Awe yes, the obligatory New Years post!
Yep, I have resolutions and plans and goals! I want to get skinny, save money, travel etc.
Every year is very similar... We are inspired. We are excited... We know the drill...
I am going to change it up this year!! Yep again... it is a tiny change and I am making a big deal out of it.
I am going to spend the next week making a list of all my goals. All the goals for all the things I want to do, all the places I want to go and all that. All the things... I love lists...
Now, here it is, the change I am over emphasizing... Mission Critical Goals!!! Are you excited?? I am!! I know this isn’t a new idea, I am sure someone somewhere has been doing it for years. Thats ok, I am still excited.
The idea is, find the goals that are the most important, the ones that are deal breakers. Like, pay off that credit card, spend more time with your kids or lose that last 10 pounds. Whatever defines a successful year for you. Then, every single decision you make through the year needs to be weighed against your mission critical goals.
Are you ready for my silly example? Well, ready or not... Let’s pretend that I am kidding when I say a mission critical goal is to spend more time having coffee with other ladies. Let’s also pretend that my husband says, “Hey honey, lets spend the weekend cleaning out the garage!” The first thing I need to do is think through my goals, does this decision derail any of them? Well, yes, yes it does! If I spend the weekend cleaning out the garage, I will be making myself unavailable for coffee dates. LOL see I have a plan...
Of course, things will come up that that conflict with each other or conflict with what you really want. I have a solution for that! When one goal conflicts with another, pick the one of greater value to you. If one of my goals was to spend more time with my husband, and the other was to spend more time having coffee with girlfriends, I will have to choose. I will choose wisely, because no relationship trumps the one with my husband. Although, I might just let him take me out to dinner instead of cleaning out the garage...
So there you have it, don’t clean out the garage, go out for coffee and a dinner date with your hubby instead! #goals...
In all seriousness, we get to define what success looks like in our lives. Success looks so different to each of us that we should never even consider measuring your goals against someone else’s. I haven’t finished my list yet, and I will probably keep working on it through January, but I hope it inspires me to continue being positive and making positive changes in my life.
God bless!
Tammy
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Muffin Tin Sausage and Broccoli Fritatta
Ok... I know... it has been almost a year and a half since my last post... I really wanted to change that this year, I mean, it was on my list of resolutions! But alas, here it is March and I am finally getting around to posting something. Thankfully the reason I haven’t posted anything is because I have been happily chugging along with regular life, homeschooling, loving my family, friends and pets (yes, I am including the chickens as pets).
Since we are just as busy as ever, I love using this cabin fever time of year to meal prep for busier days. When the weather is ugly, we hit hard on our homeschooling. When the weather has its nice moments this time of year, the kids love to be outside, carefree and muddy.
This is the perfect time to prep meals for the future! (Lets just be honest, I’m prepping for the days I feel like being lazy, just as much as the busy days...)
Today I prepped a breakfast food, mostly because I love a fancy breakfast but I don’t love getting up in the morning. Also, 90% of the time, my meal prep time is simply making a double portion of whatever the kids like, feeding them half and freezing the other half.
Muffin Tin Sausage and Broccoli Frittata
I used ingredients I already had so you could absolutely substitute your favorite foods.
1lb Sausage (Or bacon)
2+ cups frozen Broccoli florets (My kids love broccoli, so I use more when I can)
6+ grape tomatoes (Any tomatoes work)
18 eggs
1/2 cup milk
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups shredded cheese (this is approximate, I used about a tablespoon for each of the 24 frittatas)
Preheat your oven to 350. Coat two muffin tins with cooking spray and set them aside.
Next, brown your sausage well. While you are working on your sausage, rinse your frozen broccoli under some hot water to thaw it.
I chopped off all of the stems and cut the florets very small. I feel like they cook through a little more efficiently when I do that.
I cut my grape tomatoes into fours, but if you are using larger tomatoes, I would dice them evenly.
It is time to start assembling these bad boys.
I start by putting the sausage on the bottom, then the broccoli then the tomatoes. The order really doesn't matter, that is just the way I like to do it, because its pretty.
Try to assemble your muffin cups without the toddler eating all the broccoli. If you aren't careful, you will get this look and it will be hard to give a firm no.
I didn't plan well and had to wash my eggs before I could finish, but I can't lie, this is a sight that makes me happy. All the different color eggs fresh from our family chickens... so cool...
The egg mixture is very simple. Just crack all your eggs into a bowl, add the milk, salt and pepper. The amount of salt you add will be determined by the saltiness of the sausage/bacon.
Pour your egg mixture into each muffin cup just below the top edge. Sprinkle about a tablespoon of cheese on each one. Less is more on this one. We just want a taste of cheese, too much ruins the texture.
Bake them for about 22 minutes, or until completely set. You don't want them to be runny in the middle.
Take them out of the oven and let them set for a few minutes to cool, the inside is hot like fire.
Serve them or take them out of the pan to cool completely for freezing.
Package about 12 of them into a gallon sized freezer bag, get as much air out as you can and toss them into the freezer.
I reheat them in the microwave for about 45 seconds to a minute each.
I have no idea how long you can leave them in the freezer, we always burn through them pretty quickly. I would assume that they will lose their texture after a few months.
There, I fed the kids half, froze the other half. Two meals, one breakfast worth of effort.
Since we are just as busy as ever, I love using this cabin fever time of year to meal prep for busier days. When the weather is ugly, we hit hard on our homeschooling. When the weather has its nice moments this time of year, the kids love to be outside, carefree and muddy.
This is the perfect time to prep meals for the future! (Lets just be honest, I’m prepping for the days I feel like being lazy, just as much as the busy days...)
Today I prepped a breakfast food, mostly because I love a fancy breakfast but I don’t love getting up in the morning. Also, 90% of the time, my meal prep time is simply making a double portion of whatever the kids like, feeding them half and freezing the other half.
Muffin Tin Sausage and Broccoli Frittata
I used ingredients I already had so you could absolutely substitute your favorite foods.
1lb Sausage (Or bacon)
2+ cups frozen Broccoli florets (My kids love broccoli, so I use more when I can)
6+ grape tomatoes (Any tomatoes work)
18 eggs
1/2 cup milk
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups shredded cheese (this is approximate, I used about a tablespoon for each of the 24 frittatas)
Next, brown your sausage well. While you are working on your sausage, rinse your frozen broccoli under some hot water to thaw it.
I chopped off all of the stems and cut the florets very small. I feel like they cook through a little more efficiently when I do that.
I cut my grape tomatoes into fours, but if you are using larger tomatoes, I would dice them evenly.
It is time to start assembling these bad boys.
I start by putting the sausage on the bottom, then the broccoli then the tomatoes. The order really doesn't matter, that is just the way I like to do it, because its pretty.
Try to assemble your muffin cups without the toddler eating all the broccoli. If you aren't careful, you will get this look and it will be hard to give a firm no.
I didn't plan well and had to wash my eggs before I could finish, but I can't lie, this is a sight that makes me happy. All the different color eggs fresh from our family chickens... so cool...The egg mixture is very simple. Just crack all your eggs into a bowl, add the milk, salt and pepper. The amount of salt you add will be determined by the saltiness of the sausage/bacon.
Pour your egg mixture into each muffin cup just below the top edge. Sprinkle about a tablespoon of cheese on each one. Less is more on this one. We just want a taste of cheese, too much ruins the texture.
Bake them for about 22 minutes, or until completely set. You don't want them to be runny in the middle.
Take them out of the oven and let them set for a few minutes to cool, the inside is hot like fire.
Serve them or take them out of the pan to cool completely for freezing.
Package about 12 of them into a gallon sized freezer bag, get as much air out as you can and toss them into the freezer.
I reheat them in the microwave for about 45 seconds to a minute each.I have no idea how long you can leave them in the freezer, we always burn through them pretty quickly. I would assume that they will lose their texture after a few months.
There, I fed the kids half, froze the other half. Two meals, one breakfast worth of effort.
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