Making simple, easy meals. Life is complicated enough, why should our food be too?
I don’t know if I have ever really appreciated chocolate chip cookies as much as I do now. My go-to sweet snack has always been candy bars. Probably because of the convenience of being able to find them in vending machines everywhere. I loved vending machines once. One time, I tried to bake chocolate chip cookies with my… Continue reading The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Yet!
The great thing about eating healthy? It doesn't have to be hard. It doesn't have to be complicated. It doesn't have to take a lot of time. My go to lately for veggies are snow peas, sugar snap peas and pre-cut mixed veggies. Steam some broccoli and cauliflower with a hint of garlic and sea… Continue reading Quick and easy.
Yesterday evening, we went out to dinner with some of our dearest friends. We ate at the Butcher and the Boar in downtown Minneapolis. We have heard such good things about the restaurant so we were very excited for the good food and even better company. It lived up to its reputation - the food… Continue reading Meal Prep: Mission Accomplished
You know how I keep having to apologize for taking a random hiatus? Well, here we are again. Life just gets in the way sometimes, you know? Do you know how I know I have been gone too long? I just wrote an entire blog with a new recipe that I was super excited to… Continue reading Hello, friends.
It's been a rough week. Though I have no fun spunk left to give, I do have a yummy recipe for you! Chicken Stir Fry What you need 1LB Chicken, diced into small pieces 1 red pepper, cut into strips 1 yellow pepper, cut into strips 3 cups broccoli, stems removed (one bag of precut… Continue reading Easy Chicken Stir Fry
Do you know what the hardest part of creating a new recipe is? Naming it. It is also hard to create it and make sure it tastes good, but aside from that – when you perfect the recipe and it is ready to share, how do you know what to call it? On Thursday, it… Continue reading Spaghetti Casserole
Meal prep was so quick and efficient this past weekend. Want to know why? I am mastering the art of low maintenance, healthy foods. That way, 6 hours on Sundays becomes closer to 3-4 hour, if I am lucky. Some weekends, I am just not in the mood for complicated meal prep. This was one… Continue reading Spicy Chicken & Tomato Bowls
Well, it sure has been a while! I would say it was a busy week, but I would be lying. I was really excited when I started to feel some motivation and logged into my online class on Tuesday – totally prepared to NOT leave my homework until the last minute this week. I was… Continue reading Better than Hamburger Helper, healthier too!
Wow, it has been quite some time since I have posted. Sorry blogosphere – I guess I have been a bit lazy lately. I am starting to see these epic changes in my body from weightlifting – my arms have shape and definition, my back has cleavage – I have been so excited that all… Continue reading Random Rambles & Meal Prep Update
I have been making a lot of protein cookies lately - mostly chocolate chip - and my husband, a power lifter asked if I could make him some peanut butter cookies. (Great source of protein, I'm told.) I'll be honest, I wasn't a bit sad about the fact that peanuts are not allowed on the… Continue reading Bonus Post: “PEANUT BUTTER” COOKIES!
Meals by Meg 