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My snack attack:

Strawberries,

Protein chocolate pudding,

A roasted sweet potato, (I had two sweet potatoes)

Toffee popcorn (my obsession right now 😭),

15grams of smarties.

I went to the doctor surgery because my right hand and fingers are all numb, tingly and VERY weak since my third trimester pregnancy, right now they are still the same...

I'm 3 weeks PP.

Just got told by the doctor it may take up to 3 or 4 months to go back to normal IF it can even go back to normal without surgery 🙃

I can barely light a big glass of water with my right hand and I WAS very excited to go back to the gym to lift weights. Hahahahahah

I really needed these snacks after I heard that.

For the past month and half me and my partner have been meal prepping like mad.

Our household consists of 2 adults, our almost 3 year old and a newborn.

We are very fortunate to have 2 American fridges and because my mother is temporarily here helping us out (running after the toddler) we were able to get both of the freezers full to the max.

I'm a SAHM and we eat everyday home cooked meals, this really helps out to organize my weeks better.

We buy most of the protein when it's on special offer or with the yellow sticker to make this more affordable.

What we have in the house freezer:

Katsu Curry (needs protein) - 4 meals,

Tomato soup - 1 meal (to go with Sandwiches),

Trinidad Curry + chicken - 1 meal,

Japanese tomato curry (needs protein ) - 2 meals,

White fish - 2 meals (for simple Japanese meals),

Fish balls (store bought) - for miso,

Velvet Chicken - 1 meal,

Chicken breast with red pepper - 2 meals,

Chicken Korma curry - 1 meal,

Frozen edamame 2 bags,

1 piece of pork belly for braising - 2 meals,

Lots of sausages.

Garage freezer:

Slices of white bread (from a TGTG bag) emergency bread,

Chicken and nappa cabbage soup - 2 meals,

Fish soup - 2 meals,

4 bags of duck Gyoza - store bought, 3 meals.

2 bags of tuna steaks - 2 meals,

Lamb chops - 1 meals,

Chicken butter curry - 2 meals,

Salmon steak - 1 meal,

Sweet and chilly chicken thighs - 1 meal,

Several meat balls,

Several Burgers,

Diced pork with honey and rosemary - 2 meals,

Very fine cut beef for soup - 1 meal,

Braised veal stew - 1 meal,

Bags of frozen veggies.

Don't ask how much time this lasts because it's the first time I have the 2 freezers full... So no ideia.

But we do eat lots of protein!

We supplement everything with sushi rice and fresh veggies.

In this picture the donut already as a hole because my toddler couldn't wait to have a little nibble 😅

The pecan slice was wonderful.

I think they look extra cute, my toddler already stole one of them and hid it! 😂

My toddler already took the pink phone charm with the star and hid it 🙃

Good thing I know where all her hiding spots are!

I feel like the black one with the hamster is a little big, but I really like it. I just put it in my phone and going to see how it feels.

This was yesterday's food, just missing 3 rice cakes with 2 small bites of blue cheese.

Lunch - Spicy pork shoulder steaks bulgogi with peppers and mushrooms, raw leek and rice.

Desert - 150g of cherries and a protein chocolate mousse.

Dinner - Chicken Korma, rice, raw leek and fruit salad.

This was yesterday's food, just missing 3 rice cakes with 2 small bites of blue cheese.

Lunch - Spicy pork shoulder steaks bulgogi with peppers and mushrooms, raw leek and rice.

Desert - 150g of cherries and a protein chocolate mousse.

Dinner - Chicken Korma, rice, raw leek and fruit salad.

The surprise bakery bag was supposed to have a mix of bread, sweet treats and savory treats...

One of the bags was £2,69 on tgtg and contained £3,16 of bread 🙃

I actually complained to Tgtg and they refunded the 2 bags.

I may still give them one more change because I shop there often.

Loved the flavor!

It's going now to be part of our usual recipe rotation.

I'm very happy with this bag, we had actually run out of soft fruits, so it was perfect!

Totally going to get more tgtg bags, I could have been lucky with this one (the rating is of only 2.8!!!) but it's worth to try some more.

I also go there often for the meat in special offer.

I missed a picture of a really big bowl (500g) of watermelon after my desert.

I was actually full and didn't had dinner.

Breakfast:

2 eggs (one of them was from my toddler),

Sourdough bread with butter,

White pudding,

Cucumber and tomato.

Lunch:

LOTS of raw salmon with a soy sauce and mirin,

Bone broth,

Mix mushroom white miso,

Sushi rice.

Desert:

Flat white,

Homemade Snoopdog Brownies,

Cherries,

High protein desert.

So my partner got a good deal on minced beef ( and a bit of pork).

So while I held our tiny new born baby ( she was 2 days old when he did this) and gave emotional support he made all of this!

Our second freezer is slowly getting full.

Korean style meat balls have Gochujang, soy sauce, breadcrumbs and spring onion.

Japanese style burgers have cooked onions, spring onions, panko bread crumbs, soy sauce and egg.

Breakfast:

Sliced toast + jam and butter

Orange juice + coffee with milk (not in the picture)

And a serving size of rice crispy with milk

My rating 4 out of 10

Needs protein and fresh fruit!!

But how it felt 9 out of 10 because I was starving after giving birth in the middle of the night.

Lunch:

Sunday Dinner

Piece of roast beef, smashed potatoes, roast potatoes, brussel sprouts, Yorkshire pudding and lots of gravy!

Dessert: bread pudding with orange marmalade and raisins.

Rating 9.5 out of 10

The slice of meat could have been bigger.

Dinner:

Chips, beans on sauce and cheesy potatoes...

Dessert: trifle

I don't get it

2 out of 10

"I'm just crackers about cheese!!" Guess the reference?

So finally home with a tiny human besides me.

Today's lunch was a massive craving for a while.

To drink: Home made bone broth made with lamb and beef bones. ( Partner has been meal prepping this for when I had our little one)

Dessert: watermelon

Main: lots of cheese! Boiled egg, one slice of Italian mortadela, a tiny bit of beef jerky and sourdough bread with quince jam and a soft cheese.

There is nothing like a few games of Dominion to take the edge off after gruelling childbirth.

(17 hours postpartum)

I have been doing flowers with pipe cleaners, but now I have been doing something a little different, also lots of fun to see what I can create. Also been for the first time using a mix of hot glue, fire (lol), and clippers and pliers for the beads.

So I made lemons, clouds with sun, rainy clouds, strawberries, peaches (not sure if they look like peaches) and blueberries.

My favorite right now is the blueberries and the clouds with the sun.