DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS
🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends!
Let’s get this day started…

🎯 2022 HEALTH GOAL
🍎 WHOLE FOOD REFOCUS
🧟‍♀️ NO FUNKY FOOD FRANKENCHEMICALS
[ items with a ( *) indicate a packaged product – full ingredient information attached]

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👩🏻‍🍳 MINI PREP 👩🏻‍🍳
🐔 HOMEMADE CHICKEN BOUILLON POWDER
https://joyfilledeats.com/chicken-broth-substitute
[To make broth: 1tbsp powder + 8oz water]

Combine and grind in a food processor, small blender or coffee/spice grinder.

*In my personal opinion, this tastes NOTHING remotely close to chicken bouillon – it isn’t bad at all but it just tastes like nutritional yeast to me. Maybe make a small batch and see if YOU like it. Keep in mind my autoimmune issues have screwed up my taste buds… 🤣

▪️1c Nutritional Yeast
▪️2tbsp Onion Powder
▪️2tbsp Garlic Powder
▪️2tbsp Italian Seasoning
▪️1tbsp Sea Salt (optional)
▪️½tbsp Tumeric (optional)
▪️¼tbsp Pepper

Makes approximately 1 cup dry powder.
Store in an airtight container for up to a year.

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🥣 ITALIAN WEDDING SOUP
🧊 Freezer Meal Prep 🧊 – 6 servings
https://therecipepot.com/instant-pot-italian-wedding-soup

https://eatinginstantly.com/instant-pot-italian-wedding-soup

🧆 MEATBALLS
▪️98% Lean Turkey Breast (home ground)
▪️Italian Sweet Sausage (remove casings)
▪️Egg (I used a duck egg yolk only)
▪️Panko*
Combine and shape into meatballs – a melon/cookie scoop is very handy for that. Or use your favorite frozen meatballs.

Precook in oven, air fryer or skillet. I used:
♨️ Cooked in
@hauswirtkitchen 42Q Air Fryer Countertop Oven
Preheated – Middle Rack
400° for 15min

🥣 SOUP
▪️Swanson 100% Natural Chicken Cooking Stock*
▪️Homemade Chicken Bouillon
https://joyfilledeats.com/chicken-broth-substitute

▪️White Wine (several recipes I saw added between ¼-½c wine but it is completely optional)
▪️Carrot / Celery / Kale (or Spinach) / Garlic
▪️Ditalini Pasta* (any small pasta or even Israeli Couscous works well here. For freezing, I am not going to add the pasta until serving)
▪️Asiago (or Parmesan) cheese for topping – again not adding until serving

High Pressure – 5min + Quick Release

[Slow Cooker Version]
https://sweetandsavorymeals.com/slow-cooker-italian-wedding-soup

[Stovetop Version]
https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/italian-wedding-soup.html

💛💛💛💛🤍 4/5
🍎 CALORIES – 327

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🌞 SUNCHOKES NACHOS
▪️Sunchokes (Misfits Market)
▪️Black Beans*
▪️Mushrooms
▪️Lettuce Blend
▪️Homemade Pico (Tomato / Red Onion / Cucumber)
▪️Mixed Olives*
▪️Guacamole*
▪️Sour Cream*

Sunchoke Air Fryer Chips
https://www.meatlessmakeovers.com/air-fryer-salt-vinegar-sunchoke-chips

Similar idea to Irish Potato Nachos except using Sunchokes since I have them and need to use them up. Here is a great Loaded Irish Nachos version of you want to try it out.
https://www.sipsnibblesbites.com/irish-nachos

I may have had a little mishap with the Sunchoke Chips 🤦🏻‍♀️ Full story in the nightly video… 😂

💛💛💛💛🤍 4/5
🍎 CALORIES – 313

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Big storm front came through dropping our temps into the teens and the barometric swing had me hurting.

I decided to take a Nana nap and when I got up, I wasn’t really hungry so I finished the can of beans with some Fritos and had a bottle of water and a Red Pear… Then I was done for the day…

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Many thanks to @krogerco and @misfitsmarket for providing all my gorgeous produce.

Thank you for joining me today.
Until tomorrow…
In Love ♥ and Light 💫

If you watch my video tonight, the YouTuber I was talking about is Tzuyang: https://youtube.com/channel/UCfpaSruWW3S4dibonKXENjA

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🥬 You’ll hear me mention Misfits Market all the time – they are an organic produce subscription service I have used for 3yrs now, especially during the cooler months.

Get $15 off your first order here:
https://www.misfitsmarket.com/?promo=cookwme-fn8xpr

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💉 If you aren’t familiar with my situation, basically I live with several autoimmune issues… an “inflammatory overstimulation response” brought on by my basic blood cells thinking they are Spartan Warriors and attacking everything in sight.

More information about what is wrong as well as the resources I’m using are here:
https://fromdumpytodiva2020.wordpress.com/%f0%9f%93%9a-resources-%f0%9f%93%9a