October 30 - This week's meal prep session!


This week meal prep was inspired by some kale recipes suggested by Pinterest. I also had a lot going this weekend so I only had a maximum of 3 hours to prep on Sunday. Except for the slow cooker meal these dishes took around 20-30 minutes to create. Trying to keep the fats down and the protein up so the kale and potato soup was made with turkey sausage and light cream, the creole chicken and sausage had smoked turkey sausage, and I used Barilla protein plus pasta for the spaghetti.

I have a colleague coming in from the Netherlands to work with me all week so I didn't prep any lunches for myself. My husband is really enjoying those spuds so he asked for them again. They are so yummy and easy to make.

Dinner Prep


 Slow Cooker Creole Chicken and Sausage
 Sausage, potato, and kale soup 
 Sweet Potato, Kale and Shrimp Skillet
 Spaghetti Sauce




Lunch Prep


 Stuffed Spuds


 The bread is a delicious Ezekiel bread. The machine bread recipe can be found here.



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