My go to meal is very simple, perhaps in almost a bad way it is simply a combination of rice, black beans, lean ground beef, and shredded cheese. This is a go to meal for me in the truest sense because this is what I eat after every single workout I do. Micronutrient nutrition is really not at all a priority for me when eating this as it is purely to get in the carefully calculated amount of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and electrolytes I need to recover from a strenuous lifting session. I use this because I can prepare it very quickly if I am in a rush and the ingredients are macronutrient dense so I have little trouble getting it all down if I am needing to eat a lot to gain weight.Ingredients
-225g white rice
-1TBSP canola oil-1.75c strained canned black beans
-3oz browned 93/7 ground beef
-2oz shredded cheese
-pink Himalayan sea salt
-ground black pepper
Special Equipment
-rice maker
Preparation
When preparing this meal I first weigh out the amount of rice I am using. On. days where I am eating less carbs I may cut out the rice completely, but today is a high carb day so I am using 225g which is 5 servings. Once weighed out I rinse off the starch and put it in my rice maker and add 1 tablespoon of canola oil, two pinches of pink Himalayan salt, and 1 7/8 cups of water and turn it on. While that is cooking (my rice make for this amount takes roughly 25 minutes) I brown ground beef if I have not already. I had already browned some previously so I went ahead and strained my can of black beans and set them aside and then weighed out my 2oz of shredded cheese and 3oz of ground beef. Once the rice was done I put it all into a big bowl, add the beans, beef, and cheese, and stir it up. The rice is hot enough that it is not necessary to heat up the beef and beans before adding them. Once they are all mixed together I add more salt and pepper to taste and enjoy.
Reflection
I have a hard time comparing this to any of the three plates because while at a glance this meal looks to be relatively unhealthy and nutrient void, it actually serves a very important role in my somewhat strict diet plan and that is macronutrient intake. Without knowing what else goes into my plan it would be easy to compare this to a poorly put together version of the MyPlate meal. This meal sort of has all of the parts there but is obviously missing fruits and vegetables and appears to be too carbohydrate and unhealthy fats heavy. Looking at the big picture though I would actually be very comfortable comparing this meal to the FAMP in terms of it actually being a very mindful and well thought out part of my day to day eating routine that I take great pride in. Along with this meal I also take my daily supplements which consists of a men's multivitamin, fish oil, vitamin D, boron, turmeric, collagen/vitamin C complex, and Lion's Mane mushroom; to be clear I am absolutely not a proponent of using vitamins and supplements to justify overall unhealthy eating I would just like to emphasize that there is more to this meal than meets the eye. On top of that I work at a restaurant 4-5 days a week that allows me to enjoy a meal each time I work. There I tend to pick up the slack created by this meal by enjoying a salad consisting of numerous types of fruits, veggies, and lean proteins with hardly any animal fats or high GI carbs. This allows me to simplify my shopping and at home eating so I have to buy very few if any fruits and vegetables, which is important to me because when I do this I often let them go to waste. Again, the reason I share my supplementation regimen and information about other meals I eat day to day is to emphasize my thoughts on mindful eating and my meals purpose in the context of the FAMP: I see the FAMP as a guideline to overall eating habits, not each individual meal. My burrito bowl has its place in the much larger picture of my diet for the purpose of immediate post workout recovery, even though at a glance it looks like the average American's meal that would make any nutritionist upset.
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