Prepping

I think the KEY to healthy eating is being prepared.. If you prep and prepare your food then when you are hungry you wouldn't just grab anything that is not healthy. If your fruits and veggies are all cut up.. You will tend to grab it since its all nicely wash and cut up. 

When I get home from the grocery store.. I would fill a sink up with water and take all of my veggies and fruits and wash them.. Dry them.. THEN store them in a nice little container ;) 

Fail to plan... Plan to fail 

Prepping.. Fruits and Vegetables

What I usually try to do when I get home from my grocery shopping is wash all my fruits and vegetable. I fill a sink full of water and throw in all my fruits.. I wash all my strawberries , apple, plums etc
Then I put them on top of a dish towel to dry next I would drain and fill up the sink again for my vegetables.. After I wash them I usually try to cut what I need for the next few days..
Then I place them in my glass containers or my vegetable savers.

Grocery List and Prepping

1 pack of 6 pork chop (larger if u want to make enough for lunch the next day)
1 whole fryer
1 pack of ground meat ( I buy the 3lb.. For taco n spaghetti meat sauce)
3 bags of frozen broccoli (unless you can get good fresh one)
1 pack of spaghetti noodle (for rice pilaf)
Rice (I already have on hand)
1 box Taco shell hard .. 8 shell pack for us
1 pack of flour tortilla .. Small pack
Butter (1 small tub... Already have on hand)
2 can of kernel (or 1 large bag in the frozen section)
2 can cream of mushroom (for the Porkchop)
2 can of crush tomato (cento brand or San marsano) .. For spaghetti making meat sauce
1 pack mushroom (love mushroom in noir spaghetti meat sauce)
1 jar of pace picayune chunky (for my taco)
Sour cream
1 bag of Mexican cheese blend (for the taco)


Fruits:
Banana
Cutie
Strawberries
Peach

Veggies:
broccoli (if u don't want to use the frozen ones)
1 bag Onion
3 bunch Green onion
3 tomato (taco)
Lettuce (taco)
1 pack Celery
2 bell pepper


Breakfast food:
Grits
Bacon
Milk
OJ
Potato (hash brown)
Waffles
Eggs

I make a hot breakfast almost every morning so I put my breakfast list on here also.

And as a treat .. I usually buy 1 box of a certain ice cream for the kids..

And 2 snacks that I use during that week..
This week is gonna be something with Easter.. Not sure until I get to the grocery store tomorrow lol
But I only buy 2!!!

Also if I see another VEGETABLE that is on sale n looks good.. I usually buy 1 of that too because we always have a side of veggies for our dinner.. If its either cucumber.. Cauliflower.. Cabbage .. Asparagus but just 1 !!! Because I already have most of my meals planned for a veggie ready

When u r grocery shopping.. I only buy 5 of things.. Leaving 2 days for either left overs or going out... So it's gonna be 5 veggies n 5 protein!
Those r the items that are usually the expensive ones and goes bad
So like this week.. I actually only bought 4 protein.. Knowing that my chicken will last me for 2 meals because I know my family never finished a whole fryer in 1 meal .
My 3lb ground meat will last me 2 meals n I can prep the same way for both meals.

Prepping

My pork chop and chicken wings separated by meals.

Ground meat being sauté with garlic powder/worstshire sauce/tony/ chopped onion/chopped celery/minced garlic/chopped carrots
Using for my spaghetti and taco