finish. But cooking can be really fun and rewarding, you just have to make sure your in the right headspace to do this task
Make sure:
You have enough time
You know the steps
You really want to eat what you are making
Step 4: Clean Up
Cleaning my dishes is the bane of my existence. I am so bad at doing my dishes that I just had to take myself out of the equation. Know. Your. Limits.
Extra Help: Recipe's
Breakfast: Yogurt Bowl
1 cup yogurt
¼ cup chocolate protein powder
1 tbs. Peanut butter
¼ tsp. Cinnamon
Toppings (optional)
Fruit
Granola
Peanut butter
Honey
nuts
Lunch: Ham Sandwich
2 slices of whole wheat bread
1 tbs. Mayonnaise
3 pieces of honeyed ham
2 slices of sharp cheddar cheese
2 tomato slices
1 piece of lettuce
Snack: Protein Balls
1 cup coconut shavings
1 cup oats
¼ cup wheat germ
¼ ground flax seeds
⅓ cup honey
½ cup peanut butter
½ cup chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Dinner: Spaghetti
1 lbs. Ground beef
1 tsp. Garlic salt
¼ tsp. Black pepper
2 tbs. Oregano
1 jar pasta sauce
1 pack spaghetti
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