Omega 3 Breakfast Recipe and Macros
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Getting your monounsaturated and omega 3, ala, epa, and dha are critical to maintaining cell wall integrity and lowering chronic inflammation. Here are two of our best recipes that we give to clients on the Origin Nutrition program.
Sand & Steel Over Night Oats:
- 2/3 cup old fashioned oatmeal
- 1 cup almond milk
- ½ scoop vanilla protein powder
- 4 TBL flax mean
- 2 TBL Chia
- 10 almonds
- Rasberries.
- Cinnamon and salt to taste.
Recipe Directions
Add oats, spices, milk, flax, and protein powder to a tupper wear container and soak overnight. In the morning add the Chia, almonds and Raspberries. This meal is excellent for people who normally eat to many refined sugar products in the morning. The almonds, flax, and chia provide the omega 3 benefit.
Sand & Steel Signature Shake:
- 2 cup almond milk
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1/2 Avocado
- 1/2 Cup Blueberries
- 1/2 Cup Strawberries
- 2 TBL Pysillium Husks
- 1/3 Block Silken Tofu
- 2 TBL Walnut Oil
- 1 Scoop Green Powder
- 2 TBL Collagen
Recipe Directions
Get Steel Strong Shake. The berries can be swapped. This meal works very well for breakfast since it contains a lot of protein, slow digesting carbs to balance out the fructose in the fruits, the fruits has antioxidants, the avocado is an excellent source of monosaturated fats, flax and chia have complete amino acid profiles and omega 3 oils. Protein powder and tofu round out the shake to add in the necessary protein. This would be an excellent shake for someone who is looking to put on muscle that has lower to mid range body fat.
Food Name | Food Type | Servings | Serving Size | Source | From a box or frozen? | Calories | Carbs (gG or Gymnastics refers to one of the three main categories of CrossFit exercises: monostructural, gymnastics, and weight lifting. Gymnastics CrossFit exercises includes bodyweight exercises and calisthenics. Some of the... More) | Protein (g) | Fat (g) | Fiber (g) | Sugar (g) |
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almond milk | 1 cup | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
blueberries | 1/2 cup | 60 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||||
Strawberries | 1/2 cup | 40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||
avocado | half | 160 | 8.5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 0.6 | ||||
tofu | 1/3 block | 110 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||
flax meal | 1 tbsp | 30 | 2 | 1.5 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | ||||
chia | 1 tbsp | 60 | 5 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Metrx Protein Powder (vanilla) | 1 scoop | 137 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Totals | 627 | 46 | 47.5 | 32.25 | 20 | 18.6 |