I remember walking into bakeries and seeing the cranberry orange loaves all covered with a delightful white snowy glaze around the holidays. Back before my journey to better health started I had no issues putting down a slice of that delicious treat with my coffee. Now that I understand more about sugars and calories and balance, I wanted to create a lightened up version.
Recipes
Enjoy Working Against Gravity's easy, healthy recipes to help you reach your body composition and performance goals while keeping food delicious.
Protein: 4g | Carbs: 31g | Fat: 8g
Queso Steak & Rice Bake
Protein: 31g | Carbs: 49g | Fat: 17g
Calories: 473
Last year my queso chicken bake was a huge hit, especially for meal preppers, so this year I put a spin on it, simplified some of the steps, and made it with steak instead!
Brown Butter Citrus Sweet Potato Mash
Protein: 4g | Carbs: 55g | Fat: 4g
Calories: 272
These brown butter citrus sweet potatoes are a little sweet, a little savory, a tad tangy and perfect for meal prep.
Simple Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey
Protein: 34g | Carbs: 0g | Fat: 5g
Calories: 181
This healthy, simple roasted turkey recipe is the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving table. Aside from turkey, this recipe works great with whole chickens and ducks too, they just have a quicker cook time.
High Protein Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Frappuccino
Protein: 37g | Carbs: 35g | Fat: 9g
Calories: 369
Turn a fall drink staple into a macro-friendly drink with Working Against Gravity's Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Frappuccino recipe.
Pumpkin Maple Butter Protein Granola
Protein: 6g | Carbs: 21g | Fat: 11g
Calories: 207
I make granola often since it is much more cost effective than buying it, so it only seemed fitting to create some kind of pumpkin version for Fall. I also wanted to incorporate my new Podium Maple Butter Pancake protein powder, so away I went playing with my base recipe to bring in the flavors of the season!
Protein Peanut Butter Fudge
Protein: 6g | Carbs: 2g | Fat: 8g
Calories: 104
If you're looking for a yummy way to meet your protein and fat macros, these little protein peanut butter fudge squares will do the trick. If you’re feeling extra, drizzle some melted chocolate over the top!
Chipotle Pumpkin & Pork Chili
Protein: 49g | Carbs: 35g | Fat: 11g
Calories: 435
It’s football season AND it is pumpkin season! I took the best things about the beginning of Fall and created a simple game day chili fusing lean protein, smoky chipotle and sweet pumpkin.
Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Protein: 4g | Carbs: 18g | Fat: 4g
Calories: 124
You know when zucchini starts showing up on your front porch unannounced that it’s time to get creative in the kitchen and put it to good use! These double chocolate zucchini muffins are gluten free, oil free, refined sugar free, and made with greek yogurt for an extra little dose of protein.
Healthy Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme
Protein: 40g | Carbs: 61g | Fat: 18g
Calories: 566
This Taco Bell Copycat Crunchwrap Supreme is your answer to fast food at home. It’s crunchy, cheesy, packed with veggies and higher in protein than the original!
Chick-fil-A Copycat Air Fryer Chicken Sandwich
Protein: 40g | Carbs: 52g | Fat: 12g
Calories: 476
A big part of staying on a macro plan means making meals you enjoy! One of my favorite things to do is find restaurant meals that I love and try to recreate them at home so I can control the macros better and avoid hidden ingredients.
Air Fried Chicken Thighs
Protein: 32g | Carbs: 0g | Fat: 6g
Calories: 182
If you are tired of eating plain dried out chicken breasts then switch over to these Air Fryer chicken thighs instead.