Start of your week right ✨
Hi Friends 💃🏼!!!
The best part for starting your week off on the right foot and for me a form of self care is making sure 2/3 of your meals are prepped and ready to go. Sure, it takes some time out of my day to do this but it beats having to leave work to grab food (that’s $ and time!!) or running to get coffee and breakfast before work.
This week I went with egg bites and ground turkey fried rice.
Egg white bites:
Preheat oven to 350° - fill a muffin tin with about 3/4 full with egg whites (I get a carton from Aldi) and sprinkle a pinch of cheese of choice. Bake for 20 mins.
Turkey Fried Rice:
Start making 1/2 cup rice. Wash and chop up broccoli and carrots. In a big skillet on med heat, put the veggies and about 1/4-1/2 cup water in the pan and steam. Once the water has evaporated, add about 2 Tbsp olive oil and just sautée for a few mins. Take out of the pan and set aside. Now in the same skillet, add the ground turkey and cook fully. Once fully cooked, add veggies back. Add the cooked rice and mix fully. Drizzle in some teriyaki sauce. Make a hole in the center and crack 1-2 eggs. Fry it up in the center then mix in the cooked egg. Set aside to cool and add to containers. I will add a drizzle of teriyaki again and add sesame seeds.
Snacks:
I had some leftover carrots not pictured! Also some delicious pineapple 😋
Do you meal prep? Do you have any Sunday to dos that help you get ready for the next week?
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