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Meal Prep 101

September 14, 2018 by Melanie 19 Comments

Meal Prep 101

Meal prep with ease with these few simple tips! Menu planning and meal prepping are two things that can greatly improve your success of eating healthy and will ultimately save you time in the kitchen. When healthy habits are enjoyable, they can last a lifetime. You know what is not enjoyable? Trying to prepare dinner…

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Filed Under: Meal Planning, Nutrition & Wellness Tagged With: clean eating, gluten free, healthy living, meal planning, meal prep

4-Ingredient Broccoli Egg Muffins

June 25, 2018 by Melanie 4 Comments

4-Ingredient Broccoli Egg Muffins

Four Ingredient Broccoli Egg Muffins take 5 minutes to assemble and make a healthy, portable, protein packed breakfast or snack. Do you need a 5 minute recipe that is healthy and filling? These simple egg cups couldn’t be easier! Broccoli isn’t usually my favorite egg add-in, but I had this combo at my friend’s house…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Brunch, Gluten Free, Vegetarian Tagged With: breakfast, broccoli, egg muffins, eggs, greek yogurt, herbs, meal prep, protein, quick fix

Kale Caesar Pasta Salad with Avocado

June 8, 2018 by Melanie 3 Comments

Kale Caesar Pasta Salad with Avocado

Kale Caesar Pasta Salad is a great vegetarian pasta salad packed with kale, avocado and a simple homemade Caesar dressing. I think I can official say it…..summer is here!  Our last day of school was yesterday, which I made through with minimal tears, and we are ready for some down time. I have nothing on…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Pasta, Vegetarian Tagged With: Caeser, gluten free, kale, make-ahead, meal prep, pasta, pasta salad, pot luck, summer salad

Turkey Meatloaf Muffins

April 9, 2018 by Melanie 1 Comment

Turkey Meatloaf Muffins

Turkey Meatloaf Muffins are high protein, individual portions of your favorite comfort food, lightened up a bit- a great kid-friendly or meal prep dish. I know I have been MIA, but it has been a busy couple weeks with family visits, Easter, a family hospitalization, etc. Life is good though and I am happy that things are…

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Filed Under: Poultry Tagged With: comfort food, eggs, make-ahead, meal prep, meatloaf, protein, simple, turkey

Slow Cooker Tex-Mex Quinoa

July 22, 2017 by Melanie 18 Comments

Slow Cooker Tex-Mex Quinoa

Slow Cooker Tex-Mex Quinoa is a gluten free, vegetarian meal that is a breeze to throw together and is packed with long lasting plant protein. Slow cooker Tex-Mex Quinoa is one of my favorite vegetarian meals because it’s flavorful, filling and oh so simple! It’s a “dump and stir” recipe and I use a delicious store…

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Filed Under: Slow Cooker Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged With: freezer friendly, gluten free, meal prep, plant based, protein, slow cooker, tex-mex, vegan adaptable, vegetarian

Turkey Caesar BLT Sandwiches + What To Pack For The Pool

May 17, 2017 by Melanie 14 Comments

Turkey Caesar BLT Sandwiches + What To Pack For The Pool

 Turkey Caesar BLT Sandwiches are simple to prepare and great to pack for a dinner at the pool or a family picnic. I have partnered with Nature’s Own Life® in creating this post. I have been compensated for my time commitment. However, my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to…

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Filed Under: Cooking Basics: How-To, Sandwiches Tagged With: bacon, BLT, kid friendly, meal prep, packing food, picnic, pool, protein, sandwiches, sponsored, turkey

Easy Meal Prep Tips For Packing Healthy Lunches

April 28, 2017 by Melanie 15 Comments

Easy Meal Prep Tips For Packing Healthy Lunches

Meal prep is the key to your sanity in the kitchen, where no rules apply, and anything is better than nothing. I have partnered with Dannon® Light & Fit® in order to share meal prep tips. I have been compensated for my time commitment. However, my opinions are entirely my own and I have not…

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Filed Under: Kid Lunches, Kid-Friendly, Lunch, Meal Planning, Nutrition & Wellness Tagged With: greek yogurt, healthy lunches, kid lunches, lunch, meal planning, meal prep, packing lunches, sponsored, tips and tricks

Quick and Easy Vegetable Soup + Simple Ways to Reduce Food Waste

April 21, 2017 by Melanie 3 Comments

Quick and Easy Vegetable Soup + Simple Ways to Reduce Food Waste

Quick and Easy Vegetable Soup with Pesto will nourish you from the inside out and will use up all those last bits of vegetables reducing waste in your kitchen. Quick and Easy Vegetable Soup is my go-to soup when I don’t want those veggies to go to waste. You can be flexible here and add whatever…

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Filed Under: Freezer Meals, Gluten Free, Soups, Vegan-adaptable, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged With: diary free adaptable, easy, freezer meal, gluten free, low calorie, meal prep, no waste, soup, vegan friendly, vegetarian

Cilantro Lime Quinoa Veggie Bowl + NOW Foods Giveaway

February 22, 2017 by Melanie 40 Comments

Cilantro Lime Quinoa Veggie Bowl + NOW Foods Giveaway

Cilantro Lime Quinoa Veggie Bowl is a protein and nutrient packed vegan and gluten free meal that works great for lunches throughout the week! This post in sponsored by NOW Foods. Free product and compensation was provide, however all opinions are my own. If you haven’t jumped on the “bowl” bandwagon I highly suggest it….

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Filed Under: Dressings, Giveaway, Gluten Free, Grains, Lunch, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Tagged With: bowl, giveaway, high fiber, kale, lunches, meal prep, NOW foods, sponsored, sweet potato, vegan, vegetarian

White Bean and Olive Dip

August 15, 2016 by Melanie 4 Comments

White Bean and Olive Dip

This White Bean and Olive Dip makes a great vegetarian dip to spread on sandwiches or enjoy as an appetizer.  Happy Monday! We had a nice, relaxing weekend with a lot of rain and which meant a lot of movies. We rented the Revenant which is excellent. I highly recommend if you haven’t seen it!…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Gluten Free, Snacks Tagged With: appetizer, bean dip, dip, easy, fiber, gluten free, healthy snacking, meal prep, olives, snacks, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarian spread

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