 Welcome back to my channel welcome back to my kitchen or welcome here if you're new I am doing one of my monthly meal prep videos I do these about twice a month so about two days out of the month I set aside a day and I do mail prepping sometimes some of the things that I prep last me the whole month Sometimes that last me or I you know just do some weekly stuff in the midst of it all so either way I hope that this inspires you and most all of these things you could definitely make enough for a month or for a large family I grabbed my Starbucks and I am ready to go I definitely feel very energized my little ones are down further now so right now or just having quiet time And I've got my list of stuff ready to go I have the kitchen cleaned up and the dishwasher unloaded and I also just have it empty so I can just keep putting Things in there as I'm cooking and trying to kind of clean as I go so that stuff doesn't get super crazy and out of hand So let's jump in and get started I've got a bunch of groceries sitting out here from my grocery run earlier just for the different things that we're doing today So what I'm gonna start off with is I'm going to be making some Cheeseburger meatballs. I've seen different ways people have done this but I'm kind of taking my own twist on it today and Just doing it how I think it will turn out best have an egg in here. This is two pounds of ground beef This is a teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of black pepper And then I'm going to just shake in some onion powder and garlic powder Probably will end up being about a teaspoon or a little more of each and then I have some coconut flour You can always use breadcrumbs and in a lot of my stuff I use gluten-free options just because it's a little bit healthier and I will just sprinkle some of this over now One thing about coconut flour is it's very very very absorbent So you do not need much of it and if you put too much in it's gonna make the meatballs really really dry But because it's so absorbent, I really like using it as a binder in meatballs burgers that kind of thing It's a good substitute for breadcrumbs So I'm just going to smush all of this up and then I'm going to dice up this cheddar cheese I have over here and put a square of cheddar cheese inside of each meatball All ready to go in I have it at 400 Fahrenheit And I probably will put them in for about 25 minutes and then check them And these are pretty big which will work out great because I think my daughters will probably eat like two of them around You know for lunchtime that I can reheat them Since a lot of my meal prepping is surrounded around snacks and Healthy lunch ideas, you know things to fill in the cracks between dinners So I'm going to put these in and we'll see what they're like I can't wait to see the cheese melt in the middle. I feel like they're going to be so delicious Okay, so the next thing I'm going to do is something that I have considered doing for a long time Basically, what I'm going to do is put some ingredients together in ziploc bags And all I have to do is pull them out of the freezer throw them in the blender with a little bit of water or almond milk And it's that easy Of course, you can do so many different combinations But the ones I'm going to do today are going to be a combination of bananas Pineapple and then a handful of spinach that's going to turn out to be a really green looking smoothie Which I have done green smoothies since my girls were really little and so they see green smoothies as something That's really yummy if if your kids are not used to eating things that are green It might be a good way to introduce them to something that's green because this is really really delicious together If you're somebody that adds things like cocoa powder or protein powder to your smoothies You could totally do that too. In fact, sometimes I put powders like that in the freezer to make them last longer So don't be afraid to add those things in as well I've got some water going to get it to a boil and then I'm going to drop these in So I'm getting ready to make some broccoli tots and my girls Love broccoli and this is something that I think will be a really good alternative to tater tots And it basically has like cheese egg a little bit of you can use oat flour or almond flour Almond flour you obviously buy in the store or for the most part I guess you could make your own but oat flour you just blend up some oatmeal In the blender, which I might do a combination of both. I need to see how much almond flour I actually have so I'm going to drop these in steam them. I will leave the link below for this recipe I'll link the stuff that I'm using recipes Otherwise, I'm trying to tell you guys what my measurements are and things like that for the stuff I'm not using a recipe for everything is moving along really smoothly and I'm getting a lot done My girls are still sleeping. So that's a good thing. Um, you guys have seen me use these things a lot of times They are a great amazon find that I found a while back I actually haven't even needed to reorder because there's so many I forget exactly how many come in a cart 150 and they're ice pops ziplocks And so I'm always trying to think of fun creative things to fill them with because my girls love them We blow through them like crazy. I've done a lot of yogurt, you know that I make homemade yogurt Um, something else I'd really like to try is I've been making milk kefir Which I think would be absolutely great since it's super full of probiotics and it's similar to yogurt I've done a lot of smoothies and things like that But this week up is like what's something I haven't done in my ice pops and one thing I haven't done is watermelon So I have this huge watermelon sitting over here. I'm gonna pull out my blender I'm gonna blend up some watermelon I'm gonna taste it to just see how sweet it is because you know watermelon can really range In sweetness and then see if I need to add anything more to it and try putting it in the ice pop freezing them And I know that my girls are gonna just love this idea So this watermelon ended up being super super sweet and I didn't have to add anything else to it Also, my blender is from Alec Holmes. I'm not sure it was out of stock the last time I checked But basically it's similar to a Vitamix. It's super high powered And so I did not have to be worried about the seeds being in there They just got blended right up with everything and were not noticeable in the little freeze pops But if your blender is not that strong, just get a seedless watermelon These broccoli tots worked out perfectly In fact, I want to try this same recipe with other veggies just because they're great finger food Especially for the age of my girls and they can dip them into ketchup or anything else and they're getting a ton of vegetables The watermelon ice pops are still rolling over here But since my broccoli tots are out of the oven I'm going to whip up my next thing that needs to go in the oven And that is some mini corn dog muffins And I'm really excited about this because I think it'll be a great change from like Meatballs or chicken nuggets that kind of thing for my girls for lunch. So right now I'm soaking some cornmeal and almond milk I'm going to leave the recipe. I'm loosely following below and you guys can do whatever you want to do with it In it she has a gluten-free baking mix suggested to use in place of flour But I'm actually going to use this paleo Pancake mix instead and see how they turn out and I'm going to not put sugar in it I'll probably put some stevia or something else like that in it. Um, and see what they're like I You guys have seen me make my blender waffles a couple times I believe and I just did a double batch this day We have found that the favorite combination Is the one where I put the chocolate chips in I've done blueberry and other flavors But that's definitely the one that the girls like the best Trust in our wings to fly Sometimes we're crashing down So I've got the waffles rolling here and this little thing is the best 10 bucks or around 10 dollars I've ever spent off of amazon Um, it has been awesome for doing freezer waffles So I just grab out a big spoonful of the batter like this And stick it in here and then I kind of smooth it out and I'll add a little more if I feel like I need to As I go and then once I've got it all in my iron here I add a few of these chocolate chips or stevia's chocolate chips from walmart And it's from a brand called bake believe they also have white chocolate chips and dark chocolate chips These are just like the semi sweet and I sprinkle them across here Then I close it and let it go. Um, I'm out of spray right now Normally I spray the waffle iron as I go So every once in a while I just put a little bit of butter across the top of it And that helps them not stick But honestly this thing does really well without needing much of any kind of oil or spray or anything I ended up whipping up a second batch of this because these are so Delicious and I just thought I would need some more So I'm going to Slide them back in the freezer so that they can flash freeze and get a little bit frozen before I put them in the bag Just so that they don't freeze together. These are already pretty frozen Um, and I'm so happy with these so I highly recommend doing that And you can easily swap out the baking gluten-free baking mix that she suggests in the recipe For a pancake mix if you want to it worked perfectly And then um, I just put a little bit of some pure sweetener in instead of the sugar And I think these are going to be a great lunch option. Also. I did use cheese hot dogs That's why you see the little white spots here and there and while I freeze these I have something else I want to show you guys I just got my keto crate for june yesterday and basically this is a box where you can get it once a month You can get it every three months and it sends you a bunch of just like really cool Um keto sugar-free low carb kind of snacks and different things So what I want to do tonight is I really want to make this sugar-free Um cookie mix and it looks really simple It says it only needs a stick of butter and one egg to mix up and you can bake them up really quickly I love mixes like this and I really like this sweetener brand. I've never tried this mix though So I'm excited to try it out. I am affiliated with keto crate. They are not sponsoring this video But if you click the link um that I'll leave below in the description box You can get 10 off your first month and if you try out the first month and don't really like it You can cancel it any time have taken the time to add up different times like what all comes in the box and How much it would cost if I purchased those things individually and you're definitely getting a good deal For things that are healthy and being a busy mom. I love having this kind of stuff around where I can just grab and go I haven't tried this. I'm really excited to try like it's a little shake This is like an instant pudding. They've got like little snack mixes bars things like that It's also a good way to try things out before you would buy like a whole box of something But pretty much everything in here is full sized and whatnot I'm not going to ramble on too much more about this But I wanted to let you know that I do have a code for it and that's where this came from A crazy busy day. We got so much tackled I'm so happy with all the stuff that's in my freezer right now And I'm glad that I was able to try like some new things and they turned out really well If you guys ever try any meal prep that's inspired by my videos, please let me know in the comments Let me know what you've made or what you've enjoyed Also, if there's something that you would like to see me do in this type of a video doing some kind of meal prepping Or freezer prepping. Let me know that as well in the comments. 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