March 26, 2017 - This Week's Meal Prep Session


Whoa! It's been over 3 months since I last posted! I'm sorry to those that were following the posts but life seems to have gotten in the way. Really that's the whole reason I meal prep, to reduce the hectic pace of the day as lunch and dinner are two things I don't have to worry about.

One things I've been doing these past few weeks is to  buy 4 bags of steam-in-a-bag veggies and, as I'm putting the groceries away, I pop a bag in the microwave and let it cook. Then I empty it in a container and keep steaming and adding to it. Then I have a container full of veggies ready to use as a side for lunch or dinner.



For lunch my husband and I have been eating grilled chicken and steamed vegetables. We mix it up from time to time by adding a bit of sauce to the chicken.

For dinner I've prepared some spaghetti sauce, crockpot Thai pork, chicken cacciatore, and pesto Caprese chicken. I just noticed, in typing all this out that my menu is very Italian except for the Thai pork. Italian food usually has a bad rap but if you look at the nutritional information for these recipes they are high in protein and low in carbs and fat, It's not until you add a boat load of pasta to them that they begin to become unhealthy, We'll be having the caprese chicken with a side of brown rice and the cacciatore can be had on egg noodles or even on its own since there a lots of veggies in the sauce.  Hopefully these recipes will inspire you!

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I also always bake a bread and it is a delicious Ezekiel bread. The machine bread recipe can be found here








As always I encourage your comments and look forward to hearing from you!

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  1. UnknownApril 2, 2017 at 12:36 PM

    That slow cooker Thai pork looks amazing. Over spring break the kids and I are going to cook a meal from each continent and I think this pork dish must be incorporated!

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