This Mom Tackles Week 3 of Meal Planning

To continue my series in Healthy January Meal Planning for my lunches for the work week, I had to pick something in my pantry since I wasn’t able to plan much before grocery shopping because of the snow storm that hit in my area. So I went with canned tuna and canned chicken and set to making healthy options for make ahead lunches.

The first set of two lunches is Basil Chicken Salad. I found this recipe through a Pinterest link from Damn Delicious found here. Canned chicken mixed with equal parts basil pesto and Greek yogurt make for a yummy, healthy alternative to chicken salad. I also added a few capers on top to add a little kick and really give in to the Italian flavor. I am going to pile mine on wheat bread, roma tomato slices, and spinach leaves. Simple yet delicious!

My next set of two meals are with the canned tuna, Skinny Tuna Cakes with a Chipotle May0 from Skinny Mom found here. After mixing tuna, chopped onion, old bay seasoning, panko bread crumbs, and two egg whites refrigerate for one hour. Make four patties and skillet cook with cooking spray til both sides are brown. I put two patties on top of a spinach and carrot salad with a little homemade balsamic vinaigrette. On top of each patty I added a dollop of Chipotle Mayo which is light mayonnaise, chili powder, and lime juice. Might be some of the best canned tuna I will have ever had!

I hope you have the opportunity to try one of these recipes and if you do I would love to know what you think. I would also love to hear if you have any other meal plan suggestions. January is almost done but I am going to keep making make ahead meals. It’s been saving me money and I love the new flavors I have been challenging myself with. I will probably keep posting them here but I am also getting ready to start a new series so stay tuned!