[CLEAN Challenge] WEEK 1: Are You Packing?

The time has come...to start cooking your food and packing a lunch!  Below you will find a sample week 1 menu and some items that are great to have on your shopping list.  We usually make 3-4 items each Sunday and reheat them all week for lunch and dinner.  Here we go...


DAY 1, 3, 5, 7 [WEEK 1]
Breakfast:
Breakfast Smoothie with frozen pineapple and mango
Lunch:
2 cups Quinoa Pilaf (reduce to 1 cup and a piece of chicken or fish)
1/2 apple with 2tbsp of cashew butter
Snack:
2 carrots with hummus (be sure to read the ingredients on hummus, we buy Mediterranean Chef - Grandma's Hummus)
Dinner:
1-2 cups of Pea, Mushroom & Turnip Chowder
1/2 cup sautéed collard greens
1/2 avocado


DAYS 2, 4, 6 [WEEK 1]
Breakfast:
Breakfast Smoothie with frozen cherries and peaches
Lunch:
1 1/2 cups of brown rice with 1/2 cup of black beans (we buy the 365 spicy black beans at WF)
-or- 6 oz of chicken/fish with a large spinach salad w/oil and vinegar dressing
1 pear
Snack:
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
Handful of cashews or almonds
Dinner:
1-2 cups of Creamy Carrot Soup
Sautéed green beans
1/2 avocado


SHOPPING LIST [WEEK 1]:
3-4 yellow onions
3-4 apples
3-4 pears
Garlic
3-4 large turnips
3-4 avocados 
3 cups of mushrooms
4 cups of carrots
Green beans
Collard greens
6-8 cups of spinach
Fresh dill/parsley
Coconut Oil
Cashew or almond butter
1 1/2 cups quinoa
2 cups long grain brown rice
Canned spicy black beans (we buy 365 brand)
Flax seed meal
Cashews, almonds, pumpkin seeds
Chicken/Fish (optional)
Frozen peas, mango, pineapple, cherries, peaches

18 cups vegetable stock (5 - 1 quart cartons)

2 cartons of Rice Milk
Hummus
Psillium husks
Paprika
Red Pepper Flakes
Salt
Ground pepper
Fennel Seeds (dried)
Protein powder (we use Alive Pea Protein)