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lunch meal prep🍗🍚🥦
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Monday’s Budget Meal: Chicken Caesar Salad Wrap
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Planning meals for my family of 5 is easily my least favorite thing to do. Trying to figure out what meals to have through out the week and how I can use most ingredients in more than one meal AND stay within a budget literally makes my brain hurt! lol! So I used ChatGPT’s brain instead and OMG
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Dollar Tree Meal
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I made these delicious Mexican chicken salad to take for lunch today! I call it Mexican because it has the essential onion, tomatoes, jalapeños, and mayo! 😬 I loved using these cheese crisps to substitute my tostadas, I loved the added crunch! #mealprep #bariatricbaddies #wlstransformation
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