Looking for healthy meal inspiration? So were the 1.4+ Million people who now follow Amanda Meixner for meal prep ideas and nutrition information. She joins the show this week to share her favorite make-ahead meals, that are both delicious AND aesthetically pleasing.  Hey, if you’re not photographing your meals, did they even really happen?!

Amanda hasn’t always had a healthy relationship with food though. In high school, she developed anorexia, but it was through her journey to recovery that she learned to use food as part of her healing. After making a full recovery, she made it her mission to show people that being healthy wasn’t about starving yourself, but rather about fueling your body with the right foods.

She now uses her social media and podcast to support people on their own nutrition journey.

What’s in this episode:

• Amanda shares how her meal prep photos made her Instagram famous
• Here first taste is one that most kids would not like! 
• We talk about the years Amanda spent in India as a child 
• She talks about the Austrian food influence in her life 
• How Amanda overcame an eating disorder 
• How a chance encounter at Trader Joe’s led to her marriage! 
• The ways her husband helps her maintain a healthy mindset around eating 
• The Food of the Day is Salad Jars!
• Salas jars can keep fresh for up to 5 days 
• Amanda’s second favorite meal prep is Chili 
• The fight that turkey chili caused between Ashley and her boyfriend 
• The secret ingredient in Amanda’s mom’s chili recipe 
• The most used kitchen gadget in her kitchen is her egg cooker 
• Amanda teaches us how to make the perfect salad jar 
• She shares some fun suggestion for kids back-to-school lunches
• The diet that Amanda recommends? The one that works for you. 
• Why the Paleo diet fit well into her lifestyle 
• How Covid has affected her meal planning 
• Who does the cooking in the Rocchio household 
• The biggest lesson from Amanda’s career as an Influencer 
• Amanda answers these questions from Listeners: 
• What do you do when you don't want to eat what you’ve prepped? 
• Do you have any vegan go-to’s for meal prep? 
• What’s the best time to cook meats in relation to consumption date?
• How do you keep costs down while cooking healthy? 
• Do you have any thoughts on meal delivery services? 
• How do you decide what to cook each week?
• Amanda’s favorite treats: sweet potato brownies, paleo fudge, homemade popsicles

Links from the show: 

• Link to Amanda’s ebook  ‘101+ Healthy Snacks’ 
• https://www.101healthysnacks.com/order40587018
• Here’s Amanda’s Sweet Potato Brownie Recipe 
• https://meowmeix.com/paleo-brownies/
• Here’s the post that describes the anatomy of a salad jar recipe 
• https://www.instagram.com/p/B7B05bQFAil/?igshid=ra4fti23hypr
• Link to Amanda’s chili recipe 
• https://meowmeix.com/paleo-turkey-chili/
• Master Your Health Podcast 
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/master-your-health-podcast/id1477761062

Quotes from this episode: 

• “Look at how beautiful mother nature is, with the fruits and the vegetables, and the protein and all that together.” 
• “Eat the rainbow, but the actual rainbow, not skittles.” 
•  “I do try to make sure I’m getting a nutritious well-balanced week, so I always have some fruit. I have a lot of vegetables.”

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