Episode 24: Our favorite recipes, snacks, and meal prepping tricks!

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Hey Steph! Hello Hannah! Welcome to another episode

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of Bariatric Banter Podcast! We're back! We're

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here, 24! My gosh! I know, very crazy, the big

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2 -4. I love it. But like always, exciting. I'm

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excited about what we're going to chat about

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today. We had some really good feedback from

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people online about what they want to see us

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talk about and this is one that... oh boy, I

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think we're just going to love because we consistently

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talk about this offline. All the time. Oh, so

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many messages about it. And because a lot of

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these that even as we're just thinking about

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it, I'm thinking about stuff that I've forgotten

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about. I'm like, oh yeah, I forgot about that.

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Oh, I haven't done that in a while. So I think

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this will be good. This will be good because,

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like, literally yesterday I said to you, oh,

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my God, I have to do that. Oh, yeah. When you

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sent the picture, I was like, oh, God, I got

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it. I got it. And I am. Like, this weekend I'm

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100 % making them. So this episode, episode 24,

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we are going to talk about recipes. Yeah. Our

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favorite recipes, our go -to recipes, kind of

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like what we eat in a week instead of, like,

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what we eat in a day. I think I'll, you know,

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we'll just kind of share, like, we would mix

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and match different things. But, yeah, we're

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going to talk about recipes, which is. Something

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that we love talking about. And it'll be good

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because we've also noticed we're at different

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phases. We're eating not necessarily different

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things, but I'm just now starting to get more

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into the meal planning and meal prepping phase

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because I still have my staples. And I've been

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kind of like, you know, I'm still on a lower

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calorie count. I know these fit my macros. I

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know these are my go -tos. These are my staples.

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These have good numbers. And now as I start to...

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eat all things my my limitations are off now

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I'm starting to eat more with my family now I'm

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starting to look more at recipes meal planning

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um and that kind of stuff whereas you've already

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been doing that for a bit so I think it'll be

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interesting to talk about the different phases

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and and the different um things we're eating

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during those phases yes and like the joke is

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literally last night Steph was because we were

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talking about restrictions and oh gosh food and

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I was like holy shit I haven't made quesadillas

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in years it was so bad yesterday it is um I know

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that wasn't the point of your message but I love

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that I don't want quesadillas so bad right you

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forget about things sometimes you do because

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you go through like your phases and then your

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phases and stuff like that so no I'm pumped to

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talk about this one because shit I love recipes

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and We are going to share recipes on Instagram.

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I'm going to get back into sharing my weekly

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menu with everybody too on Instagram. I used

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to do it way back in the day where I would just

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say, here's my menu for the week of all the things

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I've made and done. But I'm going to get back

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into sharing that. And a big thing that I like

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to do, and Steph will laugh because she knows,

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I like to try to take recipes and make them bariatric

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or fix them. Yes. Because my biggest rant in

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life is when someone's like, this is a high protein

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meal. I come in and go, no, it's not. not it's

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got 12 grams of protein let's not 600 calories

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like yeah no and I need to get better too I'm

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a lot of times I'm finding especially as I increase

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my calories for the while it takes me to get

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into new routines I used to be really good at

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having like pre -made um I'm gonna say treats

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but like snacks little little things in the fridge

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And I've really fallen off the wagon with that.

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And so I want to get back into that because there's

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a lot of evenings where I'm like, okay, I have

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200 calories left. I have 150 calories left in

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this much. What do I want to have? I don't want

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to have another baby bell. I don't want to have

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another whatever. So having some of these pre

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-made recipes in my fridge is what I want to

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get back into for sure. And having those little

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containers ready to go to just grab and have

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at your disposal. Yep. And I agree. One quick

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housekeeping note before we start. We're switching

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things up a little bit on the podcast and get

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it. So we are going to move to a 30 minute, 35

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minute format. We're going to try. We're going

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to try. We are long winded. But we're going to

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try to switch the podcast to 30, 35 minutes just

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because we both have full -time jobs and there's

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a lot going on. We want to make sure that we

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can consistently stay on top of recording and

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releasing each week. And an hour episode is a

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lot. It means we can really only record one episode

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a week, maybe two if we're lucky. This format

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will allow us to record the entire month in advance

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or record at least a few in advance and get a

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little breathing room, which is nice. But don't

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worry. We're going to have special episodes that

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are an hour. or more every fourth episode so

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that we can dive really deep into a cool topic.

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But yeah, minor little housekeeping. We're also

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going to start doing the auto responder on Instagram.

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Now, I will preface, this is not a sales technique.

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And I know some people hate this, but on Instagram,

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you've probably seen people say, oh, just respond

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to this post with the word banana and I'll send

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you the recipe. They're doing it because, A,

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it's easy to make sure that anybody who's new

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can find it, but also because sharing links on

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Instagram is now super hurting reach. So putting

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a link in our stories or adding a link or saying

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link in bio, like it's all really hurting our

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reach. And the other big thing is some of you

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are finding us on episode 24. Welcome. Hello.

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to make sure that if they go back through our

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Instagram and they want to listen to one of our

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older episodes, all they have to do is comment

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on that post and then Instagram will automatically

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send them a DM with a link to that episode. So

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that's the main reason Steph and I are going

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to do this is we want to make sure that anybody

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who's finding us can quickly get that link by

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literally just commenting on the post. So it's

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not, um, it's not like a salesy shitty. It's

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not slimy. We don't want you to miss out on anything.

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If they start limiting your view. of our stories

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or our posts because of links. We don't want

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you guys to miss out on any content. We want

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to make sure you're getting all the new juicy,

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juicy episodes as they come out. So yes, not

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a slimy salesy tactic. Don't be worried that

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we're going to spam you or do anything, do anything

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crazy. It's really just to make sure you guys

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aren't missing out on the content as they make

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those changes to the platform. All right. Let's

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go. Okay, so you made a really good point. And

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this was something I did really early on was

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I had these little bite -sized small like snacks

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in the freezer. Yeah, ready to go. Get ready

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for freezer meals. Go buy freezer safe containers.

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Get a second freezer if you need to. I'm not

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even kidding you guys. I got one for Christmas

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from my parents. They were like, we bought you

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a stand freezer. And I was like, thank you. Bless

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you. Adulting. But get ready for it because A,

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you won't be eating big enough portion sizes.

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Oh gosh, yes. The amount of stuff I throw out

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because in my mind, I'm going to eat all this.

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And then it's like high restriction day. Don't

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want cheese anymore. Can't look at a hard boiled

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egg as long as I could live. You have to get

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used to freezer food because your taste, your

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restriction, everything will have you throwing

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shit out. But also, it's so much easier for me

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to pre -portion. It's easier in the moment to

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grab something out of the freezer that's pre

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-portioned than if you're having a... binge day

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or a really hungry day and you're making it fresh

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you have a higher chance of snacking in the kitchen

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of making a bigger plate than you need so I subscribe

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to eat I have a freezer full of shit at any oh

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my gosh yeah all pre -portioned by the way so

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that all I have to do is take it out pop it in

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the frying pan and away I go like I have to heat

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it up yeah um but one of the big things I used

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to do and I'm actually going to get back into

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it because I miss it is I would make things like

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quesadillas and put them in the freezer with

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my super low -carb tortillas. Rip, because we

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haven't been to the States. I only have one package

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left. I'm so sad. If anybody's an American listener

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and wants to DM Steph and I to send us tortillas,

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we would not say no. We will pay you a premium.

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But I used to, outside of quesadillas, I'd make

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mini. Yes. But I was just kind of on this kick

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that I wanted little tacos. I was really into

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like little things, sliders. Everything's better

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as a taco. Right. So I would get like the super

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tiny itty bitty like corn shells and I would

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make a pulled chicken or ground beef tacos. And

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basically I would just cook the meat with my

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taco seasoning. And then I would get some refried

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beans, like low sodium refried beans and some

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low fat cheese. And I would. pre -measure out

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the same amount in each taco, tablespoon of beans,

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quarter of tablespoon of cheese, uh, whatever

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my, like, I think at the time, whatever your

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fillings, 1 .5 ounces of chicken. Cause again,

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these are mini, so you can't fit a lot. And then

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I would close them over, put them in the frying

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pan for like two seconds to get a little color

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and to melt the cheese. So it's sealed, slide

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them into a Ziploc bag. And I'd fill that bag

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with like 15 tacos. And I would work the macros

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out on them that I could have two, like two of

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those tacos was 10 grams of protein or something

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like that. And I was like, these are great. They

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could be part of a meal. They could be my whole

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meal. They could be my snack. I'm 200 calories

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short. Yeah. Snack. The calories weren't high.

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Guys, I'll share on Instagram because we won't

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remember off the top of our heads the calories.

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But I loved having these mini tacos in the freezer

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because there are just going to be days. You're

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running between meetings. You're just not feeling

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hungry, but you need protein and you don't want

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it to be a hard -boiled egg. I loved having these

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little frozen snacks, whether it was half a quesadilla,

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it was a mini taco, or I did do mini sliders.

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So I would get ground turkey. And a ton of spices,

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like I would do like a za 'atar spice or I would

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do a shawarma spice or Greek. And I'd make and

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pre -measure all these little burgers. And I'd

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cook them in advance too, because again, I don't

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want to - Grab and go. Yep. And I would keep

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them in the freezer. And then at any given time,

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I kept little like King's Hawaiian rolls. Now,

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sure, those are like a hundred calorie buns.

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I get that. It's a little bit of an indulgence

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for the bun, but there are going to be days that

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you're like, if I don't have a - I just want

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bread. Like I'm going to lose it. And so I'm

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pretty sure the calories were like 150 for my

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slider. And that was like 13 grams of protein.

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And it really filled a desire. And it's satiating,

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right? It hits the craving. It's satiating. You

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don't feel like missing out. I just bought two

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of the Hawaiian rolls. They're in my pantry because

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yeah, sometimes you just want. bread and you

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just want carbs and I want a bun. And it's measured

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and it's. Yeah. And they're the perfect size.

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Yes. And sure. Perfect size. Calories in them.

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There's calories and everything. I have not found

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a low calorie alternative. Don't tell me thin

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buns. They're great. Not the same. Nobody makes

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thin slider buns. No. And it's just not the same.

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They don't freeze well. So I'm going to be very

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honest. I've tried cutting them. Oh my gosh.

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and they basically fucking disintegrated upon

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yes I bought those thin hamburger buns and threw

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them in the freezer yeah and that for barbecue

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season and then yeah I went to reheat them and

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they were either rock solid or or mush yeah there's

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there's like no middle and I didn't even I popped

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them in the microwave to thaw them not even long

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and like I could have like banged them on the

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counter like they were rocks and then so the

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next time I did it yeah they were just like mush

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there's no no sometimes you know what you just

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gotta suck it up and eat the bun and have your

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carbs, have your satiating, feel good, feel.

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And that's the thing, right? Like a lot of times,

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especially at the beginning, you're doing swap

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outs. You're not eating what other people are

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eating. You feel like you're missing out and

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that's no fun either. So find things that, yeah,

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maybe it's a little bit higher in your carb count

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or maybe it's a little higher in your calories,

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but you're going to feel good about what you're

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eating. You're going to hit that craving. You're

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not going to feel. which is going to lead to

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eating crap food later. Just eat it. Pro tip,

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the Hawaiian King pretzel rolls. Oh, I haven't

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had those yet. They're hard to find. I've never

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seen them. The pretzel buns are slightly better

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than the butter buns. So that's a pro tip. But

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if anybody finds, and like you have to be careful

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because, okay, so a great example is Superstore,

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putting them on blast because they're not a sponsor,

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nor will they ever be. They make a mini slider.

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bun but it's a brioche mini slider bun people

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buy them because they're almost 200 calories

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I was gonna say that's gonna be a high one as

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soon as you say brioche you know that's insane

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but there are definitely a lot of mini ones that

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you can get yeah calories and you know what again

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it's to each their own but it's not like I'm

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sitting here eating 15 sliders every day there

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are days I crave sliders and the most I can eat

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is two and two is like so full at my limit too.

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But I don't mind that because if I added everything

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up, I'm okay. Maybe 200, we'll say 200 for the

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buns. And then I've got my meat on that. But

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my protein out of both of those is probably close

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to 25 for too many little sliders, which is great

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and satiating. So it's not like my whole day

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is balanced. So that's my first recommendation.

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We're going to ping pong back and forth here.

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And if you're planning your day, if you're planning

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your day and tracking your food, you can work

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it in no problem. Yeah. And trust me, it fills

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you. The bread motherfucking fills you. And carbs

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are not the enemy. We'll do a whole episode on

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that either. Especially if you're getting into

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exercise, you need it. But there's my first recipe

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that I love. I know I didn't give like exact

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measurements, but mini tacos in the freezer,

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mini sliders in the freezer, or like little quesadillas

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in the freezer. They reheat really well. And

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that'll be kind of the theme of my recipes today.

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They have to reheat well because you know what

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sucks? breakfast burritos that are watery. So

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sorry. There's my first recipe, Steph. What's

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one of your go -tos? One of the go -tos. No,

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no, it's all good. Quick thing on that note too,

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you're talking about like how important it is

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to freeze in portion. It's hard, especially at

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the beginning because you're still getting used

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to how much you eat and don't eat. And like I'm

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eight months out and there are so many days where

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I still am like, oh yeah. You can't eat that

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much. So like, for example, I bought chicken

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breasts, packages of chicken breasts, and I barbecue

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them and I grow them all at once for my meal

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plan. And then I cut it up and I put in the fridge.

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How many times have I gotten to the point of

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like day four or five where I've made a tiny

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little dent in this Tupperware of chicken and

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now I have to throw it out because I forgot that

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that's going to take me a shit ton of time to

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get through. And I'm now wasting all this food.

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So the freezer pre -packaged is key because it

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has been sad, I will admit, watching how much

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cooked food I have thrown out because I forget

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that cooking four chicken breasts is going to

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take me forever to get through, even if I eat

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chicken every day. I can only eat half a chicken

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breast. Exactly. For me, it's like better have

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15 fucking recipes ready. Yeah, right. Right.

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So the freezer. is portioning and freezing is

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key. And I need to get better at that too, because

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like I said, I've thrown out far too much food

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lately because you just, it takes a while to

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build that habit and remember you're only eating

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so much food when for so long you've eaten so

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much more. But anyway, one of my staples, and

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this is for anybody who's early on in your journey,

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especially if you're in the puree or soft food

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phases and people like me who have a sweet tooth,

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that was a thing that I was really concerned

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about for surgery was. I've always had a huge

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sweet tooth. So sounds weird, but so good is

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protein jello. And I know we've talked about

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this and I have forgotten to make this. And I

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was cleaning out my pantry yesterday and I found

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a bunch of sugar -free jello. So this is on my

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list for this weekend. But you take sugar -free

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jello, any flavor you like, and you start with

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the jello packet in the hot water like you normally

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would, dissolve it in the hot water. However,

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instead of adding... cold water, you're going

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to substitute that with 0 % plain Greek yogurt.

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And it sounds weird and it's going to curdle

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at first and you're going to think you've ruined

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it, but I promise just keep stirring and it comes

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together. Yeah. Like just go and you'll get a

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good arm workout at the same time. Um, don't

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panic when it curdles, keep going, mix it together.

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It will be fine. And then put in the fridge like

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you normally would. And it comes out. if you

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make like a raspberry, it looks like Pepto -Bismol.

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That's the best way I can describe it, but it

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comes out creamy and it still has, it's hard

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to explain. It still has a jello consistency,

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but creamy. So it gets your protein in, it gets

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you that sweet fix that you need. You feel like

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you're having a treat because you're having jello.

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And I would make those and I would put them in

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individual little two ounce or three ounce, whatever

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it was, probably two ounce containers. And I

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would stock them up in the fridge. And then when

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I had that sweet craving or like I said, in the

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evening, when I've got some calories and protein

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left and I don't want to have more cheese, which

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doesn't happen often because I love cheese, but

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it's a nice little extra go -to. My kids can

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eat it. It does look a little funny the first

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time you make it, but I've made it with. multiple

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flavors and it never it never fails and it's

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just a nice easy way to get that extra little

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hit of protein in um and still feel like you're

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having dessert and having a snack and if you

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want put some sugar -free whipped cream on top

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or some light cool whip heads up light cool whip

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is so low in calories honestly it's go to town

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man better than the sugar -free the sugar -free

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it is hard to find here the light way better

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Yeah. And I think I have it in the freezer right

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now. I bought it for my oldest daughter's birthday.

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We were making desserts and I still have some.

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And the other day I had such a sweet, again,

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such a sweet tooth craving. It has gotten less

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since surgery, but I digress. I had strawberries

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and berries in the fridge and I was like, I could

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really go for some of that Cool Whip, but I was

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afraid. I thought it was going to be horrible.

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It was like 30 calories for two tablespoons or

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something even less than that. So I was like,

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yes, yes. I was like, you better bet I'm having

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strawberries and Cool Whip for dessert. But yes,

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the protein jello sounds funny, looks funny when

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you're making it. 100 % recommend you pop that

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in your fridge. It's so good. I literally was

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going to, this is so funny. I was going to text

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you this morning. Yeah. Oikos. So every now and

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then I do buy the high protein, low sugar yogurt.

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Great. Every now and then I get the little flavored,

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like four packs of yogurt because I'm like, sweet

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treat. Right. So they have a lemon meringue and

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like, I am a lemon person. I can't avoid it.

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So like lemon meringue is the decadent Greek

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yogurt flavor. Yeah. Oikos in the four pack,

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eight grams of sugar. So I was like, that's fine.

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This is a treat. I'm only getting four, you know,

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it could be lower, but whatever. I take the lemon

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meringue and a tablespoon of the sugar -free

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cheesecake pudding mix. Yes. And I like super

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whip it because it's going to be grainy if you

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don't. And I go and go and go and it thickens

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in front of you and becomes like so good. Lemon

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cheesecake. I cannot recommend the sugar -free

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cheesecake pudding mix enough. Put it in Greek

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yogurt. Put it in cottage cheese if you like

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that kind of thing. I don't. But, like, put it

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in anything. Everything. You're making a protein

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coffee. Like, whatever the hell. You have a Ninja

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Creamy. You want that cheesecake base because

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it, like, tastes like cheesecake. And then today,

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literally before we recorded this, I went on

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to Viking Nutrition. They're not a sponsor, but

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they're from Montreal. And that's where I get

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a lot of, like, my Bilt Bar flavors and stuff.

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They have, they finally have, because I've been

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on this for years, the sugar -free pie filling.

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Ooh, yes. You can get that in Canada. No, you

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fucking can't. No, you can't. No, you can't.

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Duncan Hines, like it's a good name. So they

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now have the apple and the cherry sugar -free.

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Nice. And it's only 30 calories per serving.

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Oh, hello. This is happening. So I want to make

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cheesecake. I want to take yogurt. I love cheesecake

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pudding. I want to mix that up and then try some

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of the sugar -free cherry on top. So I'll let

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you guys know how it goes, but I, can you make

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this tomorrow? Uh, it's not going to arrive in

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time. It's so funny. You say this because my

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dad's favorite dessert is cherry cheesecake.

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And so for father's day, My parents were at the

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cottage and my mom said, can you bring a cherry

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cheesecake for dessert for your dad? And I was

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like, sure. And we have a really, really, really

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:51.420
good Mennonite bakery in town and had never got

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cheesecake from them before. But I ordered one.

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I picked it up and I went to get it and I came

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out and put it in my hands and I literally just

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stood there going, oh, my God. So I took it.

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Yeah, took it to the cottage. So there's my mom,

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my dad and my kids all eating this cheesecake.

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And I'm just sitting there staring at it. And

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I didn't bring an alternative for me. I was like,

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you know what? We're just going to be strong

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and not have dessert. I was like almost in tears

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because I freaking love cheesecake. I love cheesecake.

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And it was a baked cheesecake, which I love.

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And it just, it had chocolate, like it had drizzle

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on it. I can't even. And they're all sitting

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there with this cheesecake. And my mom's like,

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are you sure you don't want a little slice? And

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I was like, do I? But nope. And oh. It was so,

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I was so sorry. So I'll tell you how this goes

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then. It's Duncan Hines, no sugar, pie filling,

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and it's 30 calories. And the serving size is

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a third of a cup. I was like, well, shit, I won't

00:21:47.029 --> 00:21:50.250
be eating a third of a cup. 30 calories, no fat,

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no cholesterol, very minimal sodium, seven grams

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of carbs. Yep. So even if you took, even if you

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took plain Greek yogurt. So I make sugar -free

00:22:01.730 --> 00:22:04.849
jello puddings with yogurt all the time. If you

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took, even if you took plain yogurt, added the

00:22:08.609 --> 00:22:10.710
cheesecake jello to the plain yogurt, whipped

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it up because it gets nice and thick too. Excuse

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me. And then just put that as like a drizzle

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on top. I'm in. Yep. So I'll let you guys know

00:22:21.710 --> 00:22:25.190
how that one goes. Again, Viking Nutrition. They're

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based out of Montreal. They have wonderful shipping.

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I'm getting a can of apple and a can of cherry.

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Now, it is no sugar added, not sugar free. Right.

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Three grams of sugar per serving. Oh, that's

00:22:35.990 --> 00:22:38.150
fine. That is nothing. That's fine. No, that's

00:22:38.150 --> 00:22:40.599
fine. Um, so yeah, no, it's funny you mentioned

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that those are some of my favorite recipes. So

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please buy the sugar -free Jell -O and the sugar

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-free pudding. There'll be a million things you

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can make in the fall. If you get canned pumpkin,

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now that's the pure pumpkin puree, not the filling

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and pie filling. Yeah. And they do sell this

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:58.099
in Canada. It is expensive as hell, but you want

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the canned pumpkin puree. not the pie filling.

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And you mix that with an entire pack of sugar

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-free cheesecake pudding mix. You basically make

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:12.279
a pumpkin cheesecake. It's so good. Go get the

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mini tart shells from the grocery store in the

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freezer section and make yourself a ton of little

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pumpkin pies. I add a giant scoop of protein

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powder to that so that at least protein in them.

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But there's definitely times, especially on the

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:27.710
holidays, especially in the fall. that you just

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kind of start creating a warm dessert. Apple

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crumble, you know, cheese. Those fall flavors.

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So that's one of my like go -tos right there.

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I always have canned pureed pumpkin on hand.

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I will always in the fall mix it with the cheesecake

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and make little tarts out of it, which is great.

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I do try to add protein powder to as much as

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I can. I'm going to share some really cool recipes

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here in a sec with you all. But I try to add

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protein powder to as much as possible when I'm

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baking. So I don't add it as much to my savory

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food because I try to get the protein from the

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meat or the cottage cheese. But when baking,

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:04.599
so when I make my protein muffins that I've shared

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on Instagram, there's always protein powder added.

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When I make these little tarts, protein powder

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:11.180
is getting added in. I just find it's easy to

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.720
add it in when you're baking because you rarely

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:15.759
taste it after you've baked it. So yeah, those

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:18.299
are some good recos. This is going to be a unique

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:20.400
recipe. It's like my hyper fixation right now.

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:22.359
And some of you are going to go, what the shit,

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:26.900
Hannah, you're having carbs. So this is my orzo

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:31.119
steak bake. And a lot of people are like, but

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:33.019
we don't eat rice and we don't eat carbs. I don't

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:34.920
eat rice. It doesn't sit well in my stomach and

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:37.920
I can't eat pizza crust and I can't really eat

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:39.759
a lot of bread. Like it just doesn't go well.

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:42.460
Orzo, I don't know because it's tiny or small,

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:45.549
like it sits perfectly well in my stomach. This

00:24:45.549 --> 00:24:48.410
basically what I do, and I'll say, cause I have

00:24:48.410 --> 00:24:50.710
the servings, I have it up here portioned. I

00:24:50.710 --> 00:24:53.150
eat three quarters of a cup. That is my serving

00:24:53.150 --> 00:24:55.710
size for all my meals. I can't really fit more

00:24:55.710 --> 00:24:58.130
than that in. So everything I make, I pre -portioned

00:24:58.130 --> 00:25:00.529
to three quarters of a cup and pop it into little

00:25:00.529 --> 00:25:02.410
containers and I don't have to think about it.

00:25:02.490 --> 00:25:06.609
So per serving, this is 250 calories, which is

00:25:06.609 --> 00:25:09.069
for me being two years post -op, totally fine.

00:25:09.190 --> 00:25:12.690
Yep. But it has 25 grams of protein. Which is

00:25:12.690 --> 00:25:14.950
awesome. It's exactly what you look for, right?

00:25:15.369 --> 00:25:17.890
Your protein needs to match your calories or

00:25:17.890 --> 00:25:20.529
be higher. So if I added a zero to my protein,

00:25:20.670 --> 00:25:24.309
it's 250. My calories are 250. It's a really

00:25:24.309 --> 00:25:27.390
good balanced meal. It has 12 grams of fat for

00:25:27.390 --> 00:25:29.589
serving. Now I know there's some people that

00:25:29.589 --> 00:25:32.009
are trying to keep it to five or less. My goal

00:25:32.009 --> 00:25:35.609
is that I aim for 10 or less. And I was okay

00:25:35.609 --> 00:25:37.569
with it being 12. Once you hear - Yeah, it's

00:25:37.569 --> 00:25:41.150
close. I'm close enough. I'm good. The carbs

00:25:41.150 --> 00:25:44.150
are not as high as you think. They are 11 grams.

00:25:45.289 --> 00:25:48.410
That's all right. Two grams of fiber. So technically

00:25:48.410 --> 00:25:52.170
it's nine grams of net carbs. There's three grams

00:25:52.170 --> 00:25:55.390
of sugar, 25 grams of protein, and a buttload

00:25:55.390 --> 00:25:57.990
of vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron. Perfect.

00:25:59.009 --> 00:26:01.349
You're going to do a cup of, or this is a one

00:26:01.349 --> 00:26:03.690
pan, one pot meal. You're going to do a cup of

00:26:03.690 --> 00:26:07.450
orzo, two cups of beef broth. You're going to

00:26:07.450 --> 00:26:10.170
let that cook until basically all the liquids

00:26:10.170 --> 00:26:13.799
absorbed. You're going to add an entire. thing

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:18.059
of boursin cheese whatever flavor you like I

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:20.339
like like the there's a lemon version out right

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:22.579
now which is really good with this recipe truffle

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:25.200
one is great but you're going to put a puck of

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:28.579
boursin in a cup of cherry tomatoes sliced up

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:33.420
a big package of spinach a whole pack of mushrooms

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:38.519
and then I do a flank steak so I will slice flank

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:41.500
steak that I've seared off quickly And I will

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:43.539
mix that all in. And basically, you're just going

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:45.799
to mix it all in until the spinach wilts and

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:48.319
the tomatoes burst a bit and that cheese is fully

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:51.299
incorporated. There should be at least seven

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:53.539
servings in this. If you do the three quarter

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:56.359
of a cup rule, you'll have seven servings and

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:58.640
then a half serving that I usually just eat for

00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:01.539
dinner that night. This is my favorite recipe.

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:04.079
It freezes like a dream. It reheats really well.

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:06.460
You feel like you're having something super sinful

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:09.119
that you shouldn't be allowed to have. It's cheesy.

00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:13.220
It's kind of got pasta in it. 250 calories a

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:16.519
serving for 25 grams of protein. And one pan,

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:20.900
which is. One pan. Winner. Winner. One pot. So

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:23.559
this is one of my absolute favorite recipes.

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:27.140
And so what I do when I make, and I'll share

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:28.880
a bunch more on Instagram because I have a ton

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:31.460
of really cool recipes. But what I do is most

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:34.339
of my recipes are roughly around the same mark,

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:38.140
190 to 250 calories. Some are a little higher,

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:41.700
like 288. They come with way more protein in

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:45.180
it. So, you know, there's a bit of a trade -off

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:47.160
there, right? But what I basically do is put

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:49.390
them all in the freezer. With a Sharpie, I write

00:27:49.390 --> 00:27:51.930
on the lid what it is and I put calorie count

00:27:51.930 --> 00:27:54.730
in the corner because most of everything I make

00:27:54.730 --> 00:27:57.309
needs to be 25 grams of protein or higher. That

00:27:57.309 --> 00:27:59.250
was one of the big things that I started doing

00:27:59.250 --> 00:28:02.250
at the end of last year was that there were just

00:28:02.250 --> 00:28:04.910
too many recipes that were like 12 grams, 15

00:28:04.910 --> 00:28:07.970
grams. I was like, if I'm going to eat, I need

00:28:07.970 --> 00:28:11.569
to start reverse engineering these to have way

00:28:11.569 --> 00:28:13.450
fucking more protein. Because that's usually

00:28:13.450 --> 00:28:16.130
for one serving, which we're not even eating.

00:28:16.509 --> 00:28:19.450
One serving. So if one serving is 12 grams, you're

00:28:19.450 --> 00:28:21.990
probably having like eight. Yeah. Which is not

00:28:21.990 --> 00:28:25.210
going to do it. Because I like I almost always

00:28:25.210 --> 00:28:27.109
finish my three quarters a cup, but there's a

00:28:27.109 --> 00:28:30.329
lot of days I don't. So I started to relook at

00:28:30.329 --> 00:28:32.809
stuff and say it needs 25 grams minimum, but

00:28:32.809 --> 00:28:35.329
I'm not going to have 500 calories to do. No.

00:28:35.329 --> 00:28:38.289
So I want all of my meals under 300 calories

00:28:38.289 --> 00:28:40.470
and I have successfully been able to do that.

00:28:41.490 --> 00:28:44.430
And so I'll write the name, the calories, and

00:28:44.430 --> 00:28:47.670
I'll put it in the freezer. Basically, I have

00:28:47.670 --> 00:28:49.750
figured out a way that like if I eat my three

00:28:49.750 --> 00:28:52.230
meals and my three snacks, I am hitting my calorie

00:28:52.230 --> 00:28:55.130
goal. And at two years post -op, my goal is 13

00:28:55.130 --> 00:28:58.549
to 1500 a day. The reason it kind of ranges is

00:28:58.549 --> 00:29:00.829
because if I go for a run, if I do a workout,

00:29:01.089 --> 00:29:04.029
I will probably be closer to 15 than I am to

00:29:04.029 --> 00:29:06.960
13. And some days you're just more hungry. Yeah,

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:09.599
I keep it under 1 ,500 calories. I don't eat

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:11.700
over 1 ,500 calories. And this is where you're

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:14.579
supposed to be, by the way. After a year of being

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:17.220
in surgery, they say most bariatric patients

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:19.519
at the one -year mark should be between 1 ,300

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:23.700
and 1 ,500 calories. Not 1 ,000, not 9, not 8,

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:27.029
not even 12. In the guidelines and recommendations,

00:29:27.269 --> 00:29:30.150
it says 13 to 15 is where you should be forever

00:29:30.150 --> 00:29:32.369
for maintenance for life. That's where you will

00:29:32.369 --> 00:29:34.710
stay. Now, some people go over and that's fine

00:29:34.710 --> 00:29:36.730
because they have a dietician and they're working

00:29:36.730 --> 00:29:40.230
out like crazy and they scored to burn that much.

00:29:40.250 --> 00:29:42.970
Why you need to work with a doctor and a dietician

00:29:42.970 --> 00:29:46.109
to figure it out. Me currently with my running

00:29:46.109 --> 00:29:48.349
schedule and stuff, I'm fine to be where I'm

00:29:48.349 --> 00:29:51.470
at, but we have discussed potentially needing

00:29:51.470 --> 00:29:55.039
to be higher. because there's many reasons. But

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:57.180
again, I try to keep it to that. So what helps

00:29:57.180 --> 00:30:00.180
me is my pre -portioned go -to meals because

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:02.819
I know and can quickly do the mental math in

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:05.660
my head. Oh yeah, I can have, I can pick anything

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:07.440
out of this freezer, any three things out of

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:10.279
this freezer and be totally fine because I will

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:13.119
still be under 900 calories if I ate my breakfast,

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:15.160
my lunch and my dinner of one of those frozen

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:17.259
meals that I have in there, whether it's my green

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:21.400
curry, my orzo steak, my Korean turkey bowl.

00:30:22.730 --> 00:30:24.910
Or I don't know what's in there right now, but

00:30:24.910 --> 00:30:27.269
there's curry, there's the steak bowl for sure.

00:30:27.390 --> 00:30:30.970
Oh, I did like, I do a ground turkey with Worcestershire

00:30:30.970 --> 00:30:33.430
sauce, tomato paste, goat cheese, and a bunch

00:30:33.430 --> 00:30:35.390
of vegetables. That's in there. That's creamy

00:30:35.390 --> 00:30:38.569
and fall and delicious. If I took three meals

00:30:38.569 --> 00:30:41.289
from that freezer, I'm at least at 900 or less

00:30:41.289 --> 00:30:44.210
calories. I have lots of room for my snacks.

00:30:44.810 --> 00:30:48.009
And my snacks, to your point, are usually where

00:30:48.009 --> 00:30:49.690
I have a little bit more fun. I'm going to have

00:30:49.690 --> 00:30:51.730
two of those little tacos or, oh, I'm going to

00:30:51.730 --> 00:30:54.190
make a charcuterie board because I really like

00:30:54.190 --> 00:30:57.049
cheese. And I know everybody's like, they said

00:30:57.049 --> 00:30:58.789
that you have to have like the super low fat

00:30:58.789 --> 00:31:04.640
mozzarella, 18 % cheese. I buy the old cheddar

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:07.940
cheese that you can smell eight blocks away because

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:11.579
I'm only eating 30 grams of it. Like I'm only

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:14.559
having the three ounce cube. I can't as much

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:18.519
as I want to. I can't overeat. So that's my one

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:20.759
decadence is I want good cheese. If I'm going

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:23.900
to have cheese, good fucking cheese. Now, I do

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:27.420
keep it under. 30 % milk fat. I won't go over

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:30.700
that. So I found an amazing aged cheddar. That's

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:34.880
27 % milk fat. I know my dietitian said 20, but

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:36.779
I was like, this is my deck, my one doing it.

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:40.819
I'm fine. But because my three meals stay at

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:43.910
900 or less calories. That gives me so much room

00:31:43.910 --> 00:31:46.450
to have my three snacks a day. And I do aim for

00:31:46.450 --> 00:31:49.130
six meals a day because I need to consistently

00:31:49.130 --> 00:31:51.630
be fueling my body. And you cannot eat enough

00:31:51.630 --> 00:31:54.890
portion size wise to only eat three times a day

00:31:54.890 --> 00:31:57.349
and actually hit your protein or your macros

00:31:57.349 --> 00:32:02.470
or your calcium or your whatever. So that gives

00:32:02.470 --> 00:32:06.130
me like 500 calories for snacks, which like that's

00:32:06.130 --> 00:32:11.609
plenty. My snack usually is. Greek yogurt mixed

00:32:11.609 --> 00:32:14.809
with sugar -free whatever, whatever. A charcuterie

00:32:14.809 --> 00:32:17.109
board where I'll have a few crackers, some cheese,

00:32:17.170 --> 00:32:20.049
a few grapes, and some meat. Right now I have

00:32:20.049 --> 00:32:22.170
the steak bites from Costco. They're great, by

00:32:22.170 --> 00:32:24.650
the way, because you can have, I think the calories

00:32:24.650 --> 00:32:27.069
for it is 90, but the serving size is six strips.

00:32:27.250 --> 00:32:30.470
Like it's great. Look them up. Popcorn, because

00:32:30.470 --> 00:32:32.609
popcorn is super high in fiber. A really good

00:32:32.609 --> 00:32:34.789
post -bariatric snack. I make my own. That's

00:32:34.789 --> 00:32:37.109
not store -bought. I air pop my own popcorn.

00:32:37.390 --> 00:32:39.920
Yes, I put some seasoning on it. Again, it fits

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:42.460
in my calorie count, so it's fine. That's been

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:45.940
kind of a go -to snack. Oh, popsicles in the

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:48.579
summer. I like popsicles. So you can get a ton

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:50.660
of popsicles that are less than 10 grams of sugar,

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:53.640
less than 100 calories. And sometimes you just

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:56.700
need to have a cool popsicle treat. Look for

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:58.119
the Greek yogurt ones because they have at least

00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:01.119
a little bit of protein added in. Pro tip, Blue

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:05.279
Menu, Superstore. The peanut butter fudge blue

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:09.440
menu, like yogurt pop. It's less than 100 calories.

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:12.200
I think it's under 90. It's got eight grams of

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:15.339
sugar per, but there's protein in it. So if you

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:18.579
need to have like that sugar tooth craving, I

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:20.440
recommend keeping some of those in there. They're

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:23.819
great. Hummus and carrots. Oh, I like cucumber

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:26.680
with smoked salmon and cottage cheese. Like that's

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:29.299
a great snack that I've been. devouring recently,

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:31.980
but I look for more things that I can keep pre

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:34.279
-cut, pre -made and in the fridge because when

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:36.720
I need a snack or when I'm hungry, it's very

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:41.440
easy to just grab a bar instead of make something.

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:43.819
So I pre -cut my peas, I pre -cut my grapes,

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:46.180
I pre -cut my cucumber, I pre -cut fucking, like

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:50.000
it's like I'm a top. I pre -cut everything. But

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:53.480
it helps. Yeah. It helps. Love it. What are your

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:56.450
go -to snacks? Do you have everything pre -measured

00:33:56.450 --> 00:33:58.349
so that you can just grab and go to fit? Like

00:33:58.349 --> 00:34:00.970
you're at what, 900 calories now? Yeah, some

00:34:00.970 --> 00:34:04.690
things I do, but I'm definitely still that phase

00:34:04.690 --> 00:34:08.150
where I have my go -tos. Like I know I'm all

00:34:08.150 --> 00:34:11.969
about the baby bell cheese. I was never a big

00:34:11.969 --> 00:34:15.269
baby bell person. And now like if I do, I'm panicked

00:34:15.269 --> 00:34:16.969
right now because I opened my fridge before we

00:34:16.969 --> 00:34:18.429
started recording and I had a baby bell and I

00:34:18.429 --> 00:34:20.570
thought I had two bags left and I only have one

00:34:20.570 --> 00:34:23.469
little bag because my small child. I've been

00:34:23.469 --> 00:34:26.449
stealing my baby bells. So like a little bit

00:34:26.449 --> 00:34:28.429
of panic set in this morning because heaven forbid,

00:34:28.510 --> 00:34:31.829
I don't have my baby bells. But I have my staples.

00:34:31.849 --> 00:34:35.769
Like I usually have eggs for breakfast. That's

00:34:35.769 --> 00:34:38.489
usually my go -to. I have, yeah, right. I have

00:34:38.489 --> 00:34:41.050
my protein coffee. Hard -boiled eggs are a good

00:34:41.050 --> 00:34:42.789
one. I love having hard -boiled eggs, which reminds

00:34:42.789 --> 00:34:45.869
me I don't have any left in the fridge. That's

00:34:45.869 --> 00:34:49.329
my go -to for an easy snack as well. The baby

00:34:49.329 --> 00:34:53.989
bells are definitely one. Roasted edamame packets.

00:34:54.349 --> 00:34:57.510
Oh, I have so many. I'm officially out. I'm out

00:34:57.510 --> 00:34:59.969
of everything right now, apparently. But I buy

00:34:59.969 --> 00:35:03.670
those. Oh, beautiful. Those are a great go -to

00:35:03.670 --> 00:35:06.760
snack. They're like 110 calories per pack. I

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:08.980
think it's 11 grams, 12 grams of protein. So

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:11.599
it's perfect in the macro area, low in carbs,

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:14.679
high in fiber. So those are something that I

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:16.800
love having both at home for a snack, but also

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:18.599
that I can throw in my bag and take with me.

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:22.239
They're super handy for that. And then my lunch

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:24.679
is typically, I'm a big, right now I'm into the

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:27.199
salads. I was before surgery, I was all about

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:29.320
like the big ass salad and that was my lunch

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:31.409
every day. Then I couldn't have vegetables for

00:35:31.409 --> 00:35:33.869
a while, raw veggies for a while. So now I'm

00:35:33.869 --> 00:35:36.710
back on the salad kick. So I pre -cook my chicken

00:35:36.710 --> 00:35:39.690
and I always have that ready to go. And then

00:35:39.690 --> 00:35:42.849
I do spring mix. I do chicken. I do, I throw

00:35:42.849 --> 00:35:45.570
pickles in, cucumbers in, peppers in, cherry

00:35:45.570 --> 00:35:48.309
tomatoes, olives, whatever I have. But I always

00:35:48.309 --> 00:35:51.769
throw in a bunch of veggies. And then I, my go

00:35:51.769 --> 00:35:55.050
-to that is. Always in my fridge is summer, fresh

00:35:55.050 --> 00:35:58.369
roasted red pepper dip. I literally put that

00:35:58.369 --> 00:36:03.210
shit on everything. Oh my God. I dip, I dip veggies

00:36:03.210 --> 00:36:05.510
in it. I dip crackers in it, but it is my salad

00:36:05.510 --> 00:36:09.030
dressing. You got the guy. A hundred percent.

00:36:09.650 --> 00:36:12.929
But if you like me, I'm, I'm a cream. I'm a dipper.

00:36:13.030 --> 00:36:15.710
First of all, I have to have sauce and dip and

00:36:15.710 --> 00:36:20.179
for salads. I don't like. I like vinegar, but

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:21.820
I don't want an oil vinegar dressing. I want

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:25.719
a creamy dressing. So I use the roasted red pepper

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:28.539
dip as my dressing. I will add a little bit of

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:30.559
balsamic vinegar to it just for a bit of a kick,

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:32.980
or I'll add a little pickle juice if I put pickles

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:35.659
in my salad to, again, add that little acidic

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:40.639
kick. Yeah, but that is my lunch. A lot of times

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:43.639
I also was on a cottage cheese pizza bowl kick

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:46.079
for a long time. Oh, yeah. I got to start bringing

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:47.639
those back. I haven't done those in a while.

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They're super easy, super quick. Again, I like

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.579
these because you can customize them with what

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:54.239
you have in your fridge, what toppings you feel

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:56.519
like that day, whatever you're craving in that

00:36:56.519 --> 00:37:00.739
moment. But Hannah and I will argue and I ate

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:04.820
it yesterday and I told her I so. Disgusting.

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I love, I love Buffalo chicken dip and I'm going

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:10.500
to wrap this up because we're hitting our mark,

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:13.840
but Buffalo chicken dip was always my like sinful

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:17.760
favorite treat pre -surgery and I loved it. And

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:20.760
now I make a healthier version of Buffalo chicken

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dip with Greek yogurt and low fat cheese, ranch

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powder, cottage cheese. I don't like. usually

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:32.900
cottage cheese, but in the pizza bowls, I like

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:35.639
it because it's warm. Something about it better.

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Same within the Buffalo chicken dip pro tip.

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You can also whip your cottage cheese and blend

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:45.019
it to make it smooth, which helps so much. Yeah.

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So I take, I take cottage cheese. I take plain

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Greek yogurt. I take Buffalo sauce, ranch seasoning,

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low fat cheese, mix that all together with chicken.

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Now. I will use the Costco canned chicken. Hannah

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:08.159
will not. So my husband calls it cat food. Whenever

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:10.760
I open the can and start to like make anything,

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:13.579
he's like, oh, you open that stink of shit again.

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So I'm like cat food in here. I use it. It's

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:21.099
already cooked, but I cook it. So like I have

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:24.300
a container of cooked Costco chicken right now

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in my fridge that I'm putting on top of my salads.

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You do, you do, you man. I, it's so handy. It's

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so, right? I just, I fry, I put it in a pan.

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I get some color on it. I add a bunch of spices

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to it. And then I have that as my go -to for

00:38:39.449 --> 00:38:42.670
my chicken. I can't eat it cold. But the buffalo

00:38:42.670 --> 00:38:44.849
chicken dip during the puree or during the soft

00:38:44.849 --> 00:38:48.210
food stage, I made it in little two ounce ramekins

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and I popped them in the fridge. And then I would

00:38:50.489 --> 00:38:52.389
just put them in the microwave or the oven to

00:38:52.389 --> 00:38:55.329
heat them up as my, my meal. I eat those all

00:38:55.329 --> 00:38:57.480
the time. Super high in protein. because of the

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:59.579
cottage cheese and the yogurt and the chicken.

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Low in cal. I need to make that again. And I'm

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definitely going to use Costco canned chicken.

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I like it. We'll share more recipes on Instagram

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:10.599
because we are trying to, we're going to keep

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:12.059
these short and sweet, but we're going to start

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:13.639
sharing more recipes. It's something that I'm

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:16.079
going to get into personally is documenting more

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:18.039
of what I'm cooking, making, sharing what's good,

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:19.940
what's not good, the macros that are in it. So

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:22.260
give us recipes that you like or want to see

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:26.659
me test. I did the viral buffalo chicky salad.

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I will leave my thoughts on that. But yeah, send

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:32.599
them along. I want to make them. I want to test

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:34.519
them. I want to make them better. So let me know.

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:36.659
We hope you liked following us along when we

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:38.940
talk about recipes and what we like. We'll do

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:41.019
this episode. Maybe we'll try to do it every

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:43.880
other month. Yeah. About our new recipes. New

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:47.280
finds. Yeah. So thanks for joining along. Our

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:49.820
next episode will be coming next week. We're

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:51.920
going to talk about pre -surgery, what's required,

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:54.599
what to do. We had a lot of questions about that.

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Like always, thank you for joining me, Steph.

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And thank you. Thanks, Hannah. Love it. Thanks

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guys. Bye everybody. Bye.