 Hi friends, welcome back to my channel and happy Saturday. I am outside of Fred Meyer or Kroger to do my grocery shopping for the week. I have quite a few things to pick up. And let me just tell you how excited I am about not only my meal plans for this upcoming week, but my meal prep can not wait. I am full swing in the Christmas spirit. So you're going to be seeing some Christmas vibe recipes, some comfort food, something warm and delicious for these cold days. So if you want to see what I picked up for groceries for the week, meal plan and what's on the agenda for meal prep, just stay tuned. So here is this week's grocery haul. I had quite a large haul this week. I didn't anticipate it being this large, but then once I got to the store, I ended up purchasing more than I originally thought. So let me show you what is in this week's grocery haul. First, I went ahead and picked up some Diet Coke for my husband. Fred Meyer was having a pretty good sale. This was $6.99 for 20 cans. Also, they have the Lemon Le Corre on sale for 99 cents for an eight pack. So I picked that up. I love sparkling water and that's a great deal, about a third of the normal price. I also picked up some shredded hash browns. This is for my upcoming meal prep for a breakfast recipe. Also some yeast, just some rapid rise instant yeast for a recipe. Same with two packets of brown gravy. I do not count points for my seasoning. So I do not count points for the brown gravy mix. If you feel that you need to count points for you, that's totally fine. But for me, I don't count points for seasonings unless I'm adding oil or butter or something like that to the mix. Also some eggs for egg salad sandwiches for my husband for the week. Fat free sour cream for a recipe. And then I picked up two of the Siggy's Yogurts. They were on sale for 89 cents. So I'm going to take a couple of these with me when I go out of town. So I have the raspberry and then I also have, this one is really good. This is the mixed berries and osse. And normally these are about $1.70 apiece. So 89 cents is a great deal. I also grabbed lots of cans of tomatoes, three of the hunts crushed, and then one can of the hunts diced basil and garlic. I'm going to be making this skinny-ish dish crock-pot marinara. So I needed lots of canned tomatoes for that. We were really enjoyed the Idahoan mashed potatoes. I made this in my comfort food series. If you haven't seen that video, it was uploaded on Thursday. And that recipe was amazing. And these potatoes were really good. Very true to a real mashed potato, great in smart points. So I went ahead and grabbed some more. I have the roasted garlic and parm. And then this is the one we had that we really liked. And that was just the baby red. So if you're looking for a quick easy mashed potato, those are absolutely delicious. I also grabbed some of the Starbucks Holiday Blend. I just ordered a regular coffee pot, just a very small one since I only have an espresso machine. That way I can have drip coffee when I'm wanting another little bit of coffee boost during the day. And I love the Starbucks Holiday Blend. Also some Jimmy Dean turkey sausage crumbles. This is for an upcoming recipe. And also some Canadian bacon. I'm going to be needing this for a recipe as well. My meal prep is going to be amazing, you guys. I cannot wait to share it with you. So stay tuned after the grocery haul for meal plan and meal prep. So excited. And then some turkey pepperoni. That is for my lunch meal prep. They have this huge pack of regular, really thick cut bacon on sale for $9.99. This is three pounds. So I had to pick it up just to have it on hand. I believe it's two smart points per slice, but I'll put that here on the screen. Definitely not something that I would eat on a normal basis, more on a day that I use my weeklies. But I couldn't pass up three pounds of thick cut bacon for $9.99. I also picked up my very favorite center cut bacon. I've gotten a lot of questions on this bacon. It is two slices for one smart point. People were saying that that's not right. And they thought it was from Aldi and so on and so forth. But this is actually from Fred Meyer or Kroger. And it is indeed two slices for one smart point. But you do have to buy the private selection double smoked bacon. So hopefully that helps clear that up just a little bit. And then as usual, a can of fat free ready whip. I'm not completely out, but I certainly do not want to run out. And then I got some baking chips. This is for the holidays, of course, and a couple of holiday baking series videos. These are peppermint filled truffles. How fun is that? So I got those for a recipe that I have coming up. And then also I really like the minis. And these are pretty point friendly. You can have quite a lot for the smart points. So I like to have these on hand to throw in desserts or put in pancake bakes or just really anything. And they were on sale. So I picked up both the peppermint cluster ones and the minis. And then I needed candy canes for an upcoming recipe and Rice Krispies. So you can kind of guess what I'm going to be making. Candy canes, Rice Krispies. But that's coming out in this next week. Also flour. Flour was on sale for $2.49. And of course, with the holidays coming, I will be going through a lot of flour. And then I was completely out of baking powder. So I picked that up. Also some crock pot liners. If you have not been using crock pot liners, you guys are missing out. It makes clean up a breeze. You literally pull the liner out and throw it away. So I went ahead and restocked because I have to make the marinara, which is in the crock pot. And as you know, I've been doing a lot of comfort food crock pot recipes. So these were on sale at Fred Meyer. So I grabbed those also in the crock pot. I'm going to be making a recipe that needs potatoes. It's going to be a roast. And I can't wait to share it with you. It's supposed to be the best roast recipe ever. So I grabbed these private selection petite white potatoes. I like these because they're really small. You don't have to cut them up. You literally just throw them into your crock pot. And the rest of what I have is veggies and produce. So I have my favorite all time in the world frozen vegetables. These are the grande classics from flavor pack. This is the Riviera blend that has whole green beans, whole wax beans, and whole baby carrot. Love these veggies, you guys. They are like fresh vegetables. They're full. There are no stocks or stems. They're delicious. And then I also grabbed the northwest blend, which is broccoli, carrots, green beans, yellow carrots, wax beans, and red peppers. Also some baby carrots. This is for the pot roast recipe. Again, a quick easy dupe. Just use baby carrots instead of peeling and cutting carrots. So much easier. Some basil for a recipe. And then for fruits this week, I decided to pick up some bananas. And then I needed mushrooms for two separate recipes. So I grabbed this big container of white mushrooms. And lastly, raspberries were four for $5. So I picked up four packs of raspberries. So that's everything that I grabbed for groceries for the week. And let's move right into my meal plan and my meal prep. So let's go ahead and move right into this week's meal plan and what is on the plate for meal prep. So this is my Keri L. Meal Planner. I get a lot of questions about this. I'm happy to announce that they've come out with a whole new series of new, absolutely stunning covers. So if you've been waiting to pick up a Meal Planner, this is the time my friends, they have the eight and a half by 11 and the seven by nine. So just depending on the size of Meal Planner you're after mine is the eight and a half by 11. But you guys check out their website. Their covers are stunning. I do have 10% off for Keri L. It'll be here on the screen for you. And then the link to do some shopping is down in the description box below. So let's move right into our Meal Planner. So again, it's absolutely beautiful cover to cover. There are several tabs that help you plan your food a little bit better. First is the resources tab. And this is where you can track your favorite meal planning blogs, recipe sites, jot down things that you don't want to forget as far as recipes go. There's also the inventory tab. This is on my to-do list by the end of the year. And that is to do a freezer inventory, a pantry inventory, and my pantry needs a serious inventory. And lastly, a spice inventory. Same with my spices. I find that I sometimes don't use those not very traditional spices very often and they expire. So this is a great way to track those. The Meal Plans tab will return to that. There is also the gatherings tab. And at this time of year, you guys, this is a must. So you will track your gathering by the event. You'll list everything you're planning on making, as well as what you're doing for kids and even the supplies that you'll need. And then there's a detachable grocery list for you to take with you to the grocery store. Amazing for Christmas, New Year's, all the things coming up over the next couple of months. Huge resource. And then lastly is the notes tab. And that's where you can just take notes or again jot down things that you don't want to forget. And in the back, back is a two-sided little pocket folder where you can store maybe your WW weeklies. You could store your favorite recipes, things that you don't want to lose, but you didn't jot them down. This is a great spot for that. So let's get right into the meal plan tab. So your meal plan tab, your yellow tab. So first thing in that tab is a monthly calendar where you can track what you're planning to make for your meals at a glance. Now, as you know, I meal prep every week. So I only track my dinners and my meal planner. I do track what I'm making for meal prep, but once those dishes are prepared, I no longer have to track those in here. So you'll only see dinner, but I do this by the month. And what is great about this is at a glance, you can see what is on the menu for dinner the following night. And with that, you can also make sure you have all of the ingredients because you can reference your recipe. And you can also make sure that you have your meat out of the freezer. So you're not coming home to any surprises and not able to make the dinner that you plan. So I love this. I use it every single month. I'll show you, here's November. So you can see, I literally use it every month. I love the out of glance. And then there is also a weekly menu every week. And you can track all of your meals. This is plenty of space to jot down breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Again, I just track dinner and then the detachable grocery list. I use that every single week when I do my grocery shopping. So that in my opinion is one of my favorite parts about having this meal planner. So this week, here's the week that we're currently in, you can see my grocery list is missing. So my weeks generally go Saturday through Friday. So this is 12, seven through 12, 13. So on Saturday, I am still going to be in Seattle. I'm actually driving home that day. And I don't know when I'm going to be home and if I'm going to be feeling like making some dinner. So I went ahead and just decided to leave that it open and did for Saturday. Sunday, I'm going to be making baked penne pasta. You guys, this sounds amazing pasta and cheesy. Yum. I will tell you on Saturday, I will be putting together the crock-pot marinara from the Skinny ish dish because I'm going to need that for the baked penne on Sunday. And then Monday is my last Trader Joe's dinner. As you know, I did a five nights of dinners from Trader Joe's. Four of those nights are done. I just have one more to do. Tuesday, I'm going to be rolling over from last week, the veggie pot pies, which is a vegetarian recipe. Again, really excited about this. My husband, my friends, has been asking for sloppy Joe's. So we're going to do your traditional manwich sloppy Joe's for Wednesday. So that's what's on Wednesday's plan. Thursday, I'm going to be doing a crock-pot recipe. We're going to do a pot roast with carrots and potatoes and all the things. And then Friday is actually the Christmas party at my real estate office. So I don't know what we're having for dinner. I know that we're going to some fancy club, some country club to have the party. So that's the plan for Friday. And then on the back of my weekly menu is where I will plan my meal prep. It just makes it really easy to have everything readily available. So for breakfast this week, I'm going to be making a breakfast hash brown casserole. This isn't your mom's hash brown casserole. This one sounds amazing. So I'll be making that. You will be seeing all three of these recipes in meal prep on Monday. So stay tuned for that. For lunch, I'm going to be making pizza pot pies. So I was thinking I really was wanting pizza and then I found this recipe and I'm like, yes girl, that is the one. So I'm going to be doing pizza pot pies and then I'm going to be making peppermint brownies. I've been wanting brownies and I don't want to go have those calorie dense, point heavy brownies. So I'm going to make my own. So super excited to share that with you guys. And then of course I have crock-pot marinara on my list as well. So that is my meal plan and my meal prep for the week. And again, this is my Keri L meal planner. You guys, check the side out. See all the new covers. Gorgeous. Use my code here on the screen. You'll get 10% off. What a deal. So make sure you pick up a meal planner so that you're ready to move forward in the new year planning your meals. You can come right along with me in the meal planning. So again, check out the Keri L website. Thank you for joining me for this week's WW grocery haul and my meal plan and my meal prep. I hope you got some great WW friendly food ideas and I hope you're excited about what is on the plan for dinners for the week as well as for meal prep. So if you're new to my channel, I'd love it if you take a moment and subscribe, hit that little bell so you're notified whenever I upload a new video. Please thumbs up this one. It really helps out my channel. And of course, comment down below. I want to know what recipe are you most excited about. 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