October 21, 2018 2 min read

QUICK AND EASY CHICKEN MEAL PREP - Baked Quinoa Chicken Strips - 2000 calories & 6 meals per day

This week we are meal prepping for a daily intake of 2000 calories. This is for all those people who say they don't have time to meal prep - this is the easiest meal prep you'll ever see! 30 minutes in the kitchen and everything is cooked and cleaned for the full week.

The daily intake will be broken down into 6 meals, being breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon snack, post-workout and dinner.

The 2000 calorie intake per day has been divided or 'split' into the 3 macro-nutrients (macros); protein, carbohydrates (carbs) and lipids (fat). This week's daily meals have been planned out to meet a rough split - 31/40/29 or 31% protein, 40% carbs and 29% fat. The amount of each of the macros is up to personal preference, diet requirements or a target metabolic consumption. The table below shows the breakdown of the daily calorie intake into each of the macros.

	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Total
Split	31%	40%	29%	100%
Calories	624	804	576	2004
Grams	156g	201g	64g

Each of the 6 planned meals plays an important part in obtaining the required daily calorie intake. This week's meal prep will include the following food for each meal:

Breakfast - XO Crunch cereal and Almond Milk
Morning Tea - Chobani Yoghurt (Passionfruit)
Lunch - Baked Quinoa Chicken Strips and Bean Salad
Afternoon Snack - Almonds
Post-Workout - Protein Shake
Dinner - Baked Quinoa Chicken Strips and Bean Salad

The table below shows the macro breakdown of each of the meals to get our target daily intake.

	Protein	Carbs	Fat
Meal 1	6g	51g	5g
Meal 2	13g	17g	3g
Meal 3	50g	60g	15g
Meal 4	11g	11g	25g
Meal 5	26g	2g	1g
Meal 6	50g	60g	15g
Total	156g	201g	64g

Our meal prep video this week will focus on the preparation of morning tea, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner. The XO Crunch cereal can be made fresh at home before you leave each day and the protein shake can either be taken on the go and consumed with water or when you get home.