Healthy Chicken Burrito Bowls and Sweet Potato Fries - 2000 calories & 6 meals per day
This week we are meal prepping for a daily intake of 2000 calories. We are diving into some Mexican themed meal prep, cooking some burrito chicken and combining with a range of additional flavours to create some really tasty and healthy chicken burrito bowls. As an added extra, our snacks this week will be some healthy sweet potato fries, baked in the oven rather than deep fried - almost as good as the real thing, without the calories!
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 - 30/40/30 or 30% protein, 40% carbs and 30% 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
32%
39%
29%
100%
Calories
628
780
567
1975
Grams
157g
195g
63g
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 - Yoghurt, Muesli and Fruit
Morning Tea - Boiled Eggs
Lunch - Chicken Burrito Bowl
Afternoon Snack - Sweet Potato Fries
Post-Workout - Protein Shake
Dinner - Chicken Burrito Bowl
The table below shows the macro breakdown of each of the meals to get our target daily intake.
Protein
Carbs
Fat
Meal 1
20g
44g
9g
Meal 2
13g
1g
11g
Meal 3
48g
64g
18g
Meal 4
2g
20g
6g
Meal 5
26g
2g
1g
Meal 6
48g
64g
18g
Total
157g
195g
63g
Our meal prep video this week will focus on the preparation of morning tea, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner.The Yoghurt, Muesli and Fruit 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.
Here is a quick breakdown of each meal:
Yoghurt, Muesli and Fruit
150g Low Fat Greek Yoghurt
50g Strawberries
50g Blueberries
50g Toasted Muesli
Boiled Eggs
2 Boiled Eggs
Chicken Burrito Bowl
150g Chicken Breast
140g Basmati Rice
handful Lettuce
1/5 cup Red Capsicum
1/5 cup Red Onion
1/5 cup Tomatoes
1/4 cup Black Beans
1/2 medium Avocado
Sweet Potato Fries
100g Sweet Potato
Olive Oil
Rosemary
Smoked Paprika
Post-Workout Protein Shake
1 scoop of protein powder
water
Chicken Burrito Bowl
150g Chicken Breast
140g Basmati Rice
handful Lettuce
1/5 cup Red Capsicum
1/5 cup Red Onion
1/5 cup Tomatoes
1/4 cup Black Beans
1/2 medium Avocado
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