The Fresh Fuel

04/03/2023

Man... we are IN it right now. I don't think I slept a full night in all of March. It's rough. With all the development leaps, the little sleep, the last week of sicknesses all around and my silly cough that hasnt subsided since December, I feel like we're just going more downhill every single day.

But, it's a season. It's a season where we learn and grow mentally because we are, for sure, not growing physically. We're currentling declining physically if I'm being honest😆 so we take this as a perfect opportunity for mental and spiritual growth focus.

In these seasons, I get anxious. Really anxious. I get anxious about everything and tend to explode and/or ghost. But I won't. Not going to ghost.

I'm going to show up big❤️

Leaning on God to be as faithful as He always is and doing the work on my end to posture my heart towards Him every single minute of every single day.

Sis, you're not alone in the struggle and anxiety of motherhood. You're not alone in the sleepless nights that seem to never end. You're not alone in the sicknesses passing back and forth. You're NEVER alone. I'm here with ya, but most importantly, God is in your heart always. Leaning on Him doesn't mean you're never nervous or anxious... it gives you a place to go when you get that way. It gives us hope to have more peace even in the really, really hard times.

In it with you, momma❤️

03/31/2023

Cooking up some REALLY good stuff for the April group that's now open for registration. We've got over 40 women signed up and ready to go with us! Doing a little work on content for the group today on the porch swing cause I'm feeling a bit inspired after some incredible client meetings this morning💖

Sister, life is too short to spend it stuck in one spot. We've got a group starting April 16 to bring you some positivity, some new perspective, some new/old community and some bomb recipes that'll hopefully light a fire.

I'm feeling really excited about it and I'm looking forward to seeing the next name on the list to take the step toward a better life.

P.S. Can you even with this Banana Maple Overnight Oats!?🤤

Four weeks of yummy recipes and joyful content for $30 only. Grab your spot here:

Need a refresher? Need to get back on the wagon? Need to feel better before summer starts? Even just need a positive group to get you feeling better?​Join us for our Spring 30-day meal plan/prep group! We've got simple one pot and sheet pan recipes for you for a busy but joyful time of year. We'll...

03/30/2023

‼️REGISTRATION FOR APRIL GROUP IS OPEN‼️

I thought about posting a really curated, cute picture of me and/or food to let you know that our April pop-up meal plan group is open but, in all honesty, I'm just tired and have no words🤣

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Real life: I'm tired. Like, really tired. My kids aren't sleeping. They all were running fever at some point. I was pretty sure I was battling pneumonia a few weeks ago. We're working so hard at meal prep that Ross and I kinda forget to talk to each other. We're not doing date nights regularly. The house is a mess. Life is really, really good but I'm just tired and have no words today🙄.

So, for now you won't be getting cutesy ads about signing up for the new group. If you want to join a group of exhausted moms trying to level up a bit for their families then come on. We're all in it together. I'll give you some really simple recipes for your family to enjoy and I'll give you some motivation to push you along the way.

I love these groups because they require me to slow down. It's a really good thing and it's coming at a really, really good time. I am excited to hone in on this group and get down to the good stuff with you guys inside. There's no rules. You pay $30 and I still message you privately when I don't hear from you or I still go live whenever I want and post multiple times a day and don't push you to sign up for other things inside this group you just signed up for. It just is what it is - it's how I've done it for almost 7 years and it's how I like it😍

It's $30 for thirty days for four weeks of recipes and grocery lists. Doesn't get cheaper (or better) than that.

Can we just promise to always be honest with each other?! Cause that felt real good... like reallllly good🤣🤣

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03/30/2023

Who's ready? Spring into a FreshFuel Life, our newest meal plan pop-up program, is opening today!

It's $30 for the entire month of yummy, simple recipes that your kiddos may or may not love (cause let's be honest, kids are weird and unpredictable). Either way, YOU'LL love it and it's time to take care of you right?!🙃

The community of ladies in these groups will light a fire under you and get you motivated again, sis.

Registration link posted at 11:00am(cst)❤️

P.S. My kids are in a weird food phase but they eat the messssss out of this Cheesburger Helper.

03/29/2023

Our next meal plan group opens for registration on Thursday!! Here's a sneak peak at a breakfast option🤤🤤

Get ready for April 16th and sign up with us Thursday (one time $30 payment for the entire month!) Comment below if you're in for four weeks of darn good recipes and community?🤩

You in?👇

03/26/2023

Gimme aaaaalllll the steak dishes right now! Such a fan of these yummy dishes that can be a light and fresh lunch OR dinner. Grab your groceries for this today and let me know what you think.

SESAME STEAK STIR FRY
SERVES 4

INGREDIENTS:
2 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
2 tbsp cornstarch
2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp garlic powder
healthy pinch salt and pepper
12-16oz top round steak, thinly sliced
1 cup dry basmati rice, cooked according to package instructions
2 bunches green onion, sliced into 1-inch pieces
1 package dry coleslaw mixture
1 red bell pepper; cored, seeded, and thinly sliced

DIRECTIONS:
1. Add maple syrup, soy sauce, cornstarch, sesame oil, ground ginger, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to a large ziploc bag the shack to mix up. Add steak strips to the bag then shake again to coat the steak. Let marinate in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
2. Cook rice according to package instructions.
3. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Once the pan is hot, add the contents of the ziploc bag. Cook steak for a few minutes on each side then remove from the skillet while the middle is still slightly pink.
4. While the pan is still hot, add the green onions, coleslaw mixture, and red bell pepper then saute until veggies are soft, about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cooked steak & rice back to the skillet then mix and remove pan from heat and serve!

Share it if you love it💖

03/25/2023

ONLY 20 SLOTS LEFT at www.freshfuelmealprep.com

03/24/2023

At the end of this busy week, I pray that you have a restful weekend. Maybe not restful in the way you're thinking - lots of sleep, tons of down time, less to do's - that's not what I mean. I pray that it's restful for your heart and soul. Sure, actual rest is great and I'm praying you get that, too. But, I truly hope and pray that you get some rest for your soul by getting a break from the daily routine of the Monday-Friday grind for yourself and your family.

I pray that your worries and fears about work stuff or kid school stuff goes away for a little bit so that you can enjoy each other. I pray that you truly take a day where no work gets done and you just spend the day with your family however you choose.

Whether you love your job or hate your job, it is SO easy to overwork yourself. If you feel like you're drowning, you may feel like you need to keep your head above water by doing some things on the weekend that'll "catch you up" for work. If you feel like you love your job so much that you don't want to take a break, you can work until you get so burned out. I pray you give yourself a work break this weekend.... for your heart and soul.

Be with the people you love and the people that love you. Watch movies together, play outside together, have a picnic together, talk at the dinner table together, color together, lay in bed and read books together - not for the whole weekend but just enough for your soul to want more of it next weekend.

I pray your family feels YOUR love this weekend and I pray that you feel theirs. Rest your heart with theirs this weekend, friends💖
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P.S. If you want to spend the weekend with them instead of meal prepping, we've got you covered with ALREADY COOKED food. Just pop it in the microwave and voila, time to eat🤤 see the menu here before we sell out: www.freshfuelmealprep.com

03/21/2023

If you don't love cottage cheese but WANT to love cottage cheese, this is the PERFECT recipe for you to try. The cottage cheese acts as yogurt/mayo while adding more protein AND flavor than either of those. It's filled with lots of goodness and a whole lotta love.

And... it's so freaking easy!🤯

COTTAGE CHEESE CHICKEN SALAD
SERVES 6

INGREDIENTS:
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast
6 stalks celery, diced
1 red onion, diced
1 red bell pepper; cored, seeded, and diced
1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced
1 cup small curd cottage cheese
6 oz plain greek yogurt
juice of one lemon
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1 tbsps olive oil
healthy pinch salt and pepper
whole wheat wraps for serving (optional)

DIRECTIONS:
1. Cook your chicken: OPTION 1) In an instant pot with 1 cup chicken broth, seal, and cook for 10-12 minutes then shred OR OPTION 2) Preheat the oven to 400F. Add chicken to a baking dish, drizzle with olive oil then bake for 20-30 minutes, or until cooked through, then shred.
2. Combine cooked and shredded chicken with ALL OTHER ingredients in a large bowl then toss until well combined.
3. Serve plain (bowl + fork) or in a whole wheat wrap!

03/20/2023

I definitely haven't always been a morning person - just ask my mom🙃

But I am now.

As a mom of three little boys, each morning looks totally different. Some mornings, it's being frustrated with the kids for waking me up at an insanely early hour. Some mornings, it's having all three kids piled up next to me in my bed until 7:30 only to rush around the house and yell while everyone quickly gets their clothes on and breakfast down before school. But then there are those other mornings, like this morning, where I have two hours alone to do some Bible work, some FreshFuel work, make breakfast and sit outside on my new porch swing alone with my coffee.

It looks different every single day, but I've found that the one thing that never fails to give me the most peace for my day is getting up before them. And because they like waking up around 5 on the occasional morning, it may look like 4:30 for me. It's hard to get out of bed when it's dark and cold and everyone else is warm and snuggly but that force is what does it. That force to do something I know doesn't feel good in the moment but will right after I say yes to doing it.

Nothing in life is easy. Everything takes work... and even a little force to push us out of our autopilot lives and push us into bigger and better ways of living.

What's that one thing you're not ready to do and that almost hurts to do but you know that once you force yourself to do it, it'll make all the difference in your world and your life? Do that today. Force yourself to do one thing that isn't easy and that feels uncomfortable and unfair and uneasy but that sets you on a new path for your day, your week and your year😍

Before I walk back inside out of this 35° weather and into my STILL snuggling house, I'll pray for you. I'll pray for you to specifically feels God's strength WITH you in this journey of life because it's the only way we can do those really, really hard things❤️

Hugs, my friend. Happy Monday☀️

03/17/2023

Warm yourself up with this over the weekend!😍

‼️And, p.s. check your email‼️

CAJUN CABBAGE SKILLET
SERVES 4

INGREDIENTS:
2 tbsps olive oil
1 lb chicken andouille sausages, sliced into rounds
1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
4 garlic cloves, minced
healthy pinch salt and pepper
1/2 head green cabbage; cored, halved crosswise and sliced
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
3 tbsps apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp butter
1 apple, cored and diced
for serving: sliced green onions and hot sauce

DIRECTIONS:
1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Once oil is hot, add the sliced chicken sausage in a single layer then cook until browned, about 2-3 minutes, then flip and do the same with the second side. Remove sausage from pan and set aside.
2. With the pan still hot, add the onion, garlic, salt, and pepper. Toss to coat then cook until onions are soft and garlic is fragrant, about 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Next, mix in the cabbage, crushed red pepper, and vinegar then cook until cabbage is tender-ish, about 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Finally, add the butter, cooked chicken sausage slices, and diced apple pieces. Cook until the butter is melted and the apple slices are tender and golden, 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5. Divide skillet mixture between container and top with sliced green onion and hot sauce if desired.

03/16/2023

‼️STOP AND READ‼️

THE MOMENT YOU STOP THINKING THAT HEALTH IS JUST ABOUT DIET AND EXERCISE IS THE MOMENT YOUR LIFE CHANGES.

If you think what you eat and how much you move is the only thing that you need to work on for your health, you are going to continue to be disappointed.

Health is EVERY SINGLE PART OF YOU. You can look good, eat good, exercise more and STILL not feel good about yourself or about your life and THAT IS NOT HEALTHY!

Health is a lot more than what the world is telling you it is. There's no secret to health - you've gotta work on EVERY SINGLE PART OF YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY! There's no easy way out and there's no perfect diet to have your cake and eat it too. You've got to work for it because you WANT to work for it.

Too many of us are starting with the food and movement and skipping over the most important part - the heart work. The heart work is what gets you ready for the rest.

Have you hopped from diet to diet or program to program? It isn't a failure on your part and it isn't because the diet/program wasn't good, it's because some more heart work needed to be done before you got started and that's ok. Nobody told you that was the most important part.

Look, I truly believe that every single diet/program out there can work for you as a starting point or even as something that completely changes your life, but I believe that NOTHING will work for you if your heart and mind isn't set on a life change because, heck, maybe that's the secret sauce.