Meal Prep with Plumb #giveaway

Meal plan. How many of you do it? I don’t really plan. I check out the sales ads, purchase items based on that and I know at some point during the week I’ll use it in a recipe. How many of you meal prep; meaning, you cook ahead of time? I don’t. But, I am trying to get better at it. There are times when I will cook something in a double batch and freeze half for another time. If I don’t feel like making chicken stock when we have roasted a chicken, I will freeze the skin and bones to boil another time. But I don’t create my lunch days in advance. This week I decided to try to change that. I don’t want to resort to frozen boxed meal in order to have a quick lunch every day. While I don’t mind PB&J (all natural and sugar-free, please) tuna, or even egg salad, I get bored and want to swap things up. I thought that if I made my own microwave meals for the week, I wouldn’t have to waste so much time in the kitchen preparing lunch during the day. That is time I could be writing! There was some fish still in the freezer so I put that on a baking sheet along with some salt, pepper, lemon juice and sliced lemons. Baked on 350 for about 15 minutes. I also put in a pan of pork chops that used the seasoning from the Try the World Box. While that was cooking I divided up some cans of green beans and spinach. I also cooked some rice. Then I wrote some notes about points for my WW tracker. When the meat was done I divided it up between the containers. Instant lunch. While working in the kitchen I enjoy listening to music. Especially when I am home alone. Then I can turn up the surround-a-sound in the living room and sing to my big hearts content. While my preferred music is rock, I do listen to pop, country, and even Christian rock or alternative. I am a huge fan of Jeremy Camp and could listen to him for hours. Recently, I was asked if I would like t0 review Plumb’s new CD, Exhale. I didn’t waste any time formulating my reply. Look at that CD cover. Isn’t it gorgeous? Of course, my mind went right to my favorite author, Edgar Allan Poe, as I felt she had a Victorian Gothic, Raven style going on. Love, love love it.   I am a huge fan of K-Love and Air1 for positive message music. I tend to listen to this stuff during the day when I am writing because it really helps with my concentration and focus. When I am working on other things I’ll listen to iTunes (my music,) Spotify, Pandora and even BlastFM (which is heavy Christian music.) I have a pretty extensive taste in music of pretty much all genres. As I was listening to Plumb’s CD I found myself humming and tapping. Things just got a lot happier. Meal plan? I got this! The CD has been on repeat for the last few days. I have uploaded it to my iTunes library so it’s with me all the time. I plan to let kiddo have the CD so she can listen to it in her room with the CD player she received for Christmas. I think she will really enjoy it and I know I feel good letting her listen to positive music like this. My favorite song: Resurrection My favorite line: “Everything’s gone black. I feel so cold. It’s so dark here. Only You know. How deep the darkness goes…..” I really encourage anyone in to positive message music give Plumb a listen.  You’re sure to hum and tap along.  And guess what? One of you will get the chance to win your very own copy of Exhale!  About PLUMB:

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