Superheroes & salads

Oops, I did it again.

Except not an “oops” at all, rather a very deliberate and joyful shopping experience.

But before I discuss this next week’s eats, I still have a bunch of stuff from last week to share.

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Sometimes they want snap peas for breakfast. Works for me.

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My breakfasts for the week were superhero muffins from the Run Fast Eat Slow cookbook. I had a half batch in the freezer already so it involved zero effort. I added different nut butters throughout the week to keep things interesting.

I’ve made so many iterations of the superhero muffins and they are all so good. This batch had shredded beets in it, which is one of the few ingredients that the kids are meh on. For this reason, I make lots of things with beets so that I don’t have to share. 😉 Otherwise the monsters will ravage the whole batch before I have even had one.

Lunches were also super easy thanks to some bagged mixes I had. Sometimes life is busy and you need a ready to go kit. It’s basically a form of self care.

This was the 365 Asian inspired salad mix, which I bulked up with leftover quinoa and chicken nuggets.

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This provided two days of lunches thanks to those extras. And no, none of the nuggets were for the kids. I legit made a tray of dino nuggs for myself. I’m an adult, I swear.

I had another 4-5 on the side, I just wanted the photo to look cute. 😛

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Another day, another chicken nugget Asian salad. This time I added nuts too (sesame cashews!).

Next up was this guy…

I massaged cabbage and kale in Brianna’s poppyseed dressing and then topped it with dried cranberries, mac nuts, and avo and it was just as good as ever.

This next one was the TJs veggies & greens salad, which had an unusual ingredient list, including pistachios, dried pear crumbles, and a honey-ginger dressing. I got it because it’s not a combo I would ever think to make and the dressing sounded right up my alley, but then I completely forgot about it! Luckily I remembered it before it went bad (on a side note: the long shelf life is definitely a pro for bagged salads).

Anyway, the base of the salad was a mix of greens including broccoli and cauliflower pieces, Brussels sprouts, radicchio, green cabbage, and kale. Totally awesome right!?!

In the end, the salad was mediocre and I was glad to have leftover roasted salmon because that part was really really good. I ended up eating all the salmon and barely any of the salad.

Which meant the next day’s lunch was the rest of the salad…on steroids…

I must have been in a salmon phase because I found some smoked salmon in the freezer and then added sesame cashews.

This was my first time trying sesame cashews and while I have no real experience I would bet it’s almost as addictive as crack.

I already shared the dinners of the week, so now I’ll just skip ahead and show off the Valentine’s candy that Kyle got me while he was out of town.

The dark chocolate peanut butter hearts were the winners in my book, not that I’d ever kick a box of nuts ‘n chews out of bed.

The new See’s in town is probably thriving from our household alone.