When helping clients make a change in their diet, it is always best to focus on fun and simple recipes. Today, we’re rounding up 5-ingredient meal ideas that your clients will love! We've organized them into breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, to make creating a nutrition plan from these meals a breeze.
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Breakfast:
1. Zucchini & Goat Cheese Egg Muffins
Egg muffins make for a super simple and quick breakfast. Your clients can prep 12 at a time and can freeze them for weeks to come. They are a protein-packed option to keep your clients full all morning.
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2. Almond Butter & Jam Chia Pudding
With just four ingredients, this chia pudding comes together in no time! Your clients can prep a whole batch for the week, or they can whip it up in the morning and eat it on the go. This is an easy and portable breakfast option.
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3. Skillet Sausages & Apples with Avocado
This recipe is the perfect solution for clients who love savory breakfasts but can’t have eggs. The avocado adds lots of fiber and fat to keep your clients satiated until their next meal.
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4. Grain-Free Coconut Almond Porridge
This super-versatile recipe will quickly become a client favorite. It uses just five ingredients and can be customized to include whatever toppings your client is into. This recipe is great grain-free alternative to oatmeal.
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5. Cabbage Egg Nests
If you’re looking for simple ways to bring vegetables and color into your client’s breakfasts, this easy breakfast is a great solution.
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6. Apple Cinnamon Cauliflower Porridge
This grain-free alternative to porridge is a great way to pack a serving of fruit and vegetables at breakfast. Plus, it comes together in just 10 minutes.
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7. Raspberry Overnight Oats
Overnight oats are the ultimate set-it-and-forget-it breakfast. This meal can be topped with any toppings your clients have on hand.
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Lunch:
1. Veggie Pita Pizza with Hummus
This pizza comes together in minutes and can be topped with any leftover veggies in your client’s fridge. It’s always a crowd-pleaser for any age.
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2. Almond Butter & Banana Sandwich
This is an updated take on a forever classic! It comes together in five minutes and packs a punch of protein to keep your clients full.
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3. Ground Turkey, Green Beans & Rice
Just three main ingredients with some spices makes this recipe a mainstay for lunches and dinners on your clients’ meal plans. It has 26g of protein, 11g of fat, and is a great source of vitamin B12.
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4. Pesto Tofu Spinach Rolls
These rolls come together in minutes and pack a punch of vitamin K and vitamin A, not to mention one serving has 16g of protein.
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5. Tuna Salad Plate
Lunch really doesn’t get much easier than this. Besides opening a can of tuna and chopping some cucumber slices, your clients don’t have to lift a finger to bring this simple lunch to life.
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6. Salmon with Coconut Kale
This easy, peasy lunch comes together in 20 minutes and packs major nutrients! With just four ingredients, this recipe contains high amounts of vitamin A, vitamin K, vitamin C, Selenium, and vitamin B12.
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7. Edamame, Cranberry & Feta Salad
There never was a simpler salad that packed this much protein! One serving of this salad has 33g of protein and it comes together in just a few minutes.
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Dinner:
1. Rice, Beef & Spinach
If your client is notoriously stuck on time, help them throw dinner together in no time with this super simple recipe. This recipe will remind your clients how easy it is to get back to the basics.
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2. Sausage, Kale & Acorn Squash Mash
Be sure to add plenty of leftovers of this dish to your client's meal plan! It is the perfect solution to cook once and enjoy many times over, especially when refrigerated in meal prep containers, like the picture shows.
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3. Crispy Broiled Haddock & Broccolini
This recipe is done completely under the broiler which means it comes together quickly. It is also packed full of major micronutrients including vitamin A, C, K, B12, and Selenium.
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4. Lentils, Rapini, & Mashed Potatoes
Another meal prep recipe to the rescue! This plant-based recipe combines simple ingredients to provide lots of fiber and protein to keep your clients full all night.
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5. Pesto Shrimp Pasta
Four ingredients and 20 minutes is all this recipe takes to come together. Your clients will love how much flavor this recipe packs. Afterall, who doesn’t love a great pasta night recipe they can lean on?
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6. Chicken, Carrots & Broccolini
This is nearly a one-pan meal idea that comes together in no time and is definitely meal-prep friendly. Be sure to mark extra leftovers for this simple dinner staple.
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7. One Pan Sesame Trout & Bok Choy
Super simple recipes like this one are notorious for really delivering for high nutritional value. This recipe has nearly triple the recommended levels of B12 and really delivers in vitamin A and C.
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