The kids are back to school!!! This is such a bittersweet time of year. On one hand I’m going to miss our lazy days of summer. We had such a great summer and spent lots of quality time together. But on the other hand I’m ready for all of us to be back on a schedule. It felt great to get them to school, get a work out in, and then work work work without interruption.
Believe me, you are going to appreciate that I’m back on a schedule too because I have lots of ideas floating in my head that you will love.
Let’s get to my meal plan.
Meal prep this week was easy for me. I have a bunch of meals in the freezer that I made over the last couple months so I didn’t really need to cook a whole lot. Mostly, I just needed to grab food for the kids lunches and make sure I have all my essentials on hand (fruit for smoothies, eggs, nuts, and some other things).
This week and moving forward I plan to keep my food on the low carb side. Simply put, I just feel better when I eat more vegetables and proteins and keep the carbs to minimum. Not to mention I look better too. So instead of crying over pasta and pizza I will keep those as special treats and fill the rest of my diet with food that fill me up without making me bloat out like a balloon.
I know my meal plan looks super boring but 1. I don’t have the time this week to cook up a bunch of different foods. 2. I want to eat up what we have in the freezer. 3. This is what works for me. If I get bored I can always switch it up but it’s easier for me to stay on track when my food is simple and easy.
Breakfast
Egg white omelet with chicken sausage
Make-ahead tips
- I made 3 smoothies ahead of time and will keep them in the refrigerator.
- Omelets will be made the day of.
Lunch
Make-ahead tips
- I made the tuna salad today and will probably make another batch in a few days. I keep it stored in a glass pyrex container in the refrigerator.
Dinner
Buffalo chicken open faced subs and buffalo chicken salads (I made, and froze, buffalo chicken mac n cheese for the kiddos)
**I also have in the freezer Turkey Zucchini Meatloaf, Hamburger Macaroni and Cheese, and Tortellini and Sausage.
Make-ahead tips
- I made the buffalo chicken last week in the slow cooker. I used some in buffalo macaroni and cheese and portioned out the rest for subs.
- Everything else is in the freezer.
Snack
Almonds
Hard-boiled eggs
Peppers and hummus
Make-ahead tips
- eggs were made today.
- peppers were cut up today and stored in a pyrex container.
megan says
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