 And welcome back to my channel and welcome if you are new here, happy Saturday. It is grocery haul time. It is currently Thursday as I am flying out to Vegas tomorrow on Friday, so I won't be here to do my traditional 7am getting to the grocery store Friday morning, but I'm here to share my grocery haul with you because I picked it up from Fred Meyer on Thursday. So if you want to see what I picked up for the week, what's on my meal plan and meal prep because I will be meal prepping when I return. And that's another thing you guys won't actually see my meal prep most likely until Tuesday. So don't panic on Monday if meal prep isn't up. I don't come back until Monday, so I'm going to have time to prep it and get the video edited and uploaded. But if you want to see what I picked up at the grocery store for this next week, just stay tuned. So here's my grocery haul for the week. What you don't see is a case of water and then I grabbed some lean cuisines and Marie calendar pot pies for my husband for while I'm in Vegas. So let me show you what I picked up for the week. I grabbed these little ranch dip cups. My husband likes to take these to work. You'll see that I picked up some vegetables as well for him. These just make it really quick and easy and convenient. So I thought that I would show these to you because they're nice to have if you pack a lunch or you're on the go and you can take some dip with you. Make sure you do get the light because they also sell the regular ranch and I believe the box is green. So make sure you watch for the light ranch. So I picked those up. So some 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup. This is for an upcoming dinner recipe and also some cheddar cheese soup, which is also for that same dinner recipe. Two big cans of solid white albacore tuna. These are for my husband. He decided that he wants tuna fish sandwiches for lunch this next week. Fat free sour cream, which is also for a dinner recipe. Whenever I use sour cream in a recipe, I always buy fat free because you can't even tell the difference and you can save some points that way. So a little pro tip for you, some tomato sauce for a recipe, a can of corn also for a recipe, some chicken stock. This is for a dinner recipe. The Swanson's was on sale. So it was the same price as the generic. So I grabbed that a big, huge thing of oatmeal because I am making overnight oats in meal prep. I can't wait to share the recipe with you guys. So picked up a huge thing of oatmeal. I've been using that a lot lately. So maybe it's the change of weather is making me want a hearty oatmeal. So I grabbed a big container of oats or I got golden tater tots. This is for lunch meal prep this next week. You guys, I can't wait for this recipe. It is comfort food to the max, which is what I need when it's 30 degrees. So I picked up some tater tots for that sourdough bread. This is for my husband, but I always like to show it because I eat this periodically as well. It's still pretty darn low smart point per slice, about three points per slice. So this is the sourdough wide pan bread to huge things of stew meat. Whenever I am making stew, which is one of my recipes this next week, I like to buy my meat pre cut up. It's just easier. Most of the fat is trimmed from it. Pretty inexpensive. So I did pick up two packages since I did grocery pick up. I wasn't sure if they'd give me enough and I'm glad I did two packages because I don't think this would have quite been enough for the stew. So two packages of stew meat. I also got some mozzarella cheese. This is for my husband primarily. I usually use the Trader Joe's because it has less points, but in the event that I need extra mozzarella, this is honestly not that bad. It is the part skim mozzarella cheese like cool whip. This is for a dessert recipe that you will see in meal prep. Cannot wait, cannot wait for the dessert recipe. It's going to be so good, so perfect for the for the fall season. So picked up some cool whip for that. Also, I grabbed a big bag of gold potatoes. This is for the stew recipe that I'll be making this next week. The rest of what I picked up is all produce. So I have some honeycrisp apples for some reason. That was sounding really good. I'm telling you when the weather shifts, my taste buds shift. So I'm craving some apples. So some honeycrisp apples. I also grabbed a big package of grapes because grapes were on sale for $1.79 a pound and both myself and my husband will eat both the apples and the grapes. Bananas, which is for a recipe and then whatever's left over, of course, for eating. Three big onions for recipes and then a big huge, I've never seen this huge of a bag, three pounds of baby carrots. This is for recipes as well as for my husband with those little ranch cups for lunch. And same with this broccoli. This big bag of broccoli florets is for him for his lunches to dip in the ranch. And then of course, whatever leftover of these are for snacking. So that's everything for the week. I didn't actually need a whole lot since I'm gonna be gone a bit of the week, but that is my grocery haul. So let's move right into my meal plan and what I am doing for meal prep. So let's go over what is on my meal plan and meal prep for this next week. So of course, I am using my Kerry Elle meal planner. I still get a lot of questions about this. I love it. It is the most beautiful, comprehensive meal planner ever. I love everything about it. I use it every week. I use it several times a week. Highly recommend if you're looking for a way to stay on track and plan your meals. There are several tabs for you to use. There's the resource tab, which allows you to track your favorite meal planning, recipe sites and blogs, which is awesome. There's the inventory tab. That way you can inventory your freezer, your pantry and also your spices. So lots of inventory options. The meal plan tab will come back to that. The gatherings tab, which is perfect for this time of year. This is where you can plan gatherings, parties, events, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween. You can list out what you're preparing for your meal. And then there is a detachable grocery list for you to take right to the grocery store with you. So I love this tab. I've used it a couple of times. It really is just a great resource. And then the last tab is the notes tab and that's where you can take notes. Jot down anything you feel like you need to jot down. And then in the very, very back, you also have a double-sided pocket folder, which I also really, really like. So let's go back to the meal plans tab. This is what it looks like. Let's go to the current month here. So you do have a month at a glance meal planner. I use this every single week. It just allows you to jot down what you're making each night. That way the night before, you can not only make sure your meat is out of the freezer, but you can also make sure that you have all of your ingredients on hand before you head out the door to work and make sure you have everything ready to go for that night. So you can see I do just jot down what I'm making. And then each week there is a weekly menu where you can plan all of your meals. You could do breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I generally just plan dinner out here. You can plan what you're having by the day and the date. And then again, there is a detachable grocery list for you to remove and take with you to the grocery store. It really just makes it convenient and easy. So I do that every week. You'll always notice that the grocery menu or grocery list is missing. So this is my menu for this week. So my week always starts on Saturday and goes through Friday. So this is 10, 12 through 10, 18. As you can see, of course, I am in Vegas Saturday and Sunday. I do come back on Monday early, early afternoon. So I am planning, of course, on getting back on track that day and making dinner. So I have chicken cobbler, which is a rollover recipe from this last week that I just didn't have time to make. Tuesday is taco pockets. Again, this is another rollover recipe. Again, didn't have time to make it. Pretty busy week leading up to going to Vegas. So I'll definitely get those taken care of this next week. On Wednesday, I'm going to be making instant pot lasagna. I am really excited about this. How awesome to make lasagna in your instant pot. And then on Thursday, you saw all the ingredients for instant pot beef stew. Again, I'm excited about this. I've heard that this recipe is awesome. So cannot wait for that. And then on Friday, we'll have leftovers, only because you can see we are making quite a few meals this next week. So what I do is on the back of my meal plan, I always do my meal prep. So it just makes it easy for me to have everything right on hand. So for breakfast this next week, I'm going to be making peanut butter, chocolate chip overnight oats. I cannot wait for this. Hello, peanut butter and chocolate, yes please. So you'll see this in meal prep. Also, like I mentioned, you will not probably see meal prep until Tuesday because I won't actually do it, film it, edit it until Monday when I get back from Vegas. So peanut butter, chocolate chip overnight oats. I'll pair that with eggs and fruit. For lunch, I'm making tater tot casserole. So this recipe is supposed to be the best tater tot casserole ever. So I'm excited to have that. And again, I'll pair that probably with a veggie and maybe a fruit as well. And then I'm going to be making some pumpkin fluff, which I haven't had in ages. It is so good and so low point. So that is what is on the plan for meal prep this next week. So that was my meal plan. This is my Cari L meal planner. I do have a 10% off discount code. It is here on the screen. So if you're looking for literally the best planner on the market, I highly recommend Cari L. It lasts over a year and it really is everything you need and more in a meal planner. Thank you for joining me on another weekly WW grocery haul. I hope you enjoyed seeing all of the groceries that I picked up for the week. It wasn't the largest haul in the world, but it's definitely the haul for some amazing recipes coming your way. I can't wait for lasagna and beef stew and to finally make that chicken cobbler in those taco pockets. There is so much fun coming your guys's way. So definitely stay tuned, as you will most likely see the majority of those recipes in upcoming videos. So thank you so much for watching. If you're new, make sure that you hit that subscribe button and that little bell. That way you're notified every time I upload a new video. Thumbs up this one and comment down below. Let me know what recipe are you most excited for and what did you think of this week's grocery haul? And I'll see you all in the next video. Bye guys.