I just wanted to say I am going to my first consultation for Gastric Bypass April 25th due to a Hiatal Hernia....looking forward to your video on your WLS.
Hi and greetings from Jen at Alaskafamilykitchen! Thanks for sharing your recipes. My mom grew up in Michigan and used to make the ham salad all the time when I was a kid. I had completely forgotten about it until your video! I will be making some this week!
hi Jen, awesome idea to use the Trader Joe's salad dressing as a marinade. I'm going to give that a try. I will try some of your other recipes on this video as well. It's funny that you were made Tabouleh. It's a very middle eastern dish but it's delicious. My parents are both from the Dominican Republic but my dad is half Turkish. There is a large Turkish community in the Dominican Republic and they make an awesome Tabouleh Salad. It's just a strange but refreshing and delicious side dish. You inspired me to make one this weekend if I gather the courage. I've never actually made it myself. I always had it when we went to DR for vacations and at family gatherings here in the states. I also took advantage of the sale going on over at the Loft website per your recommendations a couple of videos ago. I ordered some tops and they totaled like $30.00 for about 5 tops. I was shocked. I've never ordered from them so we'll see how they fit. Thanks for the great ideas and have a great week everyone!.
YUM! YUM! YUM! YUM! Everything looks scrumptious! I've already tried the Maid Rites and my hubby has requested it 3 times since then. The cold thai noodle salad with salmon is next on my list. My husband has been a construction worker for going on 25 years and has always taken his lunch. That has been a lot of ham and turkey sandwiches and chef salads. He finally has access to a microwave, so he has really been enjoying taking leftovers from dinner. 😁 I did make him a couple of the snack boxes last week and he loved the idea! Thanks so much.for sharing sweet friend! Love and squishy hugs😍
Angela Mullis My husband takes a 'Hot Logic' insulated lunchbox to work -- it has an electric warming plate inside. Sometimes it's easier to come by a power outlet than a microwave/kitchen on the job. 😊
Hey Jen , happy Tuesday. I live for these videos. I don't know why but they are extremely exciting and therapeutic!! Besides that,I get the best meal ideas. I wish I was on top of things as well as you. Have a great day!!.
Ty for sharing ur prep meal's with us new sub here. N yes Cafe Rio is a fave of mine, my granddaughter is a Mngr there . There salad dressing is so delicious ...tfs😊
Happy to hear you're planning to do a knife skills video. That will be awesome. :) That asian style spicy peanut vinaigrette from TJs is amazing. I use it to make grain bowls all the time, even my 17yo LOVES it. BBQ chicken flatbreads sounds so yummy. I may try to vegan-ize that for next week. I had no idea bulgar was so easy to make! That tabbouleh looks phenomenal. Need to add the cold noodle salad to my menu next week. Thanks for this great, inspiring video.
Yaaaaaay Lebanese tabboukeh! You have a Lebanese subscriber here!! 🇱🇧❤ Original recipe doesn't call for cucumber though. 🤗🤗 a secret ingredient to this is some lemon zest. 🍋
Tabouleh is pronounced Tah-boo-le. You can make it also with quinoa instead of bulgur wheat, if you cannot find bulgur wheat. It tastes very similar to the Bulgur, but is healthier.
Hi Jen. Man that thai salad you made looks so good... I will be making that soon. I tried the rosemary ham from Trader Joe's that you recommend. That ham is sooo good. Thanks Jen for all the inspiration!
The coconut she calls for is unsweetened. You really don't notice it, but it give the banana bread an extra something something. Next time, try it as written. You might be surprised.
Using the bento and having to warm part of the food if needed is it difficult just wondering?? Thank you for the awesome videosssss meal preps are my absolute ☝ favorite!!!! 👏👏👏👍
Everything looks so good! Definitely going to try several of these recipes. I make my brats and kraut in the pressure cooker. After browning the brats, I add onions, caraway seed, butter and a bit of maple syrup to the kraut and cook them on the beef setting (I think) on my cooker. They are so tender and delicious. You could add your beer in as well. Looking forward to your next video!
You do come up with the best menus!! Those brats, sauerkraut and the pasta salad..I want them NOW!! But everything looks really good! I’m seriously sitting with a notepad and pen..I may have to get a dedicated notepad just for JEN stuff! Now don’t know what tickles me more, Murphy’s beautiful nose and eyeball peeking up over the counter, or your robo-vac running around on the floor in the background!! Lol!
Totally fan girled over the oxo salad spinner today 😂 I was telling a lady at the office how you use it and she asked how I liked mine and I just laughed and told her that I only know from my FAV TH-camr’s videos 😂 maybe it’s time for my own 🤔 love your videos ♥️
The Tabbouleh was great. As an Arab who has been preparing and eating it during my entire adult life (25 + years) I can tell you that you did an amazing job! Try adding cumin and a little hot pepper spice to it. Also, try it with quinoa instead of bulgur, tastes just the same and is even healthier! Love these meal prep vids and I look forward to them every week.
Do you put the crock in cold or do you let it come to room temp and then turn it on? I've had a cold baking stone bust in my oven before and I was just wondering what your process was cause that sure looks like a game changer!
Hands down, best banana bread recipe is America’s Test Kitchen. It is delicious. I’ve tried many, including Martha’s which was my go-to for many years, until ATK. It would be fun to see a banana bread taste challenge. 😜 Also, where did you get that beautiful cake dome/pedestal? I love it!
I've heard you mention before the family history of your bowls -- in our family, that large yellow bowl served as my grandpa's popcorn bowl. 😊 Seeing it on your channel always makes me think of him and smile! ❤️ Going to try the Asian noodle salad -- looks delicious!
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I don’t know how u do it but you’re amazing!! Hats off to u for working full time and prepping such healthy and delicious meals for your family!! God bless!!
Love Maid Rites! I grew up knowing them as loose meat sandwiches and mom always served them with thinly sliced sweet onions and potato chips. Really brings back good memories for me. Thanks for sharing!
Love tabouleh but haven't made it in sooo long... on the menu for this week! That Thai noodle salad too! Mmm! Love TJ's peanut dressing but never thought to use it to bake salmon! I'm from the east coast of Canada and drive to Maine at least twice a year to stock up on my Trader Joe's favorites and that peanut dressing is one of them. Love how hopeful Murphy looks that you'll drop something on the floor when you're meal prepping!
I kept hearing about skill share but hadn’t looked into it. Thanks for explaining it! I’m definitely interested in improving my skills in the kitchen and will try the trial month!
Most Tabbouleh recipes use a lot of scallions along with the parsley so it was a good call to add more scallions. It is a terrific salad. I used to eat it often in the 70’s. My favorite hummus recipe is from the first Barefoot Contessa Cookbook. I also like the one from the 1st Moosewood Collective book in the late 70’s.
I was not a fan of the Chrissy Teigen banana bread either. I also tried the Martha Stewart one you use and it was ok but not my fave. My go to recipe is as follows: 2 ripe bananas 1 egg 3/4 c sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1/3 c butter 1 1/2 c flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 pinch of salt Bake @ 350 for 45 -55 mins (depending on your oven). Sometimes I add pecans or walnuts & chocolate chips.
I think my husband's Grandmother made those sandwiches, she called them mexi burgers ( nothing Mexican about them lol). I too love the peanut butter Asian salads! I'm actually making one this week but with zoodles and carrot "noodles". We are also making brats this week! Happy Spring!
Absolutely love your meal prep videos! I’m always so sad when they end… LOL. Thank you for doing a phenomenal job and showing us some great new recipes thank you , I really appreciate it. Please do another one again soon
I have been on WW a few months and decided I would do so much better if I upped my meal prep skills. You are my inspiration!!!!!! I can’t take the WW prep videos that I have watched because of all of the tweaking and those weird ceramic knives they use. Your knife skills are awesome as well organization skills.
@@Jen-Chapin Oh my goodness..I live in Ohio and Greenville is famous for Maid rites. It is loose hamburger and its kind of sweat and peppery. It is a little hole in the wall cement block building and the one whole side is covered with gum...which sounds disgusting and it but it is just something the teenagers started back in the 50's. What is your's like?
Oh sorry! Yeah I cooked it on low 8-10 hours. That’s weird. Here is the correct link! www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/slow-cooker-drip-beef-sandwiches-5623724
I just tried the best salad and dressing on Easter...Its called Mayberry Salad? Its lettuce, parmesan cheese and slivered almonds...the dressing is Apple Juice, Vinegar, sugar and something else but it was amazing!!! I would definately google it!!!! I am definitely gonna make that Asian Noodle salad!!!!
Jen, have you created a store on Amazon? I’ve seen many other youtubers do it so then you can leave that link and not each item each video. Just a thought! 💕
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Amazing...your husband's colleagues must be asking their wives to up their game, after seeing his delicious and varied lunches.
I just wanted to say I am going to my first consultation for Gastric Bypass April 25th due to a Hiatal Hernia....looking forward to your video on your WLS.
Hi and greetings from Jen at Alaskafamilykitchen! Thanks for sharing your recipes. My mom grew up in Michigan and used to make the ham salad all the time when I was a kid. I had completely forgotten about it until your video! I will be making some this week!
Totally adding that Thai salad to my potluck list! Yum! Also I seriously thought your roomba was a GIANT BUG 🐜 for a second at 14:57! Haha.
hi Jen, awesome idea to use the Trader Joe's salad dressing as a marinade. I'm going to give that a try. I will try some of your other recipes on this video as well. It's funny that you were made Tabouleh. It's a very middle eastern dish but it's delicious. My parents are both from the Dominican Republic but my dad is half Turkish. There is a large Turkish community in the Dominican Republic and they make an awesome Tabouleh Salad. It's just a strange but refreshing and delicious side dish. You inspired me to make one this weekend if I gather the courage. I've never actually made it myself. I always had it when we went to DR for vacations and at family gatherings here in the states. I also took advantage of the sale going on over at the Loft website per your recommendations a couple of videos ago. I ordered some tops and they totaled like $30.00 for about 5 tops. I was shocked. I've never ordered from them so we'll see how they fit. Thanks for the great ideas and have a great week everyone!.
YUM! YUM! YUM! YUM! Everything looks scrumptious! I've already tried the Maid Rites and my hubby has requested it 3 times since then. The cold thai noodle salad with salmon is next on my list. My husband has been a construction worker for going on 25 years and has always taken his lunch. That has been a lot of ham and turkey sandwiches and chef salads. He finally has access to a microwave, so he has really been enjoying taking leftovers from dinner. 😁 I did make him a couple of the snack boxes last week and he loved the idea! Thanks so much.for sharing sweet friend! Love and squishy hugs😍
Angela Mullis My husband takes a 'Hot Logic' insulated lunchbox to work -- it has an electric warming plate inside. Sometimes it's easier to come by a power outlet than a microwave/kitchen on the job. 😊
Ooh Jen, definitely making the cold noodle salad,my mouth is watering 😂 the dressing too! Always kicking ass in the kitchen, TFS ♥️
Hey Jen , happy Tuesday. I live for these videos. I don't know why but they are extremely exciting and therapeutic!! Besides that,I get the best meal ideas. I wish I was on top of things as well as you. Have a great day!!.
Thank you Valerie!
Even when I want a recipe I never make it. But here, this Asian pasta salad one, I have to make!! I love peanut sauce!! Thanks!
Yummy, i need to make the Thai peanut salad, that is right up my alley. I love your suggestions and ideas
Ty for sharing ur prep meal's with us new sub here. N yes Cafe Rio is a fave of mine, my granddaughter is a Mngr there . There salad dressing is so delicious ...tfs😊
Maid Rite in Springfield, IL makes the BEST Maid Rites in the world! 😁😁😁 I could be wrong but I think they use ground brisket. Soooo good!
Happy to hear you're planning to do a knife skills video. That will be awesome. :) That asian style spicy peanut vinaigrette from TJs is amazing. I use it to make grain bowls all the time, even my 17yo LOVES it. BBQ chicken flatbreads sounds so yummy. I may try to vegan-ize that for next week. I had no idea bulgar was so easy to make! That tabbouleh looks phenomenal. Need to add the cold noodle salad to my menu next week. Thanks for this great, inspiring video.
The noodle salad sounds like it would be delicious for breakfast. Always enjoy your prep days.
Yaaaaaay Lebanese tabboukeh! You have a Lebanese subscriber here!! 🇱🇧❤
Original recipe doesn't call for cucumber though. 🤗🤗 a secret ingredient to this is some lemon zest. 🍋
Tabouleh is pronounced Tah-boo-le. You can make it also with quinoa instead of bulgur wheat, if you cannot find bulgur wheat. It tastes very similar to the Bulgur, but is healthier.
Wow everything looks delicious! Thank you for this Amazing video! :)
this is my fave banana bread www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/the-best-banana-bundt-cake-dorie-greenspan-434380
Hi Jen. Man that thai salad you made looks so good... I will be making that soon. I tried the rosemary ham from Trader Joe's that you recommend. That ham is sooo good. Thanks Jen for all the inspiration!
All weekend I’ve done my chores and watched your videos. They are so motivational keep it up. I need them lol!!!
The coconut she calls for is unsweetened. You really don't notice it, but it give the banana bread an extra something something. Next time, try it as written. You might be surprised.
Using the bento and having to warm part of the food if needed is it difficult just wondering?? Thank you for the awesome videosssss meal preps are my absolute ☝ favorite!!!! 👏👏👏👍
Thank you! I don’t put foods that need to be warmed in a bento :)
Where does everyone buy your salmon? My family loves it but $$.
Great meal prep video as always. Thanks for sharing with us!
Lol! I need to make that Thai pasta salad! Drooling!!!
Referenced banana bread recipe today: definite banger!!
Everything looks so good! Definitely going to try several of these recipes. I make my brats and kraut in the pressure cooker. After browning the brats, I add onions, caraway seed, butter and a bit of maple syrup to the kraut and cook them on the beef setting (I think) on my cooker. They are so tender and delicious. You could add your beer in as well. Looking forward to your next video!
Yum! That sounds delish!
you are just awesome,my friend. 💕
You do come up with the best menus!! Those brats, sauerkraut and the pasta salad..I want them NOW!! But everything looks really good! I’m seriously sitting with a notepad and pen..I may have to get a dedicated notepad just for JEN stuff! Now don’t know what tickles me more, Murphy’s beautiful nose and eyeball peeking up over the counter, or your robo-vac running around on the floor in the background!! Lol!
Haha thank you!!
Totally fan girled over the oxo salad spinner today 😂 I was telling a lady at the office how you use it and she asked how I liked mine and I just laughed and told her that I only know from my FAV TH-camr’s videos 😂 maybe it’s time for my own 🤔 love your videos ♥️
Haha!!! Thank you!
The Tabbouleh was great. As an Arab who has been preparing and eating it during my entire adult life (25 + years) I can tell you that you did an amazing job! Try adding cumin and a little hot pepper spice to it. Also, try it with quinoa instead of bulgur, tastes just the same and is even healthier! Love these meal prep vids and I look forward to them every week.
Thank you so much!
These are my favorite videos you do.
The Thai noodle salad looks awesome!
Live maid rite. Have one in my town
Do you put the crock in cold or do you let it come to room temp and then turn it on? I've had a cold baking stone bust in my oven before and I was just wondering what your process was cause that sure looks like a game changer!
I put it in cold but only use the low setting. :)
Hands down, best banana bread recipe is America’s Test Kitchen. It is delicious. I’ve tried many, including Martha’s which was my go-to for many years, until ATK. It would be fun to see a banana bread taste challenge. 😜 Also, where did you get that beautiful cake dome/pedestal? I love it!
I've heard you mention before the family history of your bowls -- in our family, that large yellow bowl served as my grandpa's popcorn bowl. 😊 Seeing it on your channel always makes me think of him and smile! ❤️ Going to try the Asian noodle salad -- looks delicious!
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I don’t know how u do it but you’re amazing!! Hats off to u for working full time and prepping such healthy and delicious meals for your family!! God bless!!
I signed up for Skillshare. Excited about learning new things! TFS!!
Love Maid Rites! I grew up knowing them as loose meat sandwiches and mom always served them with thinly sliced sweet onions and potato chips. Really brings back good memories for me. Thanks for sharing!
Jen you mentioned maidrites from where u were from..r u from Greenville ohio? I'm like 15mins from there lol
Haha no! From Iowa :)
Omg everything look sooo good yummy Thank you for sharing with us You’re the Best Jen .. !!!
Everything looks delicious! Put a couple of these on my menu for this week. Hummus snack boxes are my favorite.
Love tabouleh but haven't made it in sooo long... on the menu for this week! That Thai noodle salad too! Mmm! Love TJ's peanut dressing but never thought to use it to bake salmon! I'm from the east coast of Canada and drive to Maine at least twice a year to stock up on my Trader Joe's favorites and that peanut dressing is one of them. Love how hopeful Murphy looks that you'll drop something on the floor when you're meal prepping!
I just love these videos! You have such great dinner ideas! I bet everyone you work with loves seeing what you have for lunch. Thanks for sharing!
I kept hearing about skill share but hadn’t looked into it. Thanks for explaining it! I’m definitely interested in improving my skills in the kitchen and will try the trial month!
I’m surprised you didn’t rinse the salmon...😂
Ha!
Meal prep makes my life so much easier when I get home from work! Thanks for sharing!
Chrissy’s banana bread recipe is excellent. I made it when she posted it on Snapchat, way before the book was published.
As always great food prep video. Thank you for sharing This food prep and meal plan
After soaking romaine lettuce in salad spinner how long dose it stay good for in fridge ?
Most Tabbouleh recipes use a lot of scallions along with the parsley so it was a good call to add more scallions. It is a terrific salad. I used to eat it often in the 70’s. My favorite hummus recipe is from the first Barefoot Contessa Cookbook. I also like the one from the 1st Moosewood Collective book in the late 70’s.
Oh yes, I have that barefoot contessa cookbook too!
Jen Chapin I have all her books but my favorite is her first book.
You didn’t wash your bananas.....😂
Bahaha!
Great meal prep
I ❤your meal Prep videos! There not hard and easier for real life!
I’m from Newton so I miss Maidrites so so much!
I was not a fan of the Chrissy Teigen banana bread either. I also tried the Martha Stewart one you use and it was ok but not my fave. My go to recipe is as follows:
2 ripe bananas
1 egg
3/4 c sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 c butter
1 1/2 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 pinch of salt
Bake @ 350 for 45 -55 mins (depending on your oven). Sometimes I add pecans or walnuts & chocolate chips.
Thank you!!
I think my husband's Grandmother made those sandwiches, she called them mexi burgers ( nothing Mexican about them lol).
I too love the peanut butter Asian salads! I'm actually making one this week but with zoodles and carrot "noodles". We are also making brats this week! Happy Spring!
I was thinking about making them with cucumber noodles too!
Everything looks delicious
All the food looks delicious. I really enjoying watching your cooking and food prep. Love and Blessings
Thank you Stacey!
How long does it take you to cook all this?
About 3.5 hrs
Absolutely love your meal prep videos! I’m always so sad when they end… LOL. Thank you for doing a phenomenal job and showing us some great new recipes thank you , I really appreciate it. Please do another one again soon
Thank you!!
I have been on WW a few months and decided I would do so much better if I upped my meal prep skills. You are my inspiration!!!!!! I can’t take the WW prep videos that I have watched because of all of the tweaking and those weird ceramic knives they use. Your knife skills are awesome as well organization skills.
Thank you!
Thank you for the SkillShare link.
Are you From Greenville? Love Maid-rites!
No ma’am, from Iowa!
@@Jen-Chapin Oh my goodness..I live in Ohio and Greenville is famous for Maid rites. It is loose hamburger and its kind of sweat and peppery. It is a little hole in the wall cement block building and the one whole side is covered with gum...which sounds disgusting and it but it is just something the teenagers started back in the 50's. What is your's like?
Love your meal prep videos. Can you share the recipe for the crockpot Italian Beef. I couldn't find the link. Thanks.
It’s in the description box under “drip beef sandwiches” :)
She cooks it on top of the stove. If you put it in the crockpot how many hours on high or low. Thanks again
Oh sorry! Yeah I cooked it on low 8-10 hours. That’s weird. Here is the correct link! www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/slow-cooker-drip-beef-sandwiches-5623724
@@Jen-Chapin THANKS JEN!
I love tabouleh but I can never find bulgar wheat in the grocery store. I use quinoa instead and it's delicious.
Yeah it is hard to find here too!
I love love the meal prep videos!!!
Best prep video ive ever watched. Im making all this
Thank you Jenn!
I just tried the best salad and dressing on Easter...Its called Mayberry Salad? Its lettuce, parmesan cheese and slivered almonds...the dressing is Apple Juice, Vinegar, sugar and something else but it was amazing!!! I would definately google it!!!! I am definitely gonna make that Asian Noodle salad!!!!
Oh that sounds delish!!
@@Jen-Chapin Right?? Let me know if you like it! 😉
Oh Jen.....you're the best.
I’m wondering if you would please do a video on how you organize your recipes with the page protectors, etc.
When u use your salad spinner can I use apple cider vinegar?
Yes I have before!
The salad looks great.
I can’t have the soy sauce and have had the coconut aminos. Do you know any more replacements for soy sauce?
Tx
Can you use tamari?
No, nothing with soy.
#VlogHard merch please lol
Jen, have you created a store on Amazon? I’ve seen many other youtubers do it so then you can leave that link and not each item each video. Just a thought! 💕
I need to do this. I have tried to work on it but the interface to do this is not convenient, it’s a PITA! 😜
Jen Chapin Yeah wasn’t sure how “easy” it was to do. Gotta weigh the pros and cons!
You do a great job enjoy your videos 👍
Thank you Judy!
Firstly I love your channel!! Also if you freeze your ginger it lasts longer and grates super easy!! ❤️❤️
Thank you!
The vacuum cleaner in the bacground😁
😂
You're legit like a cooler Martha Stewart.
Hahaha!! Thank you!