Frugal In Florida

Hey hey, it's Sunday and normally I'd be putting my best foot forward to get some meal prep stuff done ... BUT we just got back from a little 3 day get away and we are just exhausted! I didn't get to the grocery store and don't plan on going today so I decided to make a few things up using what I had on hand. Up first was these yummy little Deli Snack Bistro Boxes .... By all means, feel free to say they look kind of like grown up Lunchables. I'm fine with that. I had the ham in the fridge (Costco) and the cheese as well (Costco and Trader Joe's). The hard boiled eggs are also from Costco. As I'm out of eggs at this very moment (I have TWO) I opted to go ahead and make these for a few morning breakfast options ... figured it might be a nice change of pace! Here's what you need: Ham (or lunch meat of choice) rolled up 1 hard boiled egg, sliced in half 4 to 6 small cheese slices (optional, I skipped out this time around) Cucumber spe...

A few weeks ago, since Hubby was out of town, I opted to meal prep all THREE meals for 4 days ... just to see how it would go. I wanted to see how much more work was involved. I wanted to see if it made my food choices a little simpler. I wanted to see if it would make me stay on track, food wise. I wanted to see if it was worth it, period. It was. So I did it again on Sunday ... started at 9am and was in the pool by 1:30pm. I was aiming for 1pm but my girlfriend showed up and kind of threw me off my game for a bit. The kitchen was CLEAN before I lathered up with sunscreen and grabbed the first wine of the day. So, just a few little notes and tips here: 1.  I only use one pan at a time, so therefore, I am NOT using my time efficiently in the kitchen. If I was cooking the bacon and the green beans AND the broccoli all in different skillets/pots, I would have shaved a bit of time off my all around time in the kitchen. Yes, I washed the skillet in between th...