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Kale & Red Pepper Frittata

February 15, 2016 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

How was your Valentine’s Day?! I am not the buy-me-flowers-on-Valentine’s-Day girl. I’m a take-me-to-a-cool-breakfast-joint type of girl! We went to The Universal Sunday morning and it was fantastic. I had two over-easy eggs, an apple chicken sausage link, potatoes, and a banana nut pancake. It was awesome! I gave half my pancake to Donny (he loved it too) and I tried the potatoes, but didn’t eat very many of them. It was so good. I highly suggest going there.

We spent most of the day Saturday in Denver. We were celebrating my sister’s 30th birthday in style. By in style, I mean eating and drink all afternoon and into the evening. [Read more…]

Savory Oat Cake with Fried Egg

August 13, 2015 by johnson_mel@hotmail.com

Breakfast is by far my favorite meal of the day. If I am feeling lazy about cooking dinner or nothing sounds good to me at that moment, then I inevitably choose to have BFD, aka Breakfast For Dinner. I have also been known to have BFD 3-4 nights per week when Donny is out of town. I just love breakfast foods! I crave them more than any other food. [Read more…]

Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Ideas – Week 80
It was a great Sunday in the kitchen this week! Lots of meal prep ideas thrown out to get me through the week…. I managed to make breakfast, lunch, a couple snacks and a few dinner for the week all in one day! Meal prep keeps me on track in terms of healthy eating and […]
5 Meal Prep Tips for a Smooth Food Prep Session
Meal prep can save you time and money in the long run. However, you do need to set aside a block of time to prep all your food in advance. If you are hesitant to start prepping food and meals, then check out 5 Reasons To Meal Prep. You’ll find out why I fit meal prep into my weekly routine. […]
Day in the Life: Mel’s Clean Eating Meals [#93]
Day in the Life: Mel’s Clean Eating Meals is intended to show you the simple, yet healthy meals that I prepare throughout the day. Meal prep honestly helps me a TON when it comes to healthy eating. I have clean eating meals already prepared for the day, which makes it easy to stick with a […]
Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Ideas – Week 79
December weekends get crazy for me! We do a month-long Christmas promotion for work and it takes a lot of time and energy. I didn’t have any time to shop or cook on Saturday, so I did it all on Sunday. We also decided to go to Denver to pick up an elliptical that we […]
4 Easy Ways to Use Protein Powder (that are NOT protein shakes)
A few years after I began weight lifting I got more serious about fueling my workouts. I started trying to get 40% of my calories from protein, which is not that easy to do! I prefer to get as much protein as I can from whole foods, such as lean meats, eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese, etc. […]
Day in the Life: Mel’s Clean Eating Meals [#92]
My sister’s daughter, Bailey, was born exactly 3 weeks after Abby Jo. How cool is that? It is really fun watching them change and it will be fun to see them grow up together. Anyway, we have a nanny to watch both girls but she doesn’t start until January. We are juggling the girls around […]
Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Ideas – Week 78
Time for me to share my meal prep ideas for the week! Donny wanted a few things to take for lunches this week, so I made two different lunch-worthy dishes so that I could rotate what I had each day and so Donny could use the rest! The last few months I’ve made the same […]
Day in the Life: Mel’s Clean Eating Meals [#91]
I’m starting to get back into a routine of meal prep and clean eating! It’s obviously more difficult with an infant. However, Donny & I are pretty good at figuring out how to make an easy, yet healthy dinner on a tired weeknight. My meals are getting more consistent and a couple weeks ago I […]
Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Ideas – Week 77
It’s Thanksgiving week so it will be a short one. I still work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday, but we have weird schedules as we get ready for our big Christmas promotion. I only needed lunch for three days and I wasn’t sure how often I’d be able to snack at my office. Since I […]
6 Meal Prep Hacks for Busy Weekends
I love spending 3-4 hours on Sundays prepping foods and meals for the upcoming week. It is fun for me and I love trying new variations of the foods I enjoy. What I do NOT enjoy is having to cram in a meal prep session in a crazy busy weekend! Some weekends I have all […]