I’ve been on a toast kick over the past 3 months. It’s probably because I love toast. It has never ever failed me, and to this I am grateful. Today I partnered with Dave’s Killer Bread who makes the best sandwich bread to show you some of my favorite ways to eat toast. Let’s start this Toast Party, shall we?
Our family has lived in our house (the house I grew up in!) for the past 4 years. The kitchen I’ve been cooking in is the SAME kitchen I learned to cook in when I was a kid. That really trips me out sometimes. This week our kitchen is being painted, so we moved EVERYTHING out into our dining room. I’m currently living this life…and it’s kinda weird because I got a flashback today of when I was little and my parents had our floors refinished and our whole house was turned upside down.
Currently:
Here’s what My Everyday Life Week 2 looked like:
And then 5 minutes later the rain washed it away.
Had our friends Lenny & Denise over for dinner last night. It was awesome.
This tree tripped me out.
Obsessed with the hat I bought at H & M 5 years ago. I found it when I was cleaning out my closet. It’s the perfect thing to wear when I have serious bed head. No one knows what’s hiding under there.
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There was this one time when Cooper was about 3 and I didn’t let him get up from the table until he had a bite of spaghetti. It was a spaghetti recipe a lot like this one….meaty/cheesy goodness. There was one small bite wrapped up around his teeny tiny kid fork. At the 20 minute mark (he’s stubborn/there might have been tears), he told me he had to go to the bathroom and I said he could do so when he took a bite. I thought it was that simple.
Sidenote—
I MEAN JUST TAKE A BITE. IT’S NOT GONNA KILL YOU, CHILD.
He still wouldn’t and then he just went to the bathroom….right there in his kid chair at the table. Like….all over the place. It was one of those out of body experiences. Mixed emotions. Feelings of guilt/bewilderment/utter confusion. What just happened??? I mean, when I was a kid my parents had to STOP us from eating our third helping of pasta…
All of this over pasta….
Stillllllllll not a pasta fan… but that doesn’t stop Casey and I from eating it on occasion. I had a craving for meaty pasta smothered with melted/crispy cheese on Sunday night. The weather was begging for it.
I know I’m not reinventing the wheel here. You probably already have a spaghetti situation in your life. BUT, let me tell you that when you twirl the pasta into little nests, cover them in cheese and bake them, it makes for an incredible dinner. Making the pasta into little mounds makes it really easy to spoon out and serve too!
Shutterbean Meal Prep – Week 1!
We’ll see how often I can do this/keep it up BUT I wanted a place to put all of my meal prep stuff, so here we are. I’d like to talk about the things I learned each week I do meal prep (like…what’s realistic for our family and what’s not). Chances are I won’t be doing meal prep EVERY single week, but at least I have something motivating me to keep up the routine I love so much.
MEAL PREP IN ACTION:
Chorizo Tortilla Soup for dinner with tortilla chips, cheese, sour cream, hot sauce & cilantro. I made up the recipe on the fly and ended up freezing most of it in single serving containers. There’s only so many times Casey is cool with eating soup for dinner; he’s not a huge soup fan like I am. I plan on bringing some to work in the near future.
Tuna salad for lunch at work. Little did I know that Casey was going to get into the tuna salad while he was working from home. I planned to put a scoop on all the salads I made this week for extra protein. Womp womp. Here’s my lunch last Monday. It was goooood.
Chorizo spinach quinoa with a fried egg + avocado for dinner.
Chorizo spinach quinoa with scrambled egg, salsa, + sour cream for breakfast.
Salad and toast for dinner. I added parmesan + tomatoes.
This week I made roast beef for One Potato, so I used the leftovers with the cooked potatoes and made a hash for breakfast. I added onions & jalapeños and fried some eggs to go with.
The Roast Beef hash leftovers for lunch with cut up avocado.
OTHER NOTES:
We did really great with the snacks this week. There were no vegetables & fruit left at the end of the week. We did have a few leftover brownies (what?!) so I wrapped a few up and popped them in the freezer for future late night cravings. I would have prepped a little bit more if I didn’t have a few photo shoots this week. Our fridge was kinda packed, so what I did prep helped filled in the gaps for the week.
Hope this inspires you to do some meal prep this week.
If you need more inspiration, follow my #shutterbeanmealprep hashtag on Instagram.
Curious about meal prep? Read my post here!
Here’s what My Everyday Life – Week 1 looked like:
This sunflower display at anthro brightened my day.
Waiting in line last night at Cobb’s.
Epiphany at lunch.
Sometimes the best notes are written on the back of envelopes.
YOU GUYS!!! I’m cleaning out my closet and pairing down like WHOA.
Stay tuned for that!
Casey’s been making good ice lately.
