 So we're gonna eat through those I'm kind of you know phasing out some of those things Welcome back to my channel. So I've got a lot planned for today I'm really excited because this is something that's been on my to-do list kind of in the back of my mind for a while But now I'm gonna really dig into this and you guys will probably see videos similar to this Pretty regular. There's a lot of days where like lunchtime rolls around and I'm like, oh, what am I gonna give them? What are they gonna eat? So this is very focused on quick and simple meals for my kids in particular But it's definitely things that adults could eat too And also focusing on them being really healthy. Alright, so this morning I made sure that my dishwasher was empty just cleaned everything up cleaned everything up over here from breakfast Got the girls little table wiped off to make sure that it's ready for lunch because I don't want to have too many interruptions And just kind of starting with a fresh page so when you're gonna do a ton of cooking or just like bulk cooking Kind of like what I'm doing today is really important to have everything ready to go and like all of your tools that you need You know like I washed up the blender because I'm gonna be using that today Just those things that you're gonna need so one other thing I did want to mention I need to put my bag away But this is something that I do and I know this might seem odd But I know I've been sharing with you guys like what I use to sanitize and stuff But this is a mini Norwex and viral cloth and I just put it in a bag and put it in my purse when I go grocery shopping because I went grocery shopping Yesterday in preparation for today, and I use this. I also wore gloves, but I use this to wipe like the handle of the Car off. I didn't use this particular one. This is a different one But the one that I used I already cleaned and stuff. So yeah, just a little tip I love these little mini ones and they're really convenient to keep in your bag Okay, I'm gonna show you guys today's game plan, but a little bit of real life Here sits a load of laundry that sat here for the last day I need to fold and it may not even get done today because I have a lot of other things to do Okay, so what I did is I kind of sat down and the girls even helped me We sat and talked about like what are their favorite foods? What are things that they really really like the other thing? I want to mention is that this is whenever we don't have leftovers from the night before Generally if there's leftovers, that's what we have for lunch But these are kind of the quick options when I don't have something for breakfast or options are eggs and a lot of times They like cheese or ketchup on them and then granola, which we're gonna be making today and also Waffles, which I'm also gonna be making today I'm going to be using my mini waffle maker and then putting everything in the freezer Super simple and I'm gonna show you how you can make them out of oatmeal Which is obviously a lot healthier than using White flour or refined flour plus if you're gluten-free you can also use them so options for lunch And of course you can mix and match these but I decided on four options and the girls helped me out with this So we're gonna make homemade nuggets today Which I found is actually a lot easier than it sounds and then we'll freeze them So then we can just get them out heat them up like the frozen nuggets And then along with that is baby carrots again I'm going to be doing something to them so that we can freeze them pull them out warm up And then all of these options where you see fruit. That's either like fresh fruit apple sauce Smoothies or even possibly dry dried fruit just some sort of fruit So the second option is beef hot dogs Again a really kid-friendly thing simple and then along with that to trade out for mac and cheese I'm actually going to be making a cheesy rice today and Portioning it into Ziploc bags and putting it all into the freezer So so easy actually this would be easier than making mac and cheese to be honest on the stove top because we can just pull it out and Warm it up gives them the whole cheesiness like mac and cheese the next one is a meatballs which the girls really like and Dice sweet potatoes which I will be able to heat up and then obviously their fruit option and then the last one They really really love right now is hard boiled eggs and then I'll just have frozen peas Which I can even do those in the microwave They come in bags where you can steam them So I don't need to do anything extra to prepare those and then their fruit option then down here I wrote down some snacks things a few of these I can't make today. I'll explain why we're gonna make homemade chewy bars So like homemade granola bars and I think I may do more than one flavor option with that And then I'll probably freeze about half of them the other half of them I'll put in the pantry and then yogurt cups, which I'll go into that in a little bit. I already started the yogurt I am making homemade yogurt and frozen tubes So the girls love gogurt tubes, but we're gonna go ahead and make our own And I will put a little picture right here of the sticks that I ordered They're like basically like a long skinny Ziploc bag They haven't come yet, but I'll have the yogurt ready for whenever they come They're from Amazon. I will be sure to link them below and then another thing I'm going to be making is jello cups at some point the cups are on their way I'll pop a picture here of the cups and I can do both jello cups and yogurt cups And the fun thing about doing your homemade yogurt cups is you can do the fruit on the bottom I don't know if you've ever bought yogurt like that But they make yogurt cups with a little bit of fruit on the bottom and with those cups You can see it and that makes it really fun for the girls some more snack options cheese sticks Ice pops which would be made with the same thing as the gogurt tubes Mini muffins which I'm hoping to make today. We'll see how much I can tackle Chips and dips so the girls really like hummus They also like sour cream and then I just got some like organic tortilla chips A great option to kind of get rid of potato chips and goldfish and snacks that are more refined I pulled my hair up today because obviously working with a lot of food And I just thought it would be more convenient pulled up and back out of my face First thing I'm going to do is get out my chicken and put it into pickle juice That's the recipe I'm following. It's actually one that's really similar to Chick-fil-A nuggets And so it needs to marinate. I was going to do it last thing and totally forgot So while I'm doing some other things it can at least sit for a little while in the pickle juice So I'm going to dice up my chicken and get that started so it can sit And I'm going to list all of the recipes below whether they're my own or like a Pinterest find Some of both are going on today. Then once I get the chicken marinating in the pickle juice I'm going to actually clear this area off right here and start my waffle station Since I have a small waffle maker it does take time to make waffles And it's kind of something that I can do while I'm working on other things So I can you know keep reloading the waffle maker And I really want this area over here to be where I'm working with more of like the meat And stuff like that so that I can be putting things in the oven and things like that So going to go ahead and get this set up and get the chicken going Together one day she said write me a love song cause I know you'll make it beautiful But you're my sweetheart and promise nobody can steal me away cause I want you and I wanted you to know You looked at her and then you smiled, picked up a pen and paper, put it right in Probably something about her eyes and how they're always shining Or something cliche like moves So song about your sweet sweetheart and how nobody can steal me away cause I want you and I wanted you to know As he sang she started to dance, grabbed his arm and took his hand He held her close under the moon dancing I have gotten so so many questions on how I make my meatballs And to be honest I make them different like every single time But this time I'm going to show you a good little hack over here But I have a pound of ground beef and a pound of like Italian sausage And then I put two eggs in the bottom there I'm going to mix it all together And then you can use breadcrumbs but I just shook over a little bit of coconut flour Just to help bind it all together and I'm not adding any spices or anything else to this Because the sausage already has that in it and especially for kids I really don't need any more spice in this or salt because the sausage is so salty Now a little hack if you've been looking for a air fryer And don't want to spend the money on an air fryer This rack can do very similar things to an air fryer It does a great job at making things crispy or just of baking things Like you can do wings on this and it would be similar to an air fryer So I will leave the link for this it just fits in a regular size cookie sheet Or I have bigger cookie sheets that I can just set it in the middle of it But best like I think it's like 12 bucks something like that And it can really change the game on how you bake things So I'm going to put the meatballs on these, bake them up I have it at 375, I usually leave them in for about a half hour But these are going to be smaller so I'll probably a little set it for 20 minutes And see if they're done since they're going to be for the girls And it's that simple and then I'll freeze them Okay then over here I've kept my waffles rolling They're such a funny looking color but they're definitely true blueberry And I don't spray the iron every time This one's really great it's 10 bucks and it does a good job at not sticking What do you think Kylia? Do you think those look good? Yeah And so I just yeah spray it every couple times And then I'm just scooping it out putting it in And the other thing about this batter is you do need to kind of spread the batter around in the waffle iron Like it doesn't really spread on its own So that's why I'm using a spoon and just kind of taking and putting the batter on And then you just kind of spread it around and close the iron The whole trick to freezing things that they don't stick together So I want like a bag of waffles that I can just pull out as many waffles as I want to Well if I would freeze these in a bag they would freeze all in one big pile And so I'm going to slide this into the freezer and kind of pre-freeze these I don't know if that's a phrase or not but I'm making it one So we're going to pre-freeze these Like we'll do the same thing with the nuggets and the meatballs We'll pre-freeze them before we put them in a bag back into the freezer That batch of waffles is done so I'm going to whip up the next batch really quick In just a second so I can keep this going But I did peel up all of these sweet potatoes and I'm going to roast them So that they're like not totally baked I mean like soft But you know at least partially pull them out and then freeze Put them in the freezer so that we can just get them out and heat them up And I'm going to cut them kind of as like a short fry size My meatballs are almost done in the oven so I want to hurry up and do this So I can get them in the oven I want to keep my oven rolling So I'm not wasting energy and so that you know obviously we can do this as fast as possible Also I'm washing a lot of things as I go so like if you see me using the same knife It's because I'm washing it in between Just trying to make as little mess as I can I popped the rack of meatballs out of here and put them in the freezer So that they can do their pre-freezing So I'm going to wash this up and I'm going to get my bigger cookie sheet out To put the sweet potatoes in but these turned out perfect Really good and obviously they're not you know chewy on the bottom Because you can taste it you want to taste it Kailia? Go ahead and taste it tell mommy what you think Yummy? You like it? I know you guys really like meatballs That's why they were like yes mom do meatballs So anyway it's getting my big cookie sheet out And then I'm going to lay out all of the sweet potato tots I don't know that's kind of the size I wanted to do was like a tater tot size But obviously something that they could still dip in catch up or something like that If you hear something in the background it's our trash truck going it's trash day So I washed up the other pan I had the meatballs on it And put parchment paper underneath of it and they all fit on here Also I wanted to let you guys know that those were like $1.99 a bag I am realizing how cheap whenever you do this prepping How cheap you can actually eat and you know get a lot of the same things Like even the nuggets oh my goodness I'm going to get so many more nuggets Out of like $10 worth of chicken than buying chicken nuggets So I'm going to go ahead and do some garlic powder over these And then I'm also going to put salt over them And the other thing I wanted to mention is that it's all going to depend on how big Your pieces of sweet potato are So what I'm going to do is actually like wait you know put them in about 10 minutes And then check them I only want them to like barely be able to put a fork through them You know like not mushy that kind of thing because you're going to reheat them When you get them out and so it will cook them a little bit when you do that On to the next batch of waffles So these waffles I did basically the recipe pretty normally But I dumped a lot of vanilla in it and then I also added some powdered stevia As well making them a little sweeter since they didn't have a fruit in them Now I'm going to take some of these I found these at Walmart They're really inexpensive next to a lot of other stevia sweetened chocolate chips So I'm going to take some of these and chop them with my knife And then every time I load the waffle iron I'm going to just put a few across the top of it And they'll have chocolate chip waffles I really had to just kind of gauge this by texture so I can put my fork pretty much into them But it takes a little pressure to do that which is where I want them to be So now same thing pre-freezing them flat like this So they don't stick together so that I can only you know pull out a little at a time And I don't need to thaw out a big huge bag frozen together of potatoes I took a dishwashing break washed up some stuff and I've got this ready to go I bumped up the oven to 425 because that's what the nugget recipe is for So in here is going to be an egg so dip them in the eggs first And then in here will be an almond flour mixture But if you want to you can use breadcrumbs It's just a substitute for breadcrumbs It's a little bit healthier and gluten free And so everything is rolling along really good I just ate some chocolate chips The chocolate chip waffles are almost completely done So then I'll be totally done with waffles which will be kind of nice Because I keep having to like stop and be interrupted to reload the waffle maker And the chicken nuggets are going to be done in batches As you can see it's going to make so many chicken nuggets I'm so happy because the girls they were watching me a little bit do it And they were so excited and they love chicken nuggets So this will be a perfect lunch They pretty much asked for them every day So I'm really happy with how much it made And that was about I think if I am rounding up and guessing a little bit I think it was about 12 Like the packs of chicken I think were around $6 each And it was two packs of tenders So I'd say it was probably about $12 worth of chicken Which is so many nuggets next to what you pay in store for a bag of nuggets Since my oven's taken up with the chicken And it's going to be a couple rounds of that I decided to work on something that I don't need the oven for So I'm going to make up the granola bars And you do need quick oats for that Because the texture will just be a little bit better with the quick oats And then the recipe that I'm following is a top stove top recipe And I am tweaking it around I don't know what I'll do I'll either link the recipe or else I will just rewrite how I did it Because it's not necessarily like the recipe I'm just kind of following some tips If that makes any sense So I'm hoping to do three different kinds I'm thinking I'm going to do chocolate chip And then maybe a peanut butter And then a raisin cinnamon We'll see I'm kind of thinking that they'll all three fit on here But we'll see And this for just a second I'm going to do the raisin cinnamon ones up there I think I got a lot more oatmeal in this batch for some reason Anyways, so this is the peanut butter This is the regular Also, I think the peanut butter is helping it hold together a little bit better I wish I would have put more honey in this batch I'm kind of afraid they're going to be really crumbly But we'll work with it The reason I'm stopping on that though Is because this is someone's second serving that he decided not to eat But these nuggets are done and out of the oven So I'm going to get my second batch going Before I do my third batch of granola bars Oh, and I did want to say these taste so incredibly good Like so delicious And you know, if mom decides to have chicken nuggets for the day I don't have to feel guilty about it Because they are super healthy Alright guys, so I want to hear Do you like the nuggets? Yeah Yeah? What do you think, Kailia? Yum Yum? You like them? I like the nuggets You like the nuggets? Do they taste like Chick-fil-A nuggets? Yeah Yeah? They look like them Okay, changing gears a little bit So I have two entire trays Of the nuggets in the freezer Pre-freezing And I have the rest of the stuff to make The more of them in the refrigerator But my freezer's kind of getting full So I'm going to pause on that for a second One thing that we really rely on Or use a lot is cereal And I just really want to find something As a good alternative And the girls do like granola I just haven't made it in a really, really long time And so I decided I'm going to make up granola Because it's just a quick, easy, delicious breakfast For them in the morning Whenever we're in a hurry Or I have a lot of food In the morning Whenever we're in a hurry Or I have a lot to do that day I can quickly pour them a bowl And they eat it And on they go Some of these batches and things I've been doubling or tripling And I am only going to make two Of the normal size batch of this granola I'm using a basic granola And then tweaking it around I'm making one that's a raisin cinnamon Because I love that And then I'm making another one That's a chocolate peanut butter So I'll leave the basic recipe In the description box But just know that I tweaked them around To make them that way So I'm going to go ahead and whip that up Because they're really quick and easy You'll see how simple This stuff is so easy, you guys It really, really is I just, everything I decided to do Ended up being really simple So I'm going to do that And I put my oven down to 250 And then they bake for about an hour And you stir it as it goes So I'm going to get those things in And then when they're done We'll be about dinner time And I think we're just going to have Some of those nuggets for dinner tonight Because they are so good And I'm so curious to see what Cory has to say about them They're ready to be done doing this So there are two things That I am not going to get done In this video because I need to sit down and edit this And get it uploaded for you guys And I'm just really tired So the two things that I'm not going to get done Are my muffins And the homemade gummies But I'm going to make them tomorrow On my Instagram stories You guys are watching this The day that I upload it Tomorrow I will be on my Instagram stories If not And it's a little bit later on in the week Because Instagram stories only last like 24 hours I will save them in the recipes tab On my Instagram profile So those are the only two things The mini muffins and the gummies But there's one more thing That we haven't done today And that is I have not put out the yogurt That I made last night Here's the yogurt I made You can see it sitting in there Then I also whipped up some Like homemade no sugar pancake syrup I'm working on this Trying to perfect it I'll leave the recipe that I was Like kind of tweaking off of In the description Eventually I may also just pick up Some local maple syrup But I want to get away from using Like regular pancake syrup It's that simple to make yogurt It really really is And I'm just going to show you With a spoon How great it really really looks So in my next video That I do like this Where I'm doing like food prepping and stuff I will probably be doing The yogurt like frozen Go-gurt tubes Because my stuff will come by then And then I will also show you guys How I'm going to do the yogurt cups And one thing I am going to do Just because it's for the girls Is I'm probably going to add A little bit of food coloring Just to make it a little more fun For them to eat And a little more familiar Like normal you know Yogurt from the store Mommy's going to have to get the recipe Then see how my stuff will together Should mommy try it? Okay I'm going to try a bite Tell me what you think Do you like them? Do you like them better than the store You're in a little bar? Yeah You do? Yeah You like the nuggets too? Alright here you go The carrots I kind of did the same way I did the sweet potatoes Where I just got them To tenderness And then I'm going to put butter in them Put them in baggies So we can just pull them out of the freezer At lunch time And heat them up I would set you guys up here And kind of go over my list Go over the last couple things I need to get done And also where everything's at So breakfast options Were eggs, granola, and waffles The waffles are in the freezer Either in bags Or they're like doing their pre-freeze The chocolate chips ones are They're probably ready to get out now And I can put them in bags So the nuggets are half done But like I said Some of the ones that are in there I'm actually going to make for dinner tonight And then the ones that are done Are pre-freezing And we'll probably be ready to go into a bag soon I'm not sure if I'm going to put them in a bag Or a container Just because Since they're not like traditional breading They might It might fall off of them I don't really know But being frozen already It may do fine in a bag So to go along with the nuggets Was the baby carrots And they're sitting back there Cooling And then I will put them into baggies To go into the freezer Obviously hot dogs Beef hot dogs We have those in our freezer already from the store The cheesy rice is actually sitting up here Cooling down And once that's cool I will put it into portion size baggies For lunch times The meatballs are completely done They're in They were pre-frozen And then put into a ziploc bag And are in the freezer And then the sweet potatoes Also are pre-freezing I think that for some reason They took a long time to freeze And I don't know if it's because of like The density that potatoes have I don't really know And then one other thing I didn't do today Which I may do tomorrow Or I may just do it kind of weekly Is doing a batch of hard-boiled eggs Since the fourth option Was hard-boiled eggs, peas And then the fruit option Knack options We've got the granola bars done I'm just I put them back in the refrigerator I felt like they could cool a little bit more And possibly get a little harder But I really think that the next time I make those I'm going to have some way better ideas Of how I want to make them So that they hold together a little better The peanut butter ones worked out fabulous And then I did put extra honey Into the raisin ones And I think they held together A little bit better than like The original recipe So whenever I do this again And I make those bars Which I probably will make them In the next video that I do cooking Because the girls I think are really going to like them I know Everly really did And they taste so much better Than the store-bought chewy bars The yogurt cups And the frozen gogurt tubes I did not make yet Because the stuff didn't come for those Also the Jell-O cups Did not make yet I have cheese sticks in the refrigerator Ice pops I didn't make yet Because the little tubes Didn't come for them yet And then like I mentioned The mini muffins And the homemade gummies I'm going to make tomorrow Our other snack options Are like smoothies And then chips And then we have some pretzels And goldfish left over From like my last grocery stock up And so we're going to eat through those I'm kind of you know phasing out Some of those things And then trying some of this new stuff But honestly there are reactions To everything that I made today Was so good They all loved it so much And I'm so happy to hear that Because that means I'm doing something right So I will keep you guys updated Like I said I probably will do A video similar to this Like a lot of food prepping Like an entire day of food prepping Or like making a month's worth of something Or whatever about every other week That's what works best for me Because I don't need to do it every week Obviously So anyways that's where everything is I would give you some good after shots But I want to get this video edited And you guys got the picture Of everything that got made today Recipes will be in the description box Let me know what your favorite idea Out of this whole video was I really hope you guys liked it A lot of work but at the same time I think about how little I'm gonna have to make lunches For the girls this entire month Because I will have it either Preped like this or else we'll do leftovers And it's just And all of it's healthy Like I'm so excited about this whole entire thing And I'm so glad I sat down And actually thought through What they like to eat and like What are exchanges for things that we can make Like what you know they love nuggets Okay let's find like a way to make nuggets That are healthier they love waffles Let's find a way to make waffles healthier And I did use a lot of oatmeal today I'm sure that's gonna be in the comments Like oh my goodness everything is made out of oatmeal But it's so inexpensive And it's number one If you get gluten free oats You can do gluten free These don't specifically say gluten free oats But they also don't have wheat on the label I know sometimes they can add it in And not say I know sometimes that there's hidden wheat in it But for the most part I just know that It's a lot healthier than just traditional waffles With refined flour I also wanted to say that during this time While we're all home If you guys have any prayer requests I really want to start doing this Because I feel like it's such a great way For us to be together as a community And being praying for each other Leave them in the comments Let me know how you guys are doing I love to stay connected And I hope this video motivated you And inspired you I'm gonna go prop my feet up and edit this video And get it uploaded for you guys If you're new here I'd love it if you subscribed And give this video a like for me Don't forget to leave a comment And I will see you guys in my next video