Meals Inspired by You – SMARTMADE™

NEW SMARTMADE ™ by SmartOnes (R) meals offer smart and delicious meals inspired by your smart cooking methods -like grilling protein and roasting vegetables for more flavor, and making smart swaps like white bean puree for cream – just like you do at home.
Fall is always a busy time of year, from back-to-school, to kids’ sports, family activities, and then it leads into the holidays. This fall has been an especially crazy one for us, with all the normal fall activities like the ones I just mentioned, and then add in the birth of my twin nephews and my own pregnancy! I truly love cooking (obviously I am a food blogger), but I find myself looking for smart and delicious alternative options more often when I can’t or don’t have time to cook. As a result of my health coach training, I am confident in the fact that I am knowledgeable about health and nutrition. I strive to eat real food as much as I possibly can, but I also realize that eating healthy involves balance, and trade-offs might be necessary when life is as crazy as it has been for us here lately.  I have realized that it is ok to take a little help where I can get it and that might come in the form of real food prepared meals for convenience. I am so glad that I was introduced to NEW SMARTMADE! These are really meals that are inspired by you! They are a great option for me when life is crazy, but I still want to embrace and enjoy healthy living through balance, moderation and not stressing the small stuff!! I am trying to give myself a little slack here and there 😉 Just look at all of the real, simple ingredients in this SMARTMADE  Mexican-Style Chicken Bowl!! I am loving the combination of grilled white meat chicken with black beans and roasted vegetables over brown rice lightly tossed in a green chili lime sauce and topped with Monterey jack cheese in this burrito-style bowl 🙂 Those are real ingredients that you can pronounce, actual ones found in your pantry! Y’all know I love to be creative in the kitchen and this meal tastes the way that I want it to, like it just came out of my healthy kitchen but without the time or work of actually having to prepare it from scratch 😉 I found these NEW SMARTMADE meals in my local grocery store’s freezer aisle and I picked up a few different varieties to check out. I thought that they would be a perfect option for me to take to work for my lunch and to have on-hand in the freezer for dinners when I have to work late because of one of our charity events or I just don’t have the energy to cook (um…hello pregnancy exhaustion…the struggle is real my friends)!! Are you seeing the grill marks on those veggies? YUM!! This SMARTMADE White Wine Chicken and Couscous features grilled white meat chicken with roasted zucchini, eggplant, onions and tomatoes over pearled couscous lightly tossed in a white wine sauce. I love the smart swap of couscous for white rice and that is one that I have definitely taken advantage of in my own kitchen since it doesn’t compromise taste 🙂 Think about the time that it might take to grill the chicken, roast the veggies, prepare the couscous and then put it all together for a lovely meal for your family, friends, yourself… why not make the smart move and take some help where you can get it?! You could serve this dish to friends and/or family and they might not even know that it is a frozen meal!! Check out this delicious Rosemary Grilled Beef & Vegetables!! Grilled sirloin beef seasoned with rosemary served with roasted sweet potatoes, onions and Brussels sprouts! I love roasting vegetables to really give them that extra flavor!! And you can really taste the roasted goodness of the veggies in this dish as well as the rosemary infusing the beef!! These are just three of the delicious varieties of NEW SMARTMADE meals that are available. Be sure to check out the full list of meals here. Also for more meal inspiration, please visit SMARTMADE on Facebook & Instagram, using the hashtag #smartmade!!