Hey all. After responding to a different thread, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of your favorite healthy recipes that you guys make during your time in Nursing school. It can be anything from a breakfast recipe, to some snacks you bring with you to clinicals, or anything alike!
Here are some of my recipes. Keep in mind, I'm trying to add some weight (I am 6'1" @ 179lbs trying to reach 185-190lbs), so you may want to adjust the kind of ingredients/macros you use.
1) The Breakfast Shake:
Crusty eyes, you glance at your alarm clock and realize you overslept. Jumping out of bed, you realize you only have 40 minutes to get from here to your clinical site. You don't have time to make a complete balanced breakfast. So what do you do? Thankfully, you have ingredients in stock, and all it takes is 5 minutes to make breakfast on the go healthy.
8-12 oz of Whole milk, 1% milk, or Almond milk.
1-2tbsp of peanut butter
1/2 cup of dry oats
1 scoop of whey protein (Optimum Nutrition macchiato flavor is my favorite)
Some times I'll add a scoop of ice cream. I workout generally so this isn't a big deal for me, and it's early in the morning so I will be burning it off throughout the day.
2) The Breakfast Meal:
4-8 oz of lean (93-99% fat free) ground turkey
3 counts of liquid egg whites
Handful of spinach
And a frozen bagel toasted with some slight smart balance butter. (sometimes ill do peanut butter)
Takes about 10-15 minutes total to make for me.
I have some other recipes I use, but I'm at work right now and currently catching up on my Chemistry work for school.
For breakfast, I do steel cut oats with a little bit of brown sugar. I make a big batch about 1-2 times a week and in the morning just pop my portion in the microwave. Additionally, I have 3 egg white + 1 egg scrambled, with a little bit of pepper. And a big tablespoon of peanut butter ("good fat"). I top it all off with a 32 oz "green drink" made using my NutriBullet. Usually, it's a lot of dark leafy greens, some veggies, a little bit of fruit, and water. I exercise 5 times a week and make sure my nutrition is on point, too. Nursing school is definitely overwhelming at times but managing proper coping mechanisms, such as my exercise routine, keeps me sane!
UnicoR.N., DNP, RN
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Hi everyone!!
For breakfast, I do steel cut oats with a little bit of brown sugar. I make a big batch about 1-2 times a week and in the morning just pop my portion in the microwave. Additionally, I have 3 egg white + 1 egg scrambled, with a little bit of pepper. And a big tablespoon of peanut butter ("good fat"). I top it all off with a 32 oz "green drink" made using my NutriBullet. Usually, it's a lot of dark leafy greens, some veggies, a little bit of fruit, and water. I exercise 5 times a week and make sure my nutrition is on point, too. Nursing school is definitely overwhelming at times but managing proper coping mechanisms, such as my exercise routine, keeps me sane!