Food Prep

I honestly believe that the most important thing that I do all week (related to this process) is my food prep.  These past 2 weeks I have slacked off on my food prep, which resulted in my family eating out more and me not eating as nutritious as possible.  Today I made Turkey meatballs and Protein pumpkin bars, you can find the recipes at http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/get-lean-eat-clean-with-jamie-eason-main-page.htm. 
I also chopped up a bag of mini peppers, half I sauteed and then froze to use later for fajitas and the other half I will use in salads.  The carrots are on top of celery that I chopped up for chicken noodle soup and the tomatoes are also for salads, fajitas, or whatever.  Not pictured is a dozen eggs I boiled on Saturday and  two pounds of chicken I cooked on Sunday.  I also ground up extra oats to use later.  It was a busy day, but I'm so glad that I can just pull out snacks and meal starters at any time.  It makes my week so much easier.
Also not pictured are the "dirty" chocolate chip cookies that I made for my family.  My husband made a big deal about me not doing any substitutions.  So don't tell him that I substituted 1/2 the sugar with sucanat and I used oat and wheat flour too.  He just told me they were delicious, so let's not ruin it for him.

I need to add a little side note to my last blog:  I wrote that I thought that the nitrate free ham was a good alternative when I needed a quick protein.  Lunch meat is full of sodium, so I wouldn't eat it often.  Actually, I hadn't had lunch meat in a very long time.  These past few weeks, I did not do my food prep, so the ham was actually the best choice I had at the moment.  Now, I can simply warm up a few turkey meatballs (for something savory) or pull out a pumpkin protein bar (for something sweet) when I need something quick and easy.  They are so yummy!