High Five Fridays: Weekly Meal Plan (7.27.12), Olympics Edition!featured

It’s all about the Olympics this week!

(U.S.A. *** U.S.A. *** U.S.A.)

In preparation, Michael Phelps has been pounding 3 fried egg sandwiches, 3 chocolate chip pancakes, a 5-egg omelet, 3 slices of French toast, and a bowl of grits ever day – and that’s just breakfast. What have you been doing?

It’s time to PROTEIN-LOAD, my friends. You want to be a champion? You need FISH. You need SAUSAGE. You need STEAK, CHICKEN, and TOFU. You need the OLYMPIC RINGS OF PROTEIN. Rawr.

You can do it.

Protein-load like a champ this week:

1. Beer-Battered Fish and Chips. The UK gets a gold medal for this one.
2. Bangers and Mash with Onion Gravy. If you can’t go to London, bring London to you.
3. Grilled Ribeye Steak with Onion-Blue Cheese Sauce. Maybe Phelps should start working this into his 12,000 calorie daily meal plan.
4. Arroz con Pollo. One-pot meal = more time for pumping iron.
5. Black Sesame Otsu. Buckwheat carbs and lean protein. Go for the gold.
6. TREAT YO SELF: Throw some Banana Boats on the BBQ this week and you’ll be doing some Olympic victory laps around the yard.

*****Oh, that’s right, you get 6 recipes this week! Because Olympians go above and beyond.

Which games will you be tuning in for?

Gymnastics? Diving? Volleyball? Did you know there’s a Trampoline event?! Not even kidding. Let the games begin!!!