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Breakfast time can be hectic even if you are working from home. We started making these egg muffin bakes ahead of time and freezing for an easy meal prep and a quick and healthy start to the day. While we used sausage, you could always add in bacon, ham, peppers, or any other veggies that you typically like in a breakfast scramble or omelet. Besides being quick, these egg muffins are a keto friendly, low carb option that will fit into almost any diet.  What You Need: Muffin Tin 12 Eggs Oil Add-ins  Veggies Spices Meat  Embed

Getting a healthy breakfast in every day can be a challenge. Who has time to cook everyday? There are plenty of grab and go options, but have you seen the price of these? I know I'm not going to pay $1 + for a microwave sandwich that is fairly high in calories, sodium and preservatives. What we've done to help mitigate the costs as well as to create a quick an healthy everyday breakfast is to make a egg bake every week. These can be frozen individually to create microwave and go type of breakfast that fits into your diet and your budget. Bonus, you don't have to cook everyday! What You'll Need: 2-3 Tbsp Olive Oil 12 Large Eggs 2 Cup Diced Peppers (bells or chili depending on what level of spiciness you like) 2 Medium Cubed Sweet Potatoes 1.5 Cups Diced Onion 4 tsp Chili Powder 2 tsp Cumin 2 tsp Salt Equipment 12" Skillet Spatula or Turner Cutting Board Knives 9x13 Baking Pan Pyrex Bowl How to Make It Heat olive oil in a ...

Colder weather has arrived as have an abundance of school and work activities. The extra to-dos that come with fall make cooking a healthy and still budget meal much more challenging. Enter the crock pot or slow cooker. Slow cook meals can be both a time and wallet saver, not to mention the benefit of having home cooked meals most nights. Slow cookers allow you to set and forget and can work around everyone in the family's schedules. Scroll to the bottom for a printable recipe. What you'll need 1.5 Cup Rice 6 Cup Broccoli (Chopped) 1 Medium Onion 1 Can Cream Soup (Mushroom, Chicken, Celery, Your choice) 1.5 Cup Milk 3 Tbsp Margarine 3 Cups + soup can Water 1/2 Cup Shredded Cheese (your choice of flavor - cheddar, colby jack, mozzarella) 6 Qt Slow Cooker Start by combining the ingredients except the shredded cheese in a 6 qt slow cooker. Cook on high for 3-4 hours.  Add cheese and continue cooking until melted.  Printable to lett...