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12 minutes ago, Kris77 said:

Ok if y’all don’t have an H‑E‑B grocery store then I wish y’all did. It has amazing store brand items.
Their cauliflower crust pepperoni pizza-I added mushrooms. I ❤️mushrooms!!
This is so good. I’m not a huge pizza person but when we do pizzas I don’t eat the ones the rest of my fam does so I get this for myself. So good!!
Plus in a paper plate-NO DISHES AFTERWARDS! Win win!!

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If you’re buying a whole pizza for just yourself and you end up wasting I found a tip that if you cut it in like quarters when you get it home from the store it’s partially thawed so it’s much easier to cut and then you can just cook a quarter or a half of the pizza or how much ever you need too.

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Omg that’s a great idea bc yes I end up tossing the left overs which is a lot by the end of the week or I send it over to my mom. No one else likes it. They like “regular” crust.

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Great idea about the pizza!!! I cooked a pernil Saturday and it’s still sooo good to me. I’m going to cut up the rest to make a Cuban salad (instead of sandwich) for lunch/dinner.

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On 05/24/2021 at 10:47, kristieshannon said:

Meal prep for my work week. Turkey & sweet potato chili.

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Recipe please!! Love both of those things

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05/24/2021 03:16 PM, Kris77 said:


Recipe please!! Love both of those things

The recipe is from the Skinny Taste website. Here’s the ingredient list. I sauté the onions & garlic first to soften them up and double the spices. Just brown the onions, garlic, and meat and throw it all in a pot for 30 minutes or so. It freezes really well too. 235 calories and 23g Protein for a one cup serving. It’s really filling!

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Spaghetti squash with Italian sausage, onion and garlic Tomato sauce and topped with fresh grated Parmesan. Not a kid complained! Bonus points for having enough squash (a whole half!!) to have it again tomorrow and even my pickiest eater agreed!

My plate was 1/2 cup squash, 1/2 cup sauce and 2tbsp grated parm

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Today we’re celebrating the last day of school and as such, I made waffles! Blueberry Protein pancake mix (followed the waffle recipe on the side), topped with homemade vanilla maple whipped cream, maple Syrup and sprinkles because why not?!
Ate about 1 1/2 quarters of a whole waffle but don’t worry my pancake and waffle loving kid ate the rest.

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So I do this fun thing and meal prep and bake when I’m stressed until I’m too tired to care anymore. Sooooooo….

Caesar salad, red onion balsamic jam, garlic spinach (it was a whole bag!), roasted carrots and potatoes, and vegan cheesy riced veggies.

Im still stressed so I think I’m gonna make some maple donut mini muffins, southern fried corn (just caramelized onion, corn and sugar but I’m adding garlic powder and a smidge of cumin), some apple butter pinwheel Cookies out of pie dough, and maybe some kind of biscotti and cookies. Thank goodness for coworkers with a sweet tooth!

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On 5/25/2021 at 5:57 PM, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

Spaghetti squash with Italian sausage, onion and garlic Tomato sauce and topped with fresh grated Parmesan. Not a kid complained! Bonus points for having enough squash (a whole half!!) to have it again tomorrow and even my pickiest eater agreed!

My plate was 1/2 cup squash, 1/2 cup sauce and 2tbsp grated parm

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Yummy! I made this once so far and loved it. I don't eat pork so instead I put chicken in my sauce. It was so good.

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1 hour ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

So I do this fun thing and meal prep and bake when I’m stressed until I’m too tired to care anymore. Sooooooo….

Caesar salad, red onion balsamic jam, garlic spinach (it was a whole bag!), roasted carrots and potatoes, and vegan cheesy riced veggies.

Im still stressed so I think I’m gonna make some maple donut mini muffins, southern fried corn (just caramelized onion, corn and sugar but I’m adding garlic powder and a smidge of cumin), some apple butter pinwheel Cookies out of pie dough, and maybe some kind of biscotti and Cookies. Thank goodness for coworkers with a sweet tooth!

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I’m coming over! 😍 🏃🏿‍♀️

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Y’all the stress is so real this week. Before WLS I’d have definitely just eaten everything I’d make in private and maybe have shared. Almost all the sweets I make now go to work or get split among kids.

I’m not exactly happy with the apple cinnamon pinwheel Cookies but my taste testers liked them so idk. 🤷‍♀️ The maple donut mini muffins smell amazing though!

Meal prepped some more- made that southern fried corn I talked about last time, some chorizo Tomato sauce and put over polenta cakes (some midwesterns call it corn mush cakes), and marinated skillet braised garlic ginger tofu- the sauce is SO good!

If I’m feeling up to it I might make some pumpkin bread to take to work when I wake up.

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1 hour ago, Starwarsandcupcakes said:

Y’all the stress is so real this week.

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I hope you find a way to stress bake sans the stress. It all looks so good but this one has me salivating 🤤🤤

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4 hours ago, ms.sss said:

I hope you find a way to stress bake sans the stress. It all looks so good but this one has me salivating 🤤🤤

The recipe is fairly easy. I replaced the vanilla extract with maple extract and added an egg to the batter. I’m sure a granulated sugar substitute would be okay in this.
Im currently supposed to be sleeping for work but all I can think about is pumpkin coffee cake and onigiri so I think im getting up and making some coffee cake and onigiri.

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On a first note- I call it stress baking because it brings me zen. Baking relieves so much stress for me and this week has just been the epitome of stress.

Anyway here’s most of my meals I made for work. My onigiri didn’t come out right; I think I washed too much starch off the rice. 😞 Mirin soy salmon, kimchi, curried chicken salad, furikake rice, nori, roasted potatoes and carrots, garlic spinach, southern fried corn, chorizo Tomato sauce, and braised tofu.

Also, a bonus pumpkin coffee cake with maple glaze.

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