 kitchen and welcome to today's video. I have another monthly meal prep video so I do these style videos about every two weeks and generally it's stuff that I'm putting in the freezer and that you could double or triple or make as many times as you want to last an entire month for you. It works out best for me to do every two weeks just because I have a smaller freezer and it just works best with my schedule to do it that way so that's what I do. So today's video I'm actually kind of putting a little theme on it and we're gonna do some things that are lunch-friendly specifically if you were packing your lunch for work. These are some things that Cory my husband really enjoys in his lunch for work and most of them are freezer-friendly so you can make a lot of it and then eat it throughout the month whenever you're packing your lunches to go to work or wherever you're headed. There's a mixture of things that would be both for adults and could also be kid friendly as well. Personally these are one of my absolute favorite style meal prepping videos just because like I said I do pack lunches for my husband and I'm always looking for new ideas and things that would go well for him so some of these things you can eat cold and some of them you will need to warm up or else I guess you could eat them cold but they might be a little bit better warmed up. I do want to let you guys know that today's video is sponsored by isolator fitness and this could not be a more perfect partnership for this video because it is lunch bags that you can take with you no matter where you go and they have a pretty genius system that I'm gonna show you here. This is the bag that Cory chose it is their three meal bag and you guys we have had so many lunch bags through the years for him and this thing is definitely the most high quality bag that we've ever had. The zippers are super sturdy super durable the other thing I love about them is they are made in the US they make everything in the US and I love supporting companies that make their things here and make high quality products. Before I show you the other things that come with it I thought I would kind of show you the compartments so there is this middle compartment that's really really tall in here then the side compartments which I personally love that they have these just because my husband takes a lot of drinks and things with him to work then there is a top compartment with a little pocket up here we've got the net on both sides here and then it also comes with a larger strap if you would want to take it over the shoulder but my favorite strap is this one that's on top here that is really easy to grab and go. Like I mentioned they do come in a ton of different colors so you could pick a color that goes with where you work or even maybe your favorite sports team they come with these two ISO bricks that I slid into the sleeves on either side they keep things cold for 16 hours and obviously they would also be affecting the side pockets as well since that nice icy coldness is in there and then also comes with all the containers that you could possibly need for this bag and they kind of really genius with their space here so you slide them in just like this oh and these containers are also BPA free you can put them in the freezer and in the microwave and you can also throw them in the dishwasher which is a huge plus for me because I don't have time to hand wash most things so you can put two big ones here and then you can slide a smaller one in here and then since this has some room up here on the top it kind of gives a little bit you can also push that up and then slide another small one inside of there just like that for the maximum storage space these bags are made in Reading Pennsylvania which is kind of cool since we are originally from Pennsylvania it's close to home for us and this is all that comes in the three meal kit ice litter fitness also has other little things that you can add in like their shaker bottle I have to open this up and actually show you the inside because it's pretty cool my husband is really excited to use it it's got this little tool on the inside that does a great job at shaking up your powder or whatever you're going to be mixing up in the shaker bottle and you can also find my code at align 35 to get 35% off of your order you can check out their website in the links below where you can find other little add-ons like this one and you can also find out how you can get 35% off of your order with ice litter fitness these guys are great and I'm really happy to be partnering with them our first recipe today is one that I've come up with on my own and it's a great way to use up roast beef that you've cooked and thrown in the freezer so this is what I do a lot whenever I make up a big roast and we end up not eating it for leftovers I will kind of shred it up and I'll throw it in the freezer in a Ziploc bag so I've thawed this out and you can also do this same idea with ground beef so if you don't have this just get yourself a pound or two of ground beef and fry it up in the frying pan or you could just make a roast and do this so here I've got some low carb wraps these are from Aldi they started making these and they look really good their red pepper hummus flavor you could do a gluten-free wrap and this whole thing would be gluten-free you could do whatever style wrap you want to do and then I have some sweet onion and some bell pepper here and some mozzarella cheese and some mayo so what I'm gonna do is I'm actually going to put a little bit of olive oil in my frying pan and I'm gonna slice up the peppers and onions get them in there get them kind of soft and as they get to the point where you would want to eat them that they're tender I'm gonna put in some of the shredded roast beef stir it all together and then I will put a little bit of mayo right on the wrap put the mixture of the beef and the peppers and onions in the middle and then I'll add in some mozzarella cheese and you have a great filly cheese steak wrap that you can modify to whatever diet needs you have and it's really pretty healthy and then what you can do is just keep them rolled up in the freezer and pull them out and heat one up to go with you to work you could wrap it in some tin foil if you want to try to keep it warm for a while or you could take it to work and heat it up there or you could even eat it cold I think this would be delicious cold sometimes things that have been heated before and then cool down really make the flavor great is the roast that I shredded up and then I totally forgot I grabbed this it's from Primal Kitchen but it's their steak sauce it is sugar-free we've never tried this before so I'm curious to see how it tastes and then I also forgot I had some shredded Parmesan cheese that I'll be mixing into it as well something that is in quarries I would say top five things that is a favorite of his for lunch is chili so I'm going to make up some chili but we did just have that first wrap I did we split it Corey and I did and it was so delicious he agreed he's super excited I have more he can pull out and make for lunch or take with him if he needs to so we definitely give those a good five-star they were delicious and now I'm going to dig into making my chili if you've never seen me make my chili I make it without beans and it's pretty simple alright I know a few of you have made this and said that you really enjoy it if you're somebody that likes chili but doesn't really care for beans or if it just fits into your dietary needs this is a really great alternative to a chili with beans in it so I have some sweet peppers I ended up using one pepper instead of both that I had washed up earlier these are left over from another recipe so I'm gonna dice all that up dice up an onion put that into my dutch oven I like making soups in my dutch oven a lot they're really great in there and then I'm going to cook these up really well until they're soft then I'll be adding about a couple pounds of hamburger ground burger you can add as much beef as you want to to it today I have extra beef I need to use up that I had thought out so it's actually gonna get three pounds in it but there are times I've done it with one pound two pounds it's fine and then I have two bags they're just different brands they're the same thing of cauliflower rice and that will go in last also I put in some cumin onion powder garlic powder chili powder and then I also add salt and pepper and I do all that to taste so I don't really have measurements for that but you can just shake it in as you go and then I think I'm gonna use the isolator containers that are this size to put the soup in to put into the freezer so we have some that are individually ready for lunches and then the rest of it I'll probably just put into a gallon Ziploc bag and we can pull it out to do chili dogs the recipes we're doing today we're gonna need bacon for so well the soup ingredients are kind of salt tang over there I'm actually gonna throw these into the air fryer I'm gonna do the whole pack up so we have enough for everything that we're making okay you guys so you know that I like to tell you whenever I flop a recipe or I just like to be real with you on this stuff you forgot to get the tomato sauce and the diced tomatoes for my chili which is usually what I put in it so I'm gonna show you in just a little bit a little substitute I'm gonna do we'll try it out I think it'll work out okay but happens to me too guys happens to me too I get through half of a recipe and realize I don't have all my ingredients so the next thing that we're gonna do is not freezer related at all it's actually my broccoli salad which is one of the things that we need to bacon for super super simple to make I don't even do measurements I'll show you what I do but you can do it by taste cuz some people like there's a little bit more sour like with the mustard and some people like a little more sweet and one little tip I do have for you whenever I make broccoli salad is I usually take the broccoli crown and actually tear it apart with my fingers because when you get a knife involved with broccoli if you've ever cut a broccoli you know it becomes a mess it just like because all of the little top pieces come off of the broccoli and they get everywhere so if I can depending on the recipe I really like to actually take my hands and just kind of shred up the broccoli and then it kind of holds together and makes for a less of a mess all right to make the sauce for this you need some Worcestershire sauce some mayo and some mustard and then you can use sugar or if you're sugar sensitive or trying to eat keto or anything like that you can use a sugar replacement one of my favorites is this swerve brand and this is the confectioners kind I just figured it might be handy to have instead of having the granular to where you have you can tell that there's granular sweetener in this so I'm just gonna mix this up to taste I normally do about I don't know probably cup cup and a half of mayo and then I do a little squirt of the yellow mustard and the rest to taste so I'm gonna mix this up in here and then dump this in here and then I'm gonna shred up some cheddar cheese and cut up some of the bacon and mix it all together put it in a container and put it in the refrigerator and then I can pull it out and put smaller amounts of it into smaller containers to send in his lunch I don't have any tomato sauce but I've got some tomato paste and some chicken broth so we're going to put both of these in mix everything together let it simmer for a little while and hope for the best so I used to work outside the home and obviously Corey still does and one thing that we both really like in the morning is a breakfast sandwich so I'm going to be making some breakfast sandwiches that are a little bit different they are gluten-free and I will say this if you're somebody that does not care for eggs you're not going to be into these breakfast sandwiches but I've made them before and they are super super yummy you can do a lot of different variations with them and they're great to keep in the freezer pull out and just heat up in the morning as you're on your way out the door okay the idea of this is pretty simple pretty easy to put together so you just need a mini waffle maker I will leave this one link below it's an Amazon find and I really really like it comes in a ton of different colors and some other prints and even some other shapes it's the best like ten bucks you'll spend and it works really great you guys if you watch my channel a lot you know that I make a lot of stuff in this little waffle maker had it for a while so basically you want to put about two eggs per sandwich into here so we're gonna try to make two waffles thingies out of this actually they're called chaffles I believe I think that's like the term that everybody uses for this style of like breading for the outside of sandwiches so we're gonna put about two eggs in here we're gonna put about a tablespoon of almond flour and then we're gonna whisk that up together I'm gonna add a little bit of salt and probably some onion powder once that mixture is together we're gonna put a little bit of cheddar cheese across the waffle iron will spray it first put the cheddar cheese across put half the mixture on put a little bit of cheddar cheese across again close it and then let it cook through while we're waiting for those to cook I thought I would show you how this turned out I think it looks really great it smells amazing and no it doesn't have quite as much of a tomato look and flavor to it but it's still really really good so there you go if you're in the same pickle as me the tomato paste and the chicken broth worked out pretty well so I'm gonna pull this off and let it start cooling now we are ready for assembly and what I'm gonna do I have these kind of stuck together you can see how great they look nice and cheesy delicious I've done this actually before with Parmesan cheese as well super super good so what I'm gonna do is actually make the sandwiches in tin foil because we can throw them in our air fryer to reheat them obviously do not put tin foil in the microwave so you could also wrap them up in saran wrap or put them in containers or put them in ziplock bags whatever you want to do another option to heat them in the tin foil is just to put them in the oven while you're getting ready for work and then pull them out right before you go really excited to try out this recipe so this is going to be some tuna patties and I've made different variations of these before but never one like this I did find this recipe on Pinterest and I will leave it linked below it's got some lemon juice some mayo obviously tuna some butter egg and then crushed up pork rinds similar to breadcrumbs and I've been using these in some different recipes lately if you guys watch often you already know that and every single time I use them they just add another texture another flavor and they're really really good specific recipe actually suggest to make these up in a waffle iron so that's what I'm gonna go ahead and do I'm sure you could totally fry these in a frying pan instead of doing it this way but this is a little bit more fun kind of makes them into a bite size for lunches that are quick and simple so I'm gonna put these in here and then while these are being cooked up I'm actually gonna make up some super simple tartar sauce so you're gonna need some mayo some dill relish and then I'm gonna put a little bit of lemon juice in also to sweeten it I am going to use that swerve I didn't get it out I forgot to get it out but you could use sugar as well and tartar sauce is definitely more on the sweet side so you do want to put a good amount of sweetener or sugar in this to make it taste like tartar sauce so I have to say that those tuna patties are definitely the best ones I have ever made so if you need a good recipe I would highly recommend checking that one out a few things about it is make sure that they definitely cook long enough that they get kind of a crunchy outside and also they're a lot more like soft and tender when you take them right out so let them sit a little bit and then they'll kind of toughen up to where you could pick them up and dip them and also you want to lay them out flat on something and flash freeze them first before you would put them in a bag to freeze them for a longer period of time so they don't stick together anyways that's everything I have today don't forget 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