“I’d like to think of food as fuel, but also as enjoyment, I don’t want your fuel to feel boring or bland. I want your fuel to excite you!”
When you’re on a fitness journey, figuring out what to eat can be daunting. The number of diets and meal plans out there is mind-boggling and some of them don’t seem, well, fun. Stephanie Mansour, a personal trainer and TODAY fitness contributor, doesn’t think food has to be boring to be healthy. Mansour tells us what she looks for in a meal and gives us some of her favorite no-recipe recipes.
“I’d like to think of food as fuel, but also as enjoyment,” Mansour tells TODAY. “I don’t want your fuel to feel boring or bland. I want your fuel to excite you!” In other words, even for a trainer, food can be both fuel and fun. So what does Mansour look for in an easy and healthy recipe? “I personally look for protein with at least one fruit or one veggie,” she says. After that, it’s eaters choice, Mansour explains. She thinks it’s important for people to feel like they get to make choices about their meals instead of following a recipe to a T.
When Mansour is cooking, she starts with a basic idea of what she’s making and then asks herself a few questions: “Do I want to add in a fat? Do I want to add in a carb? What am I in the mood for? Maybe I want to add in more vegetables.” Mansour wants you to feel empowered to switch ingredients around according to your preferences — and what you have on hand. If, for example, a smoothie recipe calls forMansour loves to use no-recipe recipes — aka outlines of meals that give you the “bones” of what you’re making but also allow you to switch things up. Here are some of her favorites.
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