{"id":92222,"date":"2025-12-18T01:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/92222\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T01:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:53:07","slug":"a-new-kind-of-service-veteran-owned-clean-eatz-fuels-healthier-living-through-meal-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/92222\/","title":{"rendered":"A new kind of service: Veteran-owned Clean Eatz fuels healthier living through meal prep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHowie Hsieh began meal prepping while serving as a pilot in the United States Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had 12-14 hour days sometimes, and we needed to be fit to fight. Meal prepping was the solution,\u201d Hsieh said.<\/p>\n<p>Hsieh\u2019s last duty station was at Universal City\u2019s Randolph Air Force Base, and when he was relieved from his pilot duties, he thought it would be a good idea to continue meal prepping, inspiring him to open a Clean Eatz in San Antonio\u2019s Stone Oak area at 158 E. Sonterra Blvd., Ste. 106.<\/p>\n<p>He wanted to open another Clean Eatz in Universal City because it\u2019s where his last base was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it would be good to be back where I started,\u201d Hsieh said. \u201cAlso, there is a lot of growth happening in this part of town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What they offer<\/p>\n<p>Clean Eatz operates as a sit down, dine-in restaurant, but also has two concepts centered around meal prepping. The restaurant has a grab-and-go section offering brisket, steak, pizza, keto and vegetarian meal options.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Clean Eatz has a grab-and-go section filled different premade meals. (Amira Van Leeuwen\/Community Impact)\" src=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/12\/17\/400935.jpg\" class=\"include_body\" onerror=\"this.src=\"\/>Clean Eatz has a grab-and-go section filled with different premade meals. (Amira Van Leeuwen\/Community Impact)The eatery also offers a non-subscription based weekly meal prep service. Customers can place orders throughout the week and pick up their meals on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, Hsieh said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the average person that\u2019s trying to be healthier or lose weight, the number one thing that they can do is portion control &#8230; and that\u2019s what our meals allow you to do,\u201d Hsieh said.<\/p>\n<p>Hsieh said the community and city has been supportive since opening in Universal City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of healthy options here, and so the reception has been super positive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Quote of note<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealthy eating can be fun, it can be tasty and it can be affordable,\u201d Hsieh said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Howie Hsieh began meal prepping while serving as a pilot in the United States Air Force. \u201cWe had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[43317,2473,6636,43319,362,43321,82,84,83,9614,43320,365,43318],"class_list":{"0":"post-92222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-clean-eatz","9":"tag-health-and-wellness","10":"tag-healthy-living","11":"tag-meal-prep","12":"tag-northeast-san-antonio","13":"tag-randolph-air-force-base","14":"tag-san-antonio","15":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","16":"tag-san-antonio-news","17":"tag-stone-oak","18":"tag-united-state-air-force","19":"tag-universal-city","20":"tag-veteran-owned"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}