WHAT MY FAMILY EATS IN A WEEK

Good morning, you guys. It is Monday morning. If this isn't the most Monday morning look of a girl who didn't sleep last night, it's me. I want to show you guys the meals I've been making for my family throughout this week. Let's start with breakfast today. This is a breakfast I used to make all the time when I was pregnant with CJ, my two and a half year old. I was obsessed with it. I wouldn't normally make three, but why leave one? We're gonna pop those into the air fryer. I have a Thrive Market box that came in. So that has some ingredients and snacks in it for the week. And then I'm gonna go to the grocery store today, but I kind of need to plan out my meals. I have a rough idea of what I want to make, but overall I need to do a little bit more planning. I don't normally do a lot of planning, but I'm trying to change that. If I'm trying to relearn how to cook, I'm gonna need the right ingredients that I don't just fall back to like making pasta. Some scrambled eggs for CJ. And then I'm gonna do some drippy eggs, which I have not had in so long. I kind of forgot about them. A good avocado. Okay, we got the runny yolks. Caleb always laughs at me because he says my food is all mush. And I'm like, you know what? It is, but at least I'm not one of those people that doesn't like their food to not touch, Caleb. Don't worry, I fixed that in him when we got married, just by exposure therapy. All I made were scrambles. I'm like, we're just gonna put everything in a pot and hope for the best. Also, if you have everything but the bagel seasoning, that would be really good on this, but I'm all out. Okay, I'm gonna come eat with you. It's time for lunch. I have not had time to run to the store, but I have my Thrive Market box, which I know has stuff that I got for lunches for CJ, so I'm gonna open it and pull some stuff out. If you guys aren't familiar with Thrive Market, they're an online membership-based grocery store, and they just offer top quality products and a lot of healthier swapped items. I love that the groceries are delivered right to your door, and they offer discounts on really popular items, so you're always saving money with every order. I got a taco seasoning. Got some poppies for Caleb and I. Do you wanna pack it right now? No, I should. You should, yeah. Especially going into the new year, I wanna make sure we're kinda getting back on track after the holidays with healthy eating, and I feel like Thrive makes it easy to make progress in these areas. Obviously not perfection, but progress. They also offer outside of food. They have beauty, wellness, home cleaning products. They offer a range of things that you will love and feel good having in your home. I really appreciate that Thrive makes it really easy to eat healthy and very attainable. You can fit Thrive Market into many different budgets and lifestyles. Healthy eating should not be overpriced, and Thrive makes sure of that by offering discounts on almost all their products, which is crazy. You guys can also use the link in my description box to get 30% off your first order and a free gift up to $60. The free gift in my box was some of these Element Electrolyte Packs, which I'm obsessed with these. Definitely check out Thrive Market. I know you guys will find tons of products that you love and probably already use and at a better price. And again, check out the link in my description for an extra discount. Let's do some lunch. Yummy? Yeah. It's been a very full day. I actually had to go film a podcast with my sister-in-law. It's 5.45 now. I did not get to the grocery store, so that'll be top thing tomorrow morning that we'll do. But I do have stuff to make soup, so that's what we're making tonight. I'm sure my family is sick of soup. We're gonna make chicken tortellini soup. Is that okay? Love it. Okay. I love it. He loves it too. Clicks on my chicken, hopefully. But I'm also gonna boil it, so it's not that big of a deal if it's not fully thawed. Just going. I have some salt, pepper, rosemary, Italian seasoning, minced garlic, paprika, and some crushed red pepper in here. And I'm gonna do some butter and flour, make a slight roux, and then the broth in. Smells so good. I know I've shared this hack before, but shredding your chicken in your stand mixer or with a hand mixer is so much faster. My sister-in-law taught me that, and I will never go back. I added a cup of milk, a half cup of Parmesan, and a cup of water. Now I'm gonna add spinach, and it'll be ready to serve. I forgot to take a clip of us eating dinner because we were on the phone, but we eat a lot of it. Always a hit. So next morning, I'm making pancakes again. Today is the day that I'm going to the grocery store. I've said it every day. We're gonna go to the grocery store. We're gonna go to the grocery store today. I have not yet made it, and today is the day. Because we literally have to. We went out to eat for dinner last night, which is goofy because we never do. So the time I'm like, let's film a video about what the foods I make in a week, I don't cook. But that'll change. We are gonna go to the grocery store and get what we need. Really lacking on some fruit and veg in this house. So anyway, we're doing pancakes. These are the Kodiak protein pancakes. They're my favorite. Give me some peace of mind since CJ eats them so often. And we got Cynthia's. I have never bought these, but we got Cynthia's to try. They're the Kate Farms Kids Nutrition shakes. So I'm gonna give CJ one of these. She will also eat a yogurt. He has one of these every single day. Maple honey. We finally made it to the store. Starting to stock up. How good does this feel? Oh yeah. Stocked up. We're home from the store. I'm making CJ some lunch. He specifically requested fairy balls. I have to rotate when I get these because he's so addicted to these dang things that it becomes like a problem. When the first thing he says when he wakes up in the morning is fairy balls, I'm like, I need to stop buying those for a little bit. But we haven't had him in a long time and he's solving them in the aisles. So I picked them up. Can I get some water? Yes, of course, I'm gonna get you some water. So this is a little snack while I prepare the rest of your lunch. Hey, we're gonna have a little picnic. How cute, we got blueberries, a turkey stick, and some mac and cheese. Yummy. Does that look good? That looks good. Good, let's eat it. I paired his fish sticks up with tomatoes and puffs. The beef basically has the same mixture plus some parsley, oregano, minced garlic, Parmesan, just a little bit more herbs added to it. And I'm heating up a pan, I'm gonna brown them and then I'm gonna throw in the oven as well to finish cooking. Final product, I put these in the oven just to finish cooking through. Some microwave broccoli and the potatoes. Just perfect and crispy. And I will eat these with sour cream, of course. It's the next day, this is breakfast. I'm doing a classic avocado toast. Clearly I'm having trouble getting that drippy egg. I need to keep practicing, it seems. I'm making pork soup. Remember when I said I wasn't gonna make as much soup? I lied. Please forgive me, okay? This one is super easy. It's just like a taco soup that I kind of made up. And it is delicious every time. Got one pound of ground beef. That beef is pretty much done cooking. So I'm gonna use my taco meat that I got from Thrive. I like the ingredients in it, it's organic. And I'm gonna add cumin to it. It needs a little bit, I think taco seasoning always needs a little cumin. And I'm gonna add some minced garlic also. Add both of these. Next is going in is 2 3rds cup of rice. Don't come for me, I'm not rinsing it. I'm just throwing it in there. I think I need a little more. Maybe do 3 4ths cup. This is one can corn, two cans black beans. Definitely think the ratios are good. Look at all that. Okay, we're gonna let this boil, let that rice cook, and then we'll come back. Here's what we're working with. We're gonna do the final steps. Just understand that everything's eyeballed. Okay, sour cream. And that's the soup. It's super fast, super easy. Basically just a dump and go. You could add onion, that'd be really good added to it. And then we just for toppings do avocado if we have it, and tortilla chips. And it's so good leftover. It is dinner time. Don't judge me that I'm in the same outfit as last night. It just wasn't dirty enough. We are, Suta's doing pasta with cheese, which is basically just protein noodles. And then I get this pasta sauce and Parmesan cheese. I never thought I'd be the mom that made different meals for her kids. But when you have a picky eater, you just make what they wanna eat. And you don't fuss about it. Caleb and I are gonna do Greek bowls tonight. Just super simple with chicken. This is like a staple in our house. I usually mix up the carb with it. Tonight we're gonna do farro. I love pro couscous. I love just rice, but I have farro. So we're gonna do that. I have to show you guys this cause this is my like hyper fixation snack right now. And I figured I would just cut some of these up while we start because my chicken's still thawing. But basically it's just bell peppers and ranch. It's not groundbreaking, but every time I go to a party and there's a veggie tray, I'm always going crazy for the broccoli and ranch and bell peppers and ranch. So I was like, why am I not just eating this at home as like a snack? These are the bowls. We got farro, chicken, feta, tomato, cucumber, kalamata olives, hummus, and tzatziki. I feel like we've eaten dinner on this couch literally every night this week, but it's just been one of those crazy weeks. But thanks for watching the YouTube video. Maybe this gave you some meal inspo or I don't know. It just helped me get back in the swing of cooking. I told him how I kind of forgot how to cook. Well, they're delicious. Thanks. I can't slap her hand or else it gets a little wiggly. Thanks for watching you guys. We'll see you in the next video. Bye.