Food Fuels Growth, Hazlet, NJ (2025)

10/12/2025

How I was able to balance meal prep on a weekend with 4 soccer games and a baseball game and why it helps keep me on track.

To be successful I have to stick to a routine and schedule. It becomes second nature and truly helps make sticking to this habit much easier.

Regardless of our schedule, I make sure I have a “menu” thought out and a shopping list ready to go.

I also look to see what meals I can make at certain points throughout the weekend. That planning helps me mentally prepare for what needs to get done.

I can also prep the kitchen to be sure I have the tools I need readily available.

Breakfast is super important for our family. It helps kick start to day, get your metabolism moving, and helps to stabilize blood sugar throughout the day.

This weeks breakfast menu (kids) 🌯
✔️ hash brown and egg burrito
✔️oatmeal bake
✔️protein pancakes

Parents Menu
✔️sweet potato egg and spinach bowls with chicken sausage
✔️ oatmeal bake

Snack are also a must prep for the house. It helps from that 3/4pm crash before dinner and eliminates the mindless eating. What’s been working for us lately:
✔️chicken cutlets
✔️fruit
✔️ protein muffins (homemade)

Having dinner done helps cut down on stress. The mom hustle is real and getting to a million practices and games limits my time to make a meal and feed our family when the schedule is tight.

Dinner menu this week to start

✔️chicken and rice bowls with roasted veggies
✔️chicken with spicy tomato pesto
✔️pumpkin chili

The reason this works for us is we make it a family affair. I cook and does the dishes. The kids get involved and make their school snacks and wash the fruit.

It doesn’t have to be stressful and it doesn’t have to fall only on YOU.

10/05/2025

This weeks staples include some Fall veggies, pumpkin, and lots of flavor 😘

Breakfast Prep

- egg muffins
- oatmeal bake with strawberries
- pumpkin pancake bites

Not pictured 📸
- Dave’s killer bagels
- Turkey Bacon
- Halo oranges

Lunch Prep

- chicken sausage with Brussels and quinoa
- quinoa bowls with grilled chicken, orange pepper and yellow squash 🌈

Dinner Prep - not everything pictured

- pulled chicken taco bowls
- chicken burgers
- sautéed shrimp bowls
- honey roasted carrots and parsnips
- chicken cutlets
- chicken sausage

I like to use the stuff I prep to mix and match our lunches we will incorporate all the prepped veggies into all of our meals as sides.

09/29/2025

Consistency is key 🔑 the 3 things I still to every week to help keep me feeling prepared.

🙌🏻 I go food shopping on a set day (mine is Friday) so that I don’t need to try and squeeze it in on a busy weekend.

🙌🏻 I prioritize getting a few meals prepped for the week. Even if it’s not a lot, but enough to start the week prepared and with healthy meals

🙌🏻 we review the upcoming week as a family. 15 min over breakfast to discuss what we have going on that week. This also allows me to see what days I can get in my workouts.

This wasn’t huge meal prepping weekend but I’m sticking to my routine and making healthy meals a priority. This is what I got done:

✔️Grilled Chicken and Broccoli
✔️ Ground turkey and cauliflower rice
casserole
✔️ Chicken cutlets
✔️sweet potato egg bowls

What I grabbed from my freezer stash to help with the kids breakfast and snacks…

👌🏻 Spinach scones
👌🏻 Blueberry muffins

09/21/2025

This weeks meal prep menu brought to you by a sports mom trying to hit her protein goals, feed her kids less processed food, cycle sync nutrients, and drink enough water. Here’s what we have going ⬇️

Breakfast 🍳

✔️ Turkey bacon and egg breakfast sandwiches on Dave’s famous English muffins
✔️ Kodiak plant based protein pancake mix. Made with 2 eggs, 1 cup of Greek yogurt, and almond milk
✔️ Sweet potato, spinach, pepper, egg bowls
✔️ Avocado toast and fruit salad

Lunch: 🥙

✔️ Kids - roasted turkey “lunchables” with sliced cheddar, crackers, blueberries and a chocolate chip BoBo - 3 days worth of
✔️Kids- chicken cutlet sandwich- 2 days worth
✔️Parents - Grilled chicken with roasted beets and Brussels X2
✔️Parents- Grilled chicken and veggie rice bowls X2

Family Dinner 🍽️

✔️Quinoa, butternut squash, broccoli bake with chicken sausage
✔️Pulled pork rice bowls (sub chicken for me)
✔️Dinner Out for special family event
✔️Taco chicken thighs bowls with peppers, beans
✔️Shepards Pie (ground turkey and sweet potato top)

09/06/2025

Back to School Prep 🍎

Meal prepping gives me a sense of structure and calming. We all have a million things on our to-do list, it’s impossible to get it all done.

Not having to worry to about walking in the door and making dinner or prepping lunches is a huge sense of relief.

I chose to use the time I had today to get ahead, prep for the week, freeze some meals and snacks so on those busy sports nights, were prepared.

Here’s what I was able to get in 👇🏻

✅ Turkey sausage breakfast sandwiches
✅ Pumpkin protein oat bars
✅ Turkey breakfast for school lunches
✅ Roasted veggies
✅ Lemon chicken with wild rice
✅ Turkey and bean quesadillas
✅ Fruit salad
✅ Chicken meatballs

This helps create a sense of relief going into my week, keep my nutrition on track, and know that our little athletes have healthy meals to keep them going.

08/23/2025

🍎 and 🎃 oatmeal with cinnamon, cloves, and flaxseed! Ready to top with fresh fruit!

05/14/2025

Eat the Rainbow for Better Health! 🌈

Did you know that the more colorful your plate, the healthier it is? Each color in vegetables represents different powerful nutrients your body loves:

Red (tomatoes, peppers) – Rich in lycopene for heart health.
Orange & Yellow (carrots, squash) – Packed with beta-carotene for your eyes and immune system.
Green (broccoli, spinach) – Full of chlorophyll, fiber, and vitamins for detox and energy.
Purple & Blue (eggplant, purple cabbage) – Loaded with antioxidants for brain and heart health.
White (cauliflower, garlic) – Boost immunity and fight inflammation!

Colorful veggies = a stronger, happier you.

03/20/2025

Mom Tip: you don’t always need to tell your kid every ingredient in their meal!

The kids are always so used to me making quesadillas. I make different kinds weekly.

Tonight I made tofu quesadillas with rainbow slaw and cheddar cheese.

I seasoned the tofu with taco seasoning.

Added my cooked Tofu into a quesadilla wrap with my slaw and cheese and cooked on both sides until golden brown.

Tofu- under $3
Cheddar under - $3
Whole Wheat Burrito Wrap under - $5
Rainbow slaw under - $3

For about $15 I made 5 quesadillas and the kids didn’t say “boo” about the tofu.

Small wins add up, small habits add up!

12/12/2024

Why I include beets in my diet, especially in the winter.

Beets are a hearty root vegetable perfect for winter time. They are high in vitamin C which is great for immune health during the germy months.

Beets are also also high in fiber, which helps regulate your digestive system.

Beets support heart health with the amount of potassium they have and they even contain nitrates that can help open blood vessels and improve blood flow.

They make a great side dish, here’s my recipe 👇🏻

Maple Roasted Beets

3 medium beets washed, peeled, and chopping

Place on a making sheet

Season with Italian seasoning, salt, pepper

Drizzle 2-3 tablespoons of organic maple syrup onto the beets

Cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees for about 40min or the beets are tender.

12/01/2024

Soup Season! 🍲

This ramen inspired soup hit the spot on a cold winter day.

Ingredients:

3 chicken sausage links
6 cloves of garlic
Fresh ginger
Sesame oil
Soy sauce
Vegetable bouillon
Tofu noodles
Bok choy
Green cabbage
Carrot

Getting Started:

First I added the sesame oil to a large pot and crushed my garlic and let it sit for a few minutes. I turned on the stove and let then oil get hot and garlic get slightly browned then I added in some grated ginger.

I took the chicken sausage out of its casing and when the oil was hot, I added in my chicken and frequently stirred it in to help break the chicken up and prevent from burning.

When the chicken got some color on it and was about half way through cooking, I added about 1 cup of chopped green cabbage into the pot and 1 large shredded carrot.

I mixed this all togethen and added 6 cups of water and my vegetable bouillon. I let this simmer for about 30 min.

Last, I rinsed my tofu noodles and added them to my soup along with my Bok Choy and a bit more oil and soy sauce. I turned off the heat and let the soup sit on the stove to cool and let all the flavors absorb into the noodles.

There were a few added ingredients so this list but it was really easy to make!

Perfect for the whole family.

11/30/2024

Spinach and artichoke casserole 🥘 ⬇️

This is a cozy winter meal, tasty, and heavy on those green vegetables 🥬

To start I sauteed 6 chicken breast with olive oil and as much garlic you can stand, basil, Italian seasoning, black pepper, and salt.

While the chicken was going, cooked farro in vegetable broth until fully cooked.

Chopped 2 cups of spinach and drained a can of chopped artichoke hearts. When the farro was done cooking, I added it into a casserole dish.

I chopped up the chicken and mixed it into the farro with all of the veggies and topped with Asiago cheese.

Once the cheese was melty it was done 😋

10/28/2024

Has your kid stopped eating the normal go-tos you always make?

Have you ever had a week where you just can’t stand to look at another piece of grilled chicken?

Just like adults, kids get bored of the same food over and over again.

I make a lot of lunch-able type lunches for the kids. It mixes it up from their favorite grilled chicken sandwiches, it allows us to talk about trying new things that day, and it makes it fun for the kids to be involved!

You can try things like:
✔️Protein
✔️Fruits
✔️ Veggies

Even a fun sweet treat can snag a spot!

Here are some items we’ve added into our lunch-ables:

✔️ grilled chicken
✔️ grilled turkey breast
✔️ hard boiled eggs
✔️berries or grapes
✔️cheese and crackers
✔️cookies
✔️muffins
✔️Mixed nuts

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