Happy Monday! Celebrating Marvelous in My Monday thanks to Katie! Nothing too different this week. I’ve got groceries and meal prep to share. Some recipes from last week and some of my favorites links from the blog community! Here we go…
Groceries:
Grilled Chicken Strips, Burgers, Chicken Breast, Frozen Broccoli, Electrolyte water, Baby Carrots, Yellow Squash, Zucchini, Chicken Apple Sausage, Avocado, Snow Peas, Mushrooms, Carrots, Grape Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Almond Milk, Butternut Squash, Apples
The Prep:

The Recipes: Last week’s recipes in case you missed them!
Black Friday Black Forest Cookies
Peppermint Chocolate Mug Cake for One
The Love:
Recipe Love:
- Feeding the Brain and the Body~Chocolate Peanut Swirl Cookies
- Hungry Healthy Girl~Coconut Sweet Potato Casserole
- Powercakes~Cacao Carrot Pumpkin Spice Power Cookies
- Fit N Well Mommy~Paleo Pumpkin Pie Muffins
- Purely Twins~Cocoa Gingerbread Loaf
- Itz Linz~Coconut Flour Pancakes
All the Rest:
- Lisa Lately~It’s the Little Things
- Best Body Fitness~Aiming for Normal
- One Healthy Munchkin~Take Care of Yourself
- Cotter Crunch~Let the Holidays Come to You
- The Lean Green Bean~Elf for Health Holiday Challenge
- Running with Spoons~My Perfect, Less-Than-Perfect Diet
Happy Monday! Tell me a highlight from your weekend??














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Must attempt that cocoa gingerbread. It looks and sounds just wonderful!
A highlight from this weekend: Watching Elf & decorating our Christmas tree
Doesn’t it?! I can’t wait to make it too!
My highlight was decorating for Christmas and going into the city to see Les Miserables. So much fun to get dressed up and go out! Happy Monday!
Sounds like the perfect weekend!
i know i say this all the time, we shop the exact same! haha, marvelous!
thanks for the link friend.
Hahaha great minds think alike
Can’t wait to try the soup!! My highlight was the christmas race in the christmas lighting downtown!
Sounds perfect! Congrats on the race!
Thanks for the link love!
I bought mushrooms this week too… oh what to do with them now
Hmm…maybe a stir fry?!
I need to try that peppermint chocolate mug cake! YUM!
Best part of my weekend was LOTS of family time, it was great! It was fun to spend 3 days in a row with my one sister too, we had a blast!
Happy Monday love!
Sounds perfect! Sister time is the best!
I almost made black bean-pumpkin soup for the week. seeing yours, now I wish I had!
Hope you have a great start to the week!
Maybe next week?! Happy Monday!
Thanks for the link love!
A highlight from my weekend was going out for fro yo with friends!
Sounds fun! Happy Monday!
Thanks so much for the link love, Danielle! Can’t wait to check out all of the others….you always include great links. Highlight from the weekend was seeing a Christmas show with the kids and Christmas decorating.
Let the holidays come to you by LC is such a great post!
Thanks for sharing these great links with us!
I know I just loved it too!
AH! Those Black Forest cookies look DIVINE!
Thanks Mila!
love that peppermint mug cake
Thanks Jess!
Awwwr! Thanks for the link love Danielle! A highlight from my weekend was going to see Life of Pi with the boy. I’ve loved that story since I read the book like 8 years ago, so seeing it come to life was definitely nice
I’ve heard that movie is great! Everyone is going to see it!
Totally wish I could prep my veggies like that haha no room in the fridge though
It took me awhile and my fridge is definitely packed now but I hate chopping veggies so I figured I’d get it done!
Thanks for the love! I really have to try out that peppermint mug cake!! I’ve been loving peppermint SO much!! I spend this weekend with my family, so that was definitely a highlight!
Sounds like a highlight! Love weekends with the family!
Thanks for the love! Your recipes and prep for the week all look like they will make for some great dining. Love me some sweet potato and black bean soup.
Thanks Tina!
Please can I pay you to come to my house and cut up all my veggies lol
Hahahaha I know I hate chopping them that’s why I did it ahead. Otherwise it would probably never happen
I am so envious of your cook prep skills. I really need to be more organized and motivated like that!
Thanks Hannah! It really helps during the week.
I like the link love! I’ve found a bunch of great blogs through it
Awesome glad you like it!
love you link ups as always!!
Thanks Anne
Both the Sweet Potato Black Bean Soup and Black Forest Cookies sound incredible. In all the holiday rush I had missed those posts. Thanks for recapping them!
So glad you like them! Thanks Caitlin!
that peppermint mug cake looks and sounds so.freaking.good.
Thanks Alysia!
Thanks for the link love! A highlight from my weekend was decorating our house for Christmas!
Sounds fun. Love the Christmas season
That sweet apple sausage is the bomb!! I always love your link love. It is perfect since I am so out of the loop!
Glad I can be of help!
Yum! Peppermint and chocolate is my favorite winter treat! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
You too!
Love that you made black friday black forest cookies! that’s awesome!!!! the most exciting part of my weekend was definitely Christmas decorating!
I know I love that Christmas season is here!