Welcome to day six of the Sugar Free Challenge!
I received a comment the other day that provoked me to think more about sweet and savory. I believe that eating “savory” foods like salads and stir-fries makes me crave less “sweet” tasting foods. My usual day of eats, however, combines the two. Some sweet some savory.
Here’s today’s “Sweet and Savory” sample menu:
Breakfast: Savory Mini Frittatas in any flavor you choose! Vegan Option: Pumpkin Spice Latte Granola
Lunch: Savory Fresh Salad with Ginger-Miso Dressing
Snack: Sweet Bowl of Slow Cooker Cinnamon Applesauce
Dinner: Savory Garrick Stuffed Steak with side of salad or sauteed vegetables. Vegan Option: Homemade Spring Rolls
Dessert: Sweet Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Frosting
Exercise Option: For those of you who chose to take part of the exercise challenge, your challenge today is to do 10 crunches, 5 squats, 5 pushups, 10 calf raises.
THOUGHT-PROVOKING, MIND-PRODDING QUESTION OF THE DAY:
What are your thoughts on sweet vs. savory meals? What does your normal day of eats entail? What do you crave?
Remember that you can track what you eat on the printable Challenge Checklist.
I tend to start the day off with more sweet–in the form of fruit at breakfast–and move into savory throughout the day–soup at lunch, salad for dinner. But I find that sprinkling in something “sweet” (homemade granola bar, applesauce, etc.) helps keep me satisfied and feeling like I’ve got food balance.
I definitely find eating savory foods controls my cravings so much and I usually feel fuller and less snacky after! So many of the wonderful ‘sugar free’ desserts you still feature I try to stay away from because I would still eat the whole pan and that kind of defeats my purpose of eating healthier 🙂
I usually gravitate to all savory and then always end my day with a bite of something sweet, but that’s usually 90% dark chocolate so I would barely call that sweet lol.
I love the idea of this challenge! For a little sweet in my salads I might throw in a few pomegranate seeds…helps cut out the cravings for other stuff!
I am loving all these heavenly recipes.Is there a way to make the recipes printable without printing the whole Blog???
I am a savory girl for sure.Sweets look great but the other goodies look the BEST
Hi Beth!
That is a good idea. I’ll look into it and try and add it to my recipes. For now, I suggest copying and pasting the recipe into a text document?
everything looks amazing!! especially the salad with loads of avocado (my favorite!!)
also, that cake is ridiculously good looking.
I like starting my day with sweet. Then I don’t tend to crave sweets the rest of day. I typically eat some form of oatmeal for breakfast every morning. Lunch is includes protein and veggies, and dinner is a big salad with protein (grilled chicken or fish).
When I have cravings its for salty….popcorn 🙂
I made your chocolate cake yesterday! I’ve made it before and I think its pretty good. My family however isn’t doing the sugar free challenge and they didn’t like it haha. Oh well, more for me!
I’m glad you liked it, Val!
love sweet and savory meals!!!