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items Here's a collection of our favourite recipes that my family & I have tried over the years with much success! Meal Prep, breakfasts, some kid friendly, some low carb. Salads, soups, casseroles & more! Enjoy!
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Breakfast
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Instant Pot
What the heck to do with Leftovers?!
Sheet Pan Meals
Salads/ Meal Prep/ Mason Jar
Meal Prep Lunch Ideas
Southwest Dense Bean Salad 🍋🟩🍅🌽🌶🫑🧅🫘🫙
Last Tuesday, I was anticipating the heat wave coming for at least 5 days. I was panicking of what we could have on hand without turning the oven on, what could be double duty for a main for lunch &...
Mason Jar 🫙Southwest Dense Bean Salad
M brought home some ground pork & this is what I did with it. I think this was one Monday a couple months ago when he went to work & I prepped this Taco salad.
The final step of chopping up the lettuce, I actually got M to do when he got h...
Mason Jar 🫙Taco🌮 Salads 🥗
An Odd Bunch Meal: Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad 🥕🌽🥬🧅🧀🍗🥗🥚
It really does pay to prep ahead, just components of a meal. You notice the value when you're less stressed to prepare the rest of the recipe.
This Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad tu...
Healthy Buffalo Chicken Salad 🥗 ( Meal Prep)
Bean & Cheese Burrito ( Meal Prep)🧄🧅🫘🧀🌯
I had some extra tortillas to use up & I've been meaning for YEARS to make these just to have on hand, or another option for kiddo's school lunches.
I am dumbfounded as to how easy this was! And ...
Bean and Cheese Burritos
Hi there everyone! This is a follow-up post from my surprise meat & dairy bags I got last week ( in August 2025!!!) at Food Basics.
I wanted to share with you what I made so far. ( If that's OK!)
Meal #1 from my TGTG Surprise Bags last week......
Easy Big Mac Salad Recipe
Hi there everyone! This is a follow-up post from my surprise meat & dairy bags I got last week at Food Basics.
I wanted to share more with you what I made so far. ( If that's OK!)
Meal 2 from Too Good To Go surprise Dairy bags from Food Basics...
Crustless Jalapeño Mini Quiches - The Girl on Bloor
Back during mid November:
Meal #9
Meal Prep: Pesto Bagel Breakfast Sandwiches🥚🍳🥓🫒🧄🧅🫑🥯🧀
I can't believe I made these a week ago! I've been meaning to make these weeks ago. The jar of pesto just stared at me every time I opened the fridge....
Pesto Bagel Breakfast Sandwiches {Meal Prep}
Back in April:
Meal #8: An Odd Bunch Meal: Instant Pot Healthy Cabbage Soup 🥣🥕🧄🧅
Last Monday, I grabbed some veggie broth & frozen soup veggies. I wanted to deal with a head of cabbage that I got from Odd Bunch...over 3 weeks ago!
I have ...
Healthy Cabbage Soup
Instant Pot Chili Mac & Lunch Prep ( An Odd Bunch x2 meal) 🍅🫑🧄🧅🫘🥯🧀🥣🥫🥫
Last Thursday I discovered a half package of macaroni in the upper cupboard that hot shoved in the back that I couldn't see. Ironically I was taking mason jar inve...
Instant Pot Chili Mac and Cheese
Back in March:
Meal #3: An Odd Bunch Meal: The Best Ever Healing Chicken Soup 🍲 🍋🥕🍗🫚🧄🧅
So, I did an impromptu meal plan with using the Odd Bunch haul. But my kiddo became ill after his ski day last Friday. So I immediately thought this so...
The Best Ever Healing Chicken Soup Recipe
Back in April:
Meal #9: Sheet Pan Honey Dijon Chicken ( A TGTG & Odd Bunch Crossover Meal)🧄🧅🥕🫑🥦🍯
So Sunday was "Squash Surgery". I had this Odd Bunch Squash kicking around easily for a month now. I decided to tackle it with this recipe....
Sheet Pan Honey Dijon Chicken
Meal #2: Chicken Caesar Salad 🥗 with 🥓 & homemade croutons
So my partner had made a lovely stuffed chicken about a week ago & we had leftover marinade from that as well as 3 chicken breasts. ( those were in the freezer until we knew what t...
Sun Dried Tomato, Spinach & Cheese Baked Stuffed ...
Meal#3 The Chicken That Keeps on Giving w/ Odd Bunch Potatoes 🥔 🧄🥦🍗🧈
M made a genius quick meal using up our leftovers a couple of Thursdays ago.
The chicken from the caesar salad, was thrown on top of garlic mashed potatoes ( 🥔 from Odd Bunch...
Sun Dried Tomato, Spinach & Cheese Baked Stuffed ...
Meal #4: Oxtail Stew ( TGTG & Odd Bunch Crossover Meal) 🥕🧅🍚
Week ago Saturday, M decided to thaw our frozen stash of oxtail 🐂 we received from our surprise Meat & Seafood TGTG bag at the beginning of April.
We were trying oxtail for the...
Jamaican Oxtail Recipe
Meal #5: Odd Bunch Cantaloupe Prep turned into refreshing salad 🍋🟩🥒🍈
About 2 weeks ago, Wednesday was one of the warmer days. I decided to prep this cantaloupe from Odd Bunch. It was absolutely perfect. Nothing odd about it!😆
I wanted some h...
Cantaloupe Melon Salad With Cucumber & Feta - Carrie Walder
Back in May:
Meal #6: Copycat McDonald's Southwest Salad 🥗 🥬🍅🌽🫘🧅🧀🥓( W/ Odd Bunch 🍅)
2 Wednesdays ago, M was called out to work hours away & I knew he wouldn't be home until likely midnight. I felt something healthy & wanted to ...
Copycat McDonald's Southwest Salad Recipe
Back in June:
Happy Avocados 🥑 ( Odd Bunch Meals 7 & 8)
So about 2 Tuesday's ago, for my lunch, I made myself tacos with the leftovers from the night before, but remembered I still had Odd Bunch Avocados.
I honestly didn't think they survived...
Odd Bunch Avocados 🥑
Mexican Corn Chicken Soup ( An Odd Bunch Meal)🍅🍅🫑🌽🌽🌽🧀🥣
On Saturday, M was under the weather & this soup piqued my interest.
Boy, am I ever glad I tried it out! So tasty & filling. I felt it needed an extra kick for a topping, so I c...
Mexican Corn Chicken Soup
Meal Prep Udon Noodles and more! 🍜🧄🫑🧅🫛🥕🥬🥒🍋🟩🥑
So last Friday I prepped for the 15 minute Udon Noodles to have for Saturday night. It was basically just crushing 5 cloves of garlic and slicing up a red pepper. Done!
On Saturday, M ha...
15-Minute Udon Noodles
Dynamite Shrimp Sushi Jars ( An Odd Bunch Meal)
🥑🥒🥕🧅🫛🍤🫙
These Dynamite Shrimp 🍤 Sushi 🍣 Jars 🫙 are... Dynamite!
So refreshing & filling. Made these last Monday & had 2 jars for supper that night. M raved about it.
So easy to ...
Dynamite Shrimp Sushi Jars {Meal Prep}
Odd Bunch Sunday Meal Prep🍋🍈🥑🍋🟩🥕🥕🥒🥬🧄🧅🥗
So last Sunday morning M wanted to prep some iced green tea with our limes. And while he did that we sampled some passion fruit from Odd Bunch hanging out in our crisper...absolutely perfect. I...
Green Goddess Salad (High Protein!)
Breakfast
Hi there everyone! This is a follow-up post from my surprise meat & dairy bags I got last week at Food Basics.
I wanted to share more with you what I made so far. ( If that's OK!)
Meal 2 from Too Good To Go surprise Dairy bags from Food Basics...
Crustless Jalapeño Mini Quiches - The Girl on Bloor
Meal #4 from my TGTG Surprise Bags: High Protein Peach Baked Oatmeal 😋 🍑🍑🍑
I thought I took pictures of my ingredients...but no- sorry about that!
Yesterday, I realized I had 90% of the ingredients & I was craving something slightly sweet.
...
High Protein Peach Baked Oatmeal
Green Apple 🍏 Oatmeal Cinnamon Bakes Meal Prep ( A TGTG 🥚🥚Meal)
On Saturday morning I prepped ahead these amazing Oatmeal bakes using 2 eggs from TGTG, for breakfasts coming up.
I forgot how easy & versatile this base is. I made it years ago...
Baked Oatmeal Cups {5 Ways}
Plant Based
Tofu Ramen Noodle Bake🍋🟩🫑🥦🫛🧄🥜🧅🥕🍜 🥛🧈🧀🥚🍳
I was craving something new & fun for kiddo to try.
I've been seeing a ramen type of dish in a 9x13 dish & it's so clever & yummy that I will definitely put this into rotation!
So ...
Ramen Noodle Bake
Southwest Tofu Stuffed Peppers ( A Meal Prep Meal)🫑🧅🫘🧀🌽🥫
Way back to Wednesday, I had to pivot 3 times due to the weather & laundry & decided to have tofu for supper. I needed peppers anyway for lunches.
I found the perfect recipe, us...
Easy Vegan Stuffed Peppers
Instant Pot
Instant Pot Chicken Burrito Bowls 🥣 🍗🧀🌯🫘🧅🌽🫑🍋🟩🍅😋 ( A TGTG Meal)
Last Monday was back to almost reality of cooking again in my kitchen. After pulling out chicken from the freezer, I did a basic grocery shop of sticking to my list.
We wer...
Instant Pot Chicken Burrito Bowls
Back in March: Meal #7: Instant Pot Italian Wedding Soup ( An Odd Bunch Meal)🧄🧅🫒🥕🥣
Lunch was leftover plain spaghetti with shredded carrots & some fried onions with a simple olive oil & lemon juice. It was perfect.
Finally, I sautéed t...
Instant Pot Italian Wedding Soup
Instant Pot Chili Mac & Lunch Prep ( An Odd Bunch x2 meal) 🍅🫑🧄🧅🫘🥯🧀🥣🥫🥫
Last Thursday I discovered a half package of macaroni in the upper cupboard that hot shoved in the back that I couldn't see. Ironically I was taking mason jar inve...
Instant Pot Chili Mac and Cheese
What the heck to do with Leftovers?!
Taking Care of Leftovers! ( A 🍤/ steak Kung Pao meal)
Tuesday, I found out shrimp 🍤 was on sale. I wanted to use up the frozen Thai veggies that have been hanging out awhile. I also wanted to use up the rice from the other night.
I knew kiddo would have some leftover steak instead of shrimp.
I used that chili crisp for my topping...yummers! Used the new roasted peanut p/b...with Sriracha...OMG!
I didn't have peanuts to crush, so threw in the cashews for crunch!
Hooray for transforming leftovers into a whole other meal!
https://thegirlonbloor.com/30-minute-kung-pao-shrimp/
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Kung Pao Shrimp {Ready in 30 Minutes} - The Girl on Bloor
Sheet Pan Meals
Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Sausage ( A TGTG Meal) 🧄🧅🫑🍅🍗🌭
On Thursday, I returned to this recipe because of the Dinner Prep Pro meal plan!
Ironically, gnocchi was on sale & thought it would be fantastic with the chicken weiners that were in my ...
Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Sausage - The Girl on Bloor
Sheet Pan Greek Chicken 🍋🥔🫑🫒 ( An Odd Bunch Meal)
On Monday, I prepped the veggies for this delicious meal.
I went to do school pick-up, came home & dumped this all out onto a baking sheet ( or 2- in my case- I have an apartment sized oven...
Sheet Pan Greek Chicken {Meal Prep}