Hi friends I’m glad you enjoyed my recipe for the Cinnamon-Almond Flax Bars! Please try it out and let me know what you think – I’d love to know what it’s like with a twist, too. I made a pumpkin variation, a chocolate one and vanilla as well by playing around with ingredients.

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend! I got to catch up with a close college pal and am super glad that she’s back in my life. I know she reads my blog, so HI KAIT! We went out for drinks Saturday night. Speaking of beverages, I’m currently sipping my FIRST iced coffee of the season and I’m way too excited! Apparently other people are way too excited to get their iced coffees too, cause driving here was almost a disaster. Seriously, I don’t understand why people drive like anuses when it’s either a) snowing (the obvious,) b) raining or c) super sunny and beautiful out. That leaves overcast days for normalcy on the road I guess. I passed a motorcyclist who decided it’d be a good idea to lift his ass up in the air – I don’t care how badly you have to fart or how nice of a tush you have, no one needs any extra distraction on the roadways these days.

Anyways, after caffeinating myself, I’m heading to my bros with my boyfriend to hang with the fam bam! Hoping to take the wee one to a park to play Before that, I’d like to share with you several tips on meal prep! I work full time and definitely don’t have the time to fix meals or snacks at work, so I set aside a day or two out of the week to bake, grill or put together a few days worth of Tupperware to take. Some things I’ve found super helpful and savvy:

1) Buy in bulk and cook in bulk – save money and reap the benefits of the convenience factor of cooking it ALL at once. For my meat, I’ll either broil fish, chicken or make a meatloaf or patties out of ground bison and wrap them individually for each meal. Same with veggies.

2) Grab some good seasonings to spice up your meal. No one likes bland veggies. Personal faves? Paprika, garlic powder and Old Bay I find that seasonings make all the difference when you can’t cook a meal at home – now I know there’s definitely no comparison to Tupperware and a kitchen table filled with just-fixed, homemade food, but spices help a tad for sure.

3) Invest in good, sturdy Tupperware…and A LOT of it. If you’re like me and need to eat every few hours, Tupperware is going to be your lifesaver. After meal prep, my fridge is stacked high with it and it’s super easy to grab and go. Write your name or initials on it too, cause whatever genius designed it decided to make it all look the exact same. You could be all fancy and buy super cool unique Tupperware, but for the rest of us, a Sharpie will do the trick.

4) Write down your plan for the week and shop accordingly. Keep your meals organized and decide loosely what you’d like to munch on; this makes it easier to dish out each day and always have enough to eat. (Sometimes I even pack a little extra, just in case and especially on workout days.)

5) Always bring extras, as briefly stated above. Bars are a good option because they’re less likely to go bad or melt and they’re super portable in all situations. Personal faves? Quest and KIND bars. I utilize these especially before/after workouts if I’m working out on the go. Scooping protein powder into little baggies is also a lot cheaper and less wasteful than buying single packets…just make sure you re-use the baggies!

6) Use blogs and websites as inspiration for cooking in bulk – you can find MANY recipes for great, portable multi-serve dishes that you can cook up to keep your meals from getting boring! I have a few I can share with ya’ll – like my Tomato Garlic Bison Bake, which I’ll share soon

I’d love to hear your tips and how you meal prep, if you do!

Peace and love!

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Hi friends As promised, I have a recipe to share with you today! But first – about the ‘no poo’ failure on my part, I have some things I’d like to share after a commenter mentioned that I should’ve given it a little more time. I know it takes several weeks for  your body to essentially detox and get used to the no shampoo dealio. This goes with switching to anything more “natural” per say. I am currently switching to natural, non-pore clogging and aluminum free deodorant and I have to admit, I am a tad bit stinky in that department. Now I know no one else is going to be sticking their face in my armpit (and if they have the desire to, they’ve got more problems than my pits could ever cause them) but my pits are the pits right now. I know it’s only because my body is finally able to “sweat” for real and my pH probably really could use some time to get itself worked out and balanced. In the mean time, to prevent people from dropping dead from walking within 20 feet of me (I’m totally exaggerating right now, but still) I’ve been doing some internal deodorizing with chlorophyll and keeping extra powder on hand, especially at the gym. It’s incredible what synthetic and main-line cosmetics and bodycare products can really do to your internal organs and balance, which is the main reason why I’m currently attempting to 100% switch over to natural, environmentally friendly and gentler products. Working for Whole Foods certainly helps as well, we have a HUGE selection and I find it fun to sniff around and explore ingredients and their properties. But that’s for another post, another day soon

Moving on to what this post is for! Each week I set aside a day to meal prep. This makes it easy (and less expensive) to always readily have food and snacks on hand at work. I typically have breakfast, lunch and dinner plus 3-4 snacks throughout the day at work and always something before I go to sleep at night because waking up to pee in the middle of the night and wanting to gnaw the wooden frame off of the door on the way to the toilet is really not the best feeling. I typically have a set of recipes and/or meats and veggies that I’ll cook up, chop up and throw into Tupperware containers.

Food prep in the process – tomato garlic bison bake – recipe soon!

I also rely on bars as well, but I’m trying to stick to a bar a day or none at all now. That’s why I’ve been attempting to come up with my own bar recipes. The one I’d like to share with you today is currently my staple recipe and a favorite of mine

Cinnamon-Almond Flax Bars

Makes 4 very filling bars

1 scoop vanilla whey (I use Jay Robb)

2 tbsp coconut flour

1/4 cup ground flaxseed

4 eggs, beaten

1/4 cup milk of choice (I used almond)

1/4 cup maple syrup or honey to taste

1/4 cup coconut oil

1 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Almonds to top

Combine dry ingredients and sift well. Slowly add in wet ingredients and mix until well combined. Pour into a greased 9×9 baking pan and top with almonds. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool, slice and wrap up to enjoy as an on-the-go snack!

What’s your go-to snack bar recipe?

Peace and love!

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