Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plan 7.09.16

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Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plans- an entire week of quick, easy and nutritious meals that the whole family will love! (with vegan and gluten-free options)

If there’s one thing having a baby makes you, it’s a MEAL PLANNING MAVEN.

Or, in my case, a MEAL PLANNING MAVEN wanna-be since every week I make a meal plan and every week I cook next to nothing on it. Everything goes to waste in my fridge and my husband scolds me when he discovers a crisper drawer under the layer of mold that has grown. It is not a pretty sight.

GOOD NEWS. I have a solution and it is all of you!! Plus my friends, Julia, Sarah, Izzy, and Alexis who I’ve joined forces with to bring you a HEALTHY VEGETARIAN MEAL PLAN. Every week.

We are so in this together.

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Chimichurri Summer Vegetable Bowls

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The bright, fresh flavors of summer come alive in these chimichurri summer vegetable bowls made with farro, corn, roasted bell peppers, and black beans!
Chimichurri Summer Vegetable Bowls

Summer came in like a lion.

The kind that has you standing in front of your A/C all the livelong day because your kid is mostly only happy when she’s attached to you and if you thought pregnancy overheating was bad, try baby wearing.

The struggle is so real.

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Lemon Ricotta Cornmeal Muffins with Lemon-Vanilla Glaze

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Sweet-tart and ready to kickstart your morning is the best way to describe these lemon ricotta cornmeal muffins with lemon-vanilla glaze!
Lemon Ricotta Cornmeal Muffins with Lemon-Vanilla Glaze

I’ve always been a fan of the leisurely morning. You know – the wake-up, catch-up-on-the-news-blog-reading, slow-sip-your-coffee, lick-your-muffin-liner-clean kind of mornings.

Guess what. Life post-newborn?

DEVOID OF LEISURELY MORNINGS!!

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Red Velvet Pudding

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Strawberries and raspberries lend a natural vibrant hue and fruity flavor to this better for you red velvet pudding.

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by alli®. All thoughts and opinions are my own. For more great recipes visit myalli.com.
Red Velvet Pudding

Three hundred and sixty five.

Otherwise known as the total number of days in a non-leap year,

and otherwise otherwise known as the total number of days in a non-leap year that I crave something sweet at the end of every day.

How many days do I actually indulge in these aforementioned cravings, you ask?!

Hmmph. A lady never tells.

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Roasted Strawberry Balsamic Bruschetta with Whipped Ricotta

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Ciabatta toasts topped with roasted strawberry balsamic bruschetta and a layer of creamy whipped ricotta make for the perfect light summer appetizer.
Roasted Strawberry Balsamic Bruschetta with Whipped Ricotta

I’m slowly but surely discovering that the true irony in having a newborn is that you need abs.

But you don’t have abs because of the whole having-a-uterus-the-size-of-a-watermelon-for-10-months thing.

But ALL THE ROCKING and GETTING OUT OF BED IN AWKWARD POSITIONS and attempting to bounce the baby while still lying down because YOU ARE TIRED.

And you guys, THE ROCKING.

It’s no joke.

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Mini Apple Cobblers with Sweet and Salty Biscuit Topping

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A sweet and salty LAY’S potato chip-infused biscuit topping makes for a perfect crust in these classic mini apple cobblers that are great for entertaining.

Disclosure: This post has been sponsored by Frito-Lay. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Mini Apple Cobblers with Sweet and Salty Biscuit Topping

Does anything taste as good as warm apple pie?

TRICK QUESTION.

Because the answer is no. Not unless you’ve had warm apple pie topped with the ultimate in sweet, savory, flaky potato chip biscuit toppings.

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