 Good morning friends welcome back to my channel and welcome if you are new here I am outside of the grocery store. It is my Saturday morning 7 a.m. grocery shopping trip It's still pretty dark out and it's actually a little later this morning because I had my work real estate Christmas party last night So I decided to sleep in a little bit longer this morning before I headed to the grocery store But I have quite the list of things to get I have to start getting ready for the holidays My baking and of course all of my food for the upcoming week So I'm gonna head in do my grocery shopping. I'll be back to show you my grocery haul We'll talk about what's on my plan for my meals and also cannot wait for meal prep once again this week So if you want to see what I picked up for the upcoming week my meal plan and meal prep just stay tuned So here is my grocery haul for this week. I went to Fred Meyer, which is also a Kroger store I got quite a bit this week because I'm gearing up for some holiday Meals as well as some baking both for Weight Watchers and also just for Christmas in general So let's jump right into what I picked up for the week So I saw these on Instagram and I wasn't able to find them and as I was walking towards the checkout I spotted them and had to pick them up. I've heard that they're delicious This is the equal gingerbread cookie. These are zero calories So they're zero smart points and they're just a flavored sweetener to add to coffee So if you're having maybe a second cup of coffee and you don't want to use points, this is a great alternative I have not tried these yet, but I will definitely let you guys know how they are They were 399 a box and there is 80 packets So equal gingerbread cookie and then I also picked up the equal peppermint mocha So I grabbed both of the seasonal flavors. They sound really good. I've heard that they're absolutely delicious So I will definitely let you guys know But I thought this was nice to have as a backup if you want to have a zero-point cup of coffee Also some light butter. This is for of course just regular eating as well as for some baking I did pick up some unsalted butter I make sugar cookies every year and it calls for unsalted butter and we only have salted So this is for those sugar cookies in the bulk section. I grabbed some nuts for my snack meal prep Really good tip if you guys just need a little bit of nuts half a cup quarter cup for a recipe and you don't want to eat them As snacks, it's great to go to the bulk section to pick up your net So it's exactly what I did so I have some of the roasted smoked almonds Also, just some sunflower seeds and then some pumpkin seeds or some pepitas and again the bulk section Everything was less than a dollar for both the almonds the sunflower seeds and the pepitas So again, great place to go if you're just looking for a small amount for a recipe Lots of eggs this week for baking. So these regular Kroger large eggs are for Baking and recipes and then for eating. I picked up the peat and jerry's organic eggs I had a coupon for these otherwise. I would have got the happy eggs, but these are pretty good They are a little more hit and miss as far as the orangeness of the yolk I find that the happy eggs are a little bit more consistent consistently a high quality egg But because I had a coupon a good coupon, I decided to pick these up for the week Some meat some 96 for extra lean ground beef. I have quite a few recipes that call for ground beef this week Also a pound of 93 7 ground turkey I am on the green plan. So the 99 turkey I have to count points for and I like the little fattier 93 7 a lot better as far as taste and texture and I need this for a recipe as well Center cut bacon. This is my very favorite the private selection You can have two slices of this bacon for only one smart point. So this is for meal prep as well For my snack for the week. I picked up some reduced sugar craisans. These are the 50% less sugar They are way less points. I think it's a tablespoon for one point So they're great to add to salads or again to use for any type of baking Canned goods. I have a very small can of tomato sauce for a recipe I also have a can of water chestnuts and again, this is for an upcoming recipe as well I always buy the sliced water chestnuts versus the whole Diced tomatoes no salt added And then I picked up fat free ready whip, of course. I pick this up every single week I do still have quite a bit but with the holidays coming up I wanted to make sure that I was you know stocked up and don't run out of the ready whip This is for Christmas But I wanted to share them because you can work this type of thing into your day These are the lint truffles. This is the assorted pack We play a game on Christmas that you wrap things in saran wrap And then you have to try to unwrap it as people roll dice So I thought that these truffles because they are individually wrapped would be great to use in that game So I picked those up Chicken broth for an upcoming recipe again some salsa for a recipe Actually, the croaker mild is really good and it is not spicy So if you are someone that doesn't really like spicy food, this is a great salsa Unsweetened applesauce again for 10 million recipes coming out for baking And then we do like to just eat this as a fruit with some cinnamon on top as well And then green olives just for snacking my husband loves green olives So we like to have these on hand and this big jar was a great price at croaker. And again, this is a great snack It's great to put out on your Christmas spread. So I grabbed those 100 cranberry juice. This is for my meal prep They this is very expensive to buy just raw cranberry juice that doesn't have any added sugar So this is for a recipe and then I don't know what I'll do with it from there Maybe I'll try to come up with another recipe Because it's not the best to just drink but it's really good for recipes and low in smart points I also picked up some popcorn because this last week I really wanted popcorn and we didn't have any And these are just the 100 calorie packs. I picked up the butter and sea salt from jolly time So now I will have Popcorn on hand when I am just craving some popcorn Some dark brown sugar for baking The only difference between dark and light is the amount of molasses. So my recipe actually called for dark So I went ahead and picked up the dark brown sugar Another bag of flour just because tis the season for baking Some itty bitty mini pretzels one of my recipes called for mini pretzels These are tiny teeny baby little pretzels, but you can have a ton of them for the smart point So you feel like you're getting a lot for a little amount of points So you can have 53 pretzels for I believe three points But of course it is here on the screen for you. So I picked these up for that recipe and then just to have as snacks Armor hickory smoked summer sausage. This is for Christmas We like to do meat cheese crackers and I did pick up that cracker assortment from trader joe's So I will have this and then we'll also slice up a couple different kinds of cheese So I have colby jack and extra sharp cheddar. So these will be for Christmas. So everything else I have is produce So I picked up blueberries. These were on sale for I think 4.99 or 450 for this big pack So I thought I would have blueberries as a fruit this week Parsley for a recipe two limes for my water I almost got lemons, but I remembered how much I just love lime in my water So I grabbed a couple more limes These apples are for an upcoming recipe Green onions for a recipe green pepper for a recipe Four avocados. I need this for my lunch meal prep and I picked up an extra one just to have on hand I've been loving avocados. I've been eating them almost every single day. I just I love them This was a great deal. This is the organic girl protein greens So these are sweet pea leaves and these were on sale for $1.99 And for my lunch meal prep I am making a salad So I thought that these would be nice To toss into the salad and you can see they're just little micro greens and they're actually really really good I've had I've had these before And then Italian style lettuce mix. So it's romaine and radicchio So I'll mix that with the protein greens and that will be the base for my salad And then a butternut squash. I really wanted the pre chopped pre cut pre everything butternut squash But they didn't have any so I get the pleasure of cutting this up Which is not fun, but it'll work because it's for my lunch meal prep So that is everything other than a case of water that I picked up for this week So let's get into my meal plan and what I am doing for meal prep So let's get right into this week's meal plan and what I am doing this week for meal prep This is my kary l meal planner My new one is going to be delivered today. So I'll definitely be sharing that with you guys She came out with some beautiful new covers That are awesome and the inside she kind of revamped the way she did the meal planner And I'm so excited to get mine for 2020 in the mail But this is the one I've been using all of 2019. I love it I still have a little bit left as far as meal planning go So I'll continue to use it until it has been used up But this is what my meal planner looks like. I do have the eight and a half by 11 Which is the larger meal planner. She also has a Seven by nine and she also has digital versions. So you can pretty much pick up whatever works best for you But these meal planners are very comprehensive There are several tabs down the side to help you plan your meals Give you recipe ideas resources places to take notes I am excited to use this section the gatherings for Christmas You can plan any type of event at your house the food that you're going to be Serving as well as making a grocery list to take to the store. So this section is going to come in extremely handy this time of year We're going to dive in a little bit more into the yellow tab, which is actually the meal plans tab So each month you do have a calendar where you can map out your meal plan by the month I use this everything single week as you can see I like it for two reasons one because what I'm making for dinner the next day is here at a glance So it makes it very easy for me to know exactly what is on my meal plan for the next day I can make sure I have all of the ingredients and I can also make sure that I have My meat pulled out of the freezer and ready to go. So I just take whatever recipes I'm making for the week and I just write them down And I only do track dinner in my meal planner only because I meal prep breakfast and lunch So there's no reason that to track it here in the meal planner And then every week there is also a weekly menu And this is where I'll go into a little bit more detail of what I'm planning And again, I only do my dinners for the entire week And there is also a detachable grocery list that you can take to the grocery store with you Which I do every single week. So mine is always missing. This is a great place You can track your breakfast your lunches. You don't just have to do your dinners That's just what I do do to meal prep. So love it. Love it So each week you'll see that I have my grocery list missing and let's dive into this week So this is the week of 12 14 through 12 20 My weeks go from saturday through friday. So today is saturday and my plan is to go out to dinner I don't know if this will happen I may actually end up making dinner because I used my weeklies yesterday at my holiday party But we shall see I may just pick something up after my open house, but that's the plan for tonight So tomorrow sunday, I'm going to be making italian turkey meatballs with potatoes So this is comfort food at its finest but low points. So I can't wait for that Also, I'm going to be making a crock pot meatloaf on monday veggie pot pies on tuesday Wednesday is upside down taco pie. This sounds really good. I'm really excited about this recipe Thursday, I'm going to be making some cashew chicken a couple of my subscribers Suggested this recipe after seeing my nut stop haul where I have cashews coming out my ears So we're going to be having cashew chicken on thursday and then friday We're actually going out to dinner with my mom and then my mom and I are going to a play here at a live theater And my husband's going home because he doesn't want to go to the play But we're going to go out to dinner at a nice restaurant. So i'll be using my weeklies next friday And then on the back of my weekly menu is where I plan out my meal prep So it makes it just really easy everything's in one spot So for breakfast this week, I am so excited. I am making a gingerbread apple pancake bake So this is going to have all things christmas flavored with gingerbread and apples and spices Super excited about that for lunches this week. I've been craving salad I've really been wanting a big delicious salad. So i'm going to make a winter cob salad Stay tuned for this recipe because it's a little bit different. It sounds really good But it's not your traditional cob salad. So very excited for that I'm going to be making a homemade cranberry nut granola. I've been wanting granola that's homemade to top my yogurt So i'm going to make some and it's going to be ww friendly, which is amazing And then of course, I have holiday baking coming out as well next sunday So stay tuned for that. It's going to be an eggnog recipe So that is what's on my meal plan for the week and what I am doing for meal prep So again, this is my carrie l meal planner if you are interested in picking yourself up a planner Again, she just came out with her new line of covers and they're absolutely gorgeous You can use my code here on the screen for 10 off So head on over to carrie l check it out In my opinion a staple on being successful on any eating plan is to be able to plan your food meal prep meal plan Have what you need on hand and ready to go. So you're you make good choices So this carrie l meal planner definitely helps out with that Thank you for joining me for this week's ww grocery haul my meal plan my meal prep I'm very excited about the recipes that I have coming your way this week and of course my meal prep I'm very excited about that. I've been craving some salads and then of course a little holiday spear with that gingerbread pancake bake So hopefully you are as excited as I am about the upcoming recipes this week If you're new to my channel, make sure you subscribe hit the bell That way you're notified whenever I upload a new video thumbs up this one It means a lot to me and helps my channel out and of course comment down below Let me know what is the one recipe that you are most looking forward to for this next week Thank you guys again so much for watching. Merry Christmas, and I'll see you in my next video. Bye