Upgrade Your Summer Plate Challenge Reference Guide!
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Below are all the links to the Upgrade Your Summer Plate Challenge, so you can easily access the daily upgrades, guides, recipes, videos and more. Enjoy!
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Upgrade Your Plate Challenge Day 1: Better Breakfasts, Better Days!
Welcome to Day 1 of the Weil Nutrition Corner™ Upgrade Your Summer Plate Challenge! We are kicking this off with the first meal of the day: Breakfast!
Today we will walk through why breakfast is important, the goal of swapping out breakfast cereals (and why you should consider doing it), plus two recipes - sweet and savory!
Upgrade Your Plate Breakfast Recipe: Overnight Oats with Chia, Berries, and Cinnamon
Upgrade Your Plate Breakfast Recipe: Make-Ahead Egg and Spinach Muffins
Upgrade Your Plate Challenge Day 2: Healthy, Portable Lunches!
Welcome to Day 2 of the Weil Nutrition Corner™ Upgrade Your Summer Plate Challenge! Today, we’re sharing easy swaps to make your lunch healthier. By making your mid-day meal balanced and satisfying, you can help minimize the afternoon slump and feel great all day!
Read on for information on why lunch is important, a simple chart to help you build healthy, portable lunches, and some fast food swaps for those days when the drive-thru can't be avoided!
Upgrade Your Plate Challenge Day 3: Pizza Night Reinvented!
Welcome to Day 3 of the Weil Nutrition Corner™ Upgrade Your Summer Plate Challenge! Today, we’re sharing simple ideas on how to upgrade your pizza. One of our favorite foods, we feel great about eating homemade pizza! By including healthy ingredients, pizza can be a wholesome meal… learn more about easy upgrades, get creative with our 7 Fun + Healthy Pizza Ideas, check out the recipe for homemade sauce, and more!
Upgrade Your Plate Challenge Day 4: How To Read Snack Labels!
Welcome to Day 4 of the Weil Nutrition Corner™ Upgrade Your Summer Plate Challenge! Today is all about snacks. Mid-day bites can get a bad rap, which is somewhat deserved. Many store-bought snacks are ultra-processed, hyperpalatable foods that likely aren't serving your health goals. (Not so fun fact: many snacks are actually engineered with specific flavor profiles to wire your brain to crave MORE! That’s why it’s so difficult to “just have one.”)
The good news is that snacks can be a part of your diet! Read on for healthy snacking tips, easy swaps, plus, Dr. Weil shows us how to make one of his favorite snacks, and recipes!
Upgrade Your Plate Challenge Day 5: Sauce and Dressing Swap
Today, we’re talking sauces, one of the easiest upgrades you can make in your kitchen. Homemade sauces not only taste better, but also give you complete control over what goes in them. Many store-bought sauces contain added sugars, preservatives, and refined oils, which are often unnecessary. When you make them yourself, you can skip the extras and keep things simple, fresh, and nourishing.
Let’s take a look at the pros of making your own sauces, dips and dressings; a simple formula for making any dressing; four sauce and four dressing recipes to try; and a video of the Weil’s making an Asian Sauce!
Upgrade Your Plate Challenge Day 6: Sweet Swaps!
Welcome to Day 6 of the Weil Nutrition Corner™ Upgrade Your Summer Plate Challenge! Today we’re talking about sweets, which do have a place in a healthy diet! What sweet treat you eat and how often you indulge is what makes a difference.
Read on as we talk about why refined sugar (and some sugar alternatives) are best in moderation, and offer up some simple swaps, along with two amazing recipes: Peach Sorbet and Diana’s Energy Bites!
Upgrade Your Plate Challenge Day 7: An Upgraded Day!
Welcome to the final day of our Challenge. It has been so rewarding to read your comments, see your poll choices, and hear your feedback! As a Weil Nutrition Corner VIP member, you will receive an email this week with links to all the Upgrade Your Summer Plate information, so you can keep it on hand for easy access. We’ll also be sending a short survey to help us tailor future challenges to meet your needs and wants. We thank you in advance for your feedback!