Menu & Protein Bite Recipe

No pictures of groceries this week. Saturday was spent getting the girls outfitted for dance this week, going to a birthday party for a special little 2 year old :) and the rest of the day was spent relaxing. I wasn't feeling that great-achy & tired, so I slept a lot. Sunday morning, I got up and started laundry. I also prepped our lunches for the week: quinoa & lentils along with asian turkey meatballs. I started a batch of crockpot salsa chicken for dinners this week (chicken breasts with a can of black beans and 2 jars of green salsa). We went to the local grocery store to pick up things we needed for the girls' lunches & snacks along with my green smoothie supplies. We got apples, oranges, yogurts, organic milk boxes, strawberries, gluten-free bread, deli turkey & sliced cheese, and baby kale. I also picked up some sweet potatoes and leeks so I can make a batch of Chicken & Sweet Potato Soup towards the end of the week. I may have also bought four cans of pumpkin since it's fall and I'll be making lots of pumpkin goodies :) 

Menu for the week:

Breakfasts: Green Smoothies (baby kale instead of spinach this week)

Lunches: Lentils & Quinoa with turkey meatballs

Dinners: Crockpot Salsa Chicken (we'll have this for 2 nights-one night over salad and one night with brown rice), Grilled Salmon with grilled veggies (mushrooms, red pepper and zucchini), chicken & sweet potato soup, and sauteed seafood blend (scallops, shrimp & calamari) with brown rice

Snacks: Apples, almonds, chocolate protein bites (see below), almond butter

Chocolate Protein Bites (adapted from THIS RECIPE)

Ingredients:

1 Cup Almond Meal

1/2 Cup Protein Powder (I used my favorite-Sun Warrior Vanilla)

1 1/2 Tbsp. Cocoa Powder

1 tsp. Baking Powder

2 Eggs

1/4 Cup Canned Pumpkin

2 tsp. Truvia

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment or spray with cooking spray. Combine dry ingredients. Add eggs & pumpkin and stir well. Using a small cookie dough scoop, place dough onto baking sheet. Cook 7-8 minutes or until tops are starting to brown. Cool & enjoy!