Meg's Meal Planning

Breakfast

Chocolate chip banana bread

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As I near the end of my third trimester, I often get asked “did you have any crazy cravings?”  And I can honestly say I never experienced any bizarre cravings.  If I watched a food commerical, I would get a craving, like McDonald’s fries or Sprite, but as soon as the commerical ended, the craving would pass.  One thing I did experience is my sweet tooth went into overdrive! To help satisfy my insane sweet tooth, I started making banana/chocolate chip muffins, cookies, and bread, etc. This is one of my favorite recipes I made. The soft gooey chocolate chips blend perfectly with the moist bread. Some homemade breads can be dry, but this is soft and extra good warmed up with melted butter!  Are you drooling yet? 

  

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 medium, ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1/2 cup plain or vanilla greek yogurt
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips 

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a bread loaf pan
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir well until combined and set aside
  3. Lightly beat the eggs in a medium sized mixing bowl. Add mashed bananas, greek yogurt, maple syrup. Stir well until combined
  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir gently. Fold in the chocolate chips
  5. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
  6. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack
 

This recipe was inspired from here

Skillet Blueberry Pancake

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I made this recipe over the weekend for friends visiting for brunch. Let me tell you why I love it! Besides being tasty, it was cooked all at the same time in the oven. No standing over the stove and pouring 1 pancake at a time and no flipping. It allows you to socialize with your guests! I used a 12 inch skillet.

Blueberry Pancake

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
  • lemon zest
  • 1 cup greek yogurt – I used vanilla, but plain works too
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds – optional

Steps

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees, spray a 12 inch cast iron skillet with non stick spray. Set aside
  2. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and lemon zest
  3. In a separate medium bowl, stir together the greek yogurt, milk, egg, and vanilla extract
  4. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until completely combined
  5. Fold all the blueberries and almonds into mixture
  6. Bake for 25-30 minutes until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean
  7. Serve with syrup and butter!

Breakfast Taco with eggs, blistered cherry tomatoes and avocado

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What a delight! You will believe you went out for breakfast with this taco! This recipe was inspired by the August copy of Self magazine. It doesn’t call for much heat, so next time I make it, I’ll definitely add more heat with some hot sauce or sriracha sauce.

Breakfast Tacos with Blistered Cherry Tomatoes and Avocado

 
  

Ingredients

  •  Four eggs, cracked in a small bowl and stirred
  •  ½ cup cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1/2 jalapeno pepper, minced 
  •  1 avocado, sliced 
  •  Salt
  •  Fresh cilantro
  • Shredded Mexican cheese
  •  Four mini flour tortilla wraps

Steps
1. Heat skillet over medium heat, spray as needed

2. Cook tomatoes until start blistering, remove and set aside.

3. In same skillet, scramble eggs, add cheese and jalapeno pepper

4. Meanwhile, slice avocado and cook tortilla wraps according to the package

5. Evenly divide eggs between wraps, top with cherry tomatoes, avocado, and fresh cilantro

  

Egg muffins

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I had a bunch of left over veggies in my fridge. None were enough for a meal, so I decided to make egg muffins with them!  Sometimes I feel I get stuck in a breakfast rut. I tend to stick to the same foods for a few months and then eventually become sick of them. My go-to’s have been kashi cereal and english muffins with peanut butter.  When I’m lucky, my husband will wake up early and make me an egg sandwich….awww what a guy! Recently, I’ve started eating more oatmeal and now I’ll have to make these egg muffins again and again! What I love about them is: 1. TASTED GREAT!! 2. Are so easy to prepare in advance and reheat in the morning 3. They make a great snack 4. You can add any type of vegetable you have in the fridge! This recipe was inspired by the egg muffin recipe from skinneytaste found here. 

I used zucchini, cherry tomatoes, scallions, and spinach, and I got to use my spiralizer for the first time!!

Spiralize zucchini

Slice zucchini, scallions, tomatoes, garlic, and ham

Saute in pan until tender

Add spinach and saute until wilted

Mix together eggs, milk, flour, salt, pepper, and cheese

Add to sprayed muffin tin

Bake at 350 for28-30 mins. Enjoy!

Ingredients

  • Olive oil spray
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves, diced
  • 5-6 green scallions, diced
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, diced
  • Zucchini, peeled, and either grated, sliced, or put it through spiralizer. I had about 1/3 zucchini left, so I used all of it
  • 3 slices of ham, diced
  • 2 cups of spinach
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 3 oz shredded cheddar cheese
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray muffin pan with olive oil spray.
  2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute garlic for 1 minute. Add scallions, tomatoes, zucchini, and ham and cook another 5-7 minutes.
  3. Add spinach and cook until wilted. Set aside.
  4. In large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Add the cheese and cooked veggie mixture to the bowl.
  5. Pour into prepared muffin pan and bake for 28-30 mintues.