ULTIMATE MEAL PREP + Kroger Grocery Haul (nutritious meals for a Disney family road trip!)

Aloha my friends!

Today I’m sharing a major meal prep that I pulled together to set us up for success for a Disney road trip we were headed on with our toddlers. I’m also including a Kroger grocery haul and I’ll share some of the Kroger deals I scored.

These recipes were really easy to put together. I’m a busy mom of three kids so I know how important it is to have quick and easy recipes that are nutritious and delicious. I tried to focus on making high protein choices during this meal prep but we mostly just try to eat a balanced diet, we don’t follow a specific nutrition plan.

Here’s the list of items we made for our Disney World vacation:

Shredded Pork
Crockpot Chicken
Turkey Meatballs
Loads of Veggies and Fruits for Sides
Breakfast Wraps
Pancakes
Waffles
Deli Sandwiches

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hello my friends welcome back to my Channel today we have a Kroger haul and another meal prep video this time we were meal prepping because we went to Disney World for the week of July 4th so in this video you’re going to see a lot of meal prepping going down I have a list here because I know that I’m going to mess up we made some shredded pork we made some Crock-Pot chicken we made our favorite hidden veggie turkey meatballs we make them pretty much every time our kids go crazy for them we made lots of veggies and fruits for sides breakfast wraps pancakes waffles and some deli sandwiches we didn’t go like as crazy as we did the last time if you want to check out even more meal prep inspiration I’ll link a video down below for the last time we did a big meal prep this time we knew we were going to be in Disney so we wanted to indulge in some of the Disney treats and Disney meals that they offer obviously so we didn’t go like as Buck Wild as we have in the past but I did want to share in case you need some inspiration on just a few ways that you can cut Corners when you go on vacation like for us if we even just eliminate the idea of having to buy breakfast somewhere breakfast is getting pretty pricey so having breakfast wraps ready to go it was so nice to just pop those in the microwave before we left or if you have an air fryer where you are pop in the air fryer even better and then you can save yourself sometimes $15 to $20 for that one meal so even something like that if you just focus on one thing at a time having food for the kids was a huge relief we kept a cooler underneath the stroller also one thing that we prep in this video but we didn’t actually like make in the video is I had bought some chicken drumsticks that you’ll see in the grocery haul portion and we used my guava barbecue sauce that I made in our anti-haul video which will also be linked down below and these drumsticks came out so so good in the video you’ll see how I cook barbecue ribs with that barbecue sauce and I essentially did the same process with the chicken and they came out so good I also just want to take a second because this is my channel and I can do what I want I have a permit to do what I want and just recognize my husband because you’re going to see this meal prep video and like 75% of it was completely done by him because I was working on a bunch of other stuff at the time in our relationship I love to cook so I generally Take the Lead when it comes to cooking because it’s something that brings me joy he likes to cook but doesn’t like love to cook but he’s never done like a big holiday or a big huge meal prep completely by himself but he stepped in and did it and it was just amazing and I just needed to take a second to recognize his efforts because it truly means the world to me so I did one of those ask me anything post on Instagram the other day and I got a really good amount of questions and one of them asked me how do you get it all done as a wife a mom and a content creator and first of all I don’t get everything done and I think that’s like the harmful part about social media is a lot of people are just sharing like a highlight reel right I it would be boring for me to post a video where I heat up frozen pizza or chicken nuggets that I throw on a salad because I don’t have the energy to cook that night but that does happen in this house so I don’t get everything done but the way that I do accomplish a lot is because of John JN is like the ultimate partner he is truly the ultimate partner we don’t keep a score with one another it’s not a matter of like well you did the dishes last night it’s my turn to do them tonight it’s just but if there’s something that needs to be done we tackle it I think both of us have a deep mutual respect for one another he works outside the home he works in a very physically demanding job and it’s also a mentally demanding job because he’s in a leadership role and I take my role as the stay-at-home parent while he’s at work I take that very seriously too I’m very respectful towards the fact that he’s busting his butt outside the house so when I’m at home by myself in between handling the kids I try to hustle and get as much done as possible too and then when he gets home from work we both tackle things together and then hope to be able to relax together afterwards so it’s like just Team all day long you know we’re very respectful of one another I do have to recognize the fact that it shouldn’t be as rare as it is but it is rare that a spouse that works outside the home takes on the domestic tasks with the tenacity and passion that JN does you know John like just goes at it and it’s like no big deal he loves to do it he loves to provide for his family in a multitude of ways and I am so grateful for it and I know we hear a lot of stories of people complaining about their spouses so I just want to help the narrative that that is not the case over here and if your standards are set low raise them up to J’s level okay let the people know out there let your spouses know that John’s exist they’re not unicorns we have been together 20 years it took us a long time to get to the partnership that we have but I’m very very grateful for it it does not mean our marriage is perfect by any means we have a lot of areas we could work on but when it comes to the partnership the co-parenting aspect it’s the best so as usual that was the longest ramble of all time you guys if you’ve been here before you already expected it right if you are new here thank you so much for being here thank you for clicking on that thumbnail and giving me a chance my name is Kate I am a stay-at-home mom I have three kids to and under over here I usually share a lot of haul videos I go to Costco a lot a video will be coming for you on Sunday and it’s a big one I do Sam’s Club Trader Joe’s just posted one of those recently also like in today’s video I do meal prep recipe inspiration so if you end up enjoying this video feel free to check out the rest of my channel because I have plenty more content just like it also if you see any of the videos that say plus a taste test that’s a special comical treat usually where John and I get in front of the camera and try out some treats we just did one at Trader Joe’s and the feedback was that it was pretty funny so go find out for yourself all right without further Ado let’s get into the video all right my friends I’m excited we have a very large Kroger haul for me at least I usually try to spend like less than 75 when I order from Kroger but they had a lot of deals going on and we’re going to be doing um more like fun meals while we’re in our RV we’re going to be on vacation so they end up being a little bit more pricey than my regular groceries so I do think however actually I don’t think it was $90 I think it was like 85 I think 85 for the amount that I got is actually really good so let’s take a look at some of the grocery deals I got today they were having a sale because July 4th is coming up on um like hot dog type things so I grabbed these smoked sausages I think they were like $3.99 or something like that so I grabbed this turkey cheddar and this double cheddar I also grabbed these are our favorite these cheddar BR wors from Kroger we really like those I got some pork sausages we’re going to make these and then put them in like breakfast burritos so they’re easy to wrap up I also grabbed our favorite 10 lb 10 lb $10 3 lb tub of ground turkey we also grabbed some chicken drumsticks we’re going to be taking the guava barbecue sauce that I recently made in my anti-haul video because I have plenty of that left over and we’re going to be making some delicious chicken drumsticks while we are in our RV camping also grabb some cold brew and some creamer that’s going to be for the RV for the drive down I grabbed some energy drinks in case we need them and then I also grabbed myself some of these seltzers they’re pink Apple and lemon they were on sale for $2.50 for eight cans so I grabbed that because I have been liking like sparkling water and stuff lately so I want to try that one out I also grabbed these little deep dish pizzas we’re just going to keep it in the freezer of the RV just in case we need like a super easy dinner or lunch or something we might not end up using it but I wanted to have it on hand just in case I ran out of brown sugar and it’ll be probably about a week or so until I can get to Sam’s Club or Costco so I just grabbed a small bag of that grabbed some sweet corn this is going to be for while we’re in the RV we will Grill these I grabbed a bunch of bananas for the kids I got a couple lemons and some zucchini we’re thinking we’re going to do some like fish foil packets on the grill in the RV also grab some broccoli that’s going to be to prep for the kids big watermelon that was on sale for $3.99 the kids love watermelon and I do tooo it’s so Quint essential summer so I grabbed that for snacking we also got a cheer a cheer a Caesar chopped kit that we can just throw a protein on top of it when we’re in the RV and it’s perfect and it’s good past the time we’re going to be in the RV I grabbed some sweet potatoes those are all for the kids I grabbed some of our favorite pasta we have a couple bags still but just in case I decide to make like a pasta salad I love rotini for pasta salad so I grabbed a bag of that and then these guys over here were on sale for 0 cents each which I thought was a great deal so I got two hot dog bun packs and three hamburger packs because it was a limit of five um and my plan is we’ll probably like use this like it’s bread and do some sandwiches for the road and then anything that we don’t use can go in the freezer you can store bread really nicely in the freezer and at 9 I wasn’t passing that up and then for some meal prep as well I grabbed some Spanish rice Pockets so that is is everything that I grabbed from Kroger this evening so this meal prep party was super straightforward we tried to make it as simple as possible on ourselves so John got the party started in our crockpots if you aren’t utilizing your Crock-Pot for meal prep let me tell you it’s a game Cher it’s so nice to just get a protein started in them while you move on to other things and not have to babysit in the crockpots John took one of the freezer meals I had previously put together to make a shredded pork for us as a protein which we ended up using to make barbecue pork sliders and some wraps while we were in the RV in the other he plops in some chicken breast with Italian dressing honey and garlic we didn’t have enough lime on hand otherwise that would have gone in there too a little bit of lime juice by the way I will have a link to my Amazon storefront in the description box if any of the tools that I used during this strike your fancy after the proteins got in their hot tub he moved on to putting together some meal packs for the kids we keep it really simple for them we usually just do lean proteins like chicken or turkey meatballs and then either pasta or rice for a starch and then some type of Veggie on the side we stored half of what you see in our RV’s fridge for the first couple of days and then the other half in the freezer for the last half of the trip it’s nothing new but it’s so good to see you we do this every day and I’m still so amazed by you so hold me tight through the [Music] night it’s just us too me and [Music] he then made us some egg patties in one of my favorite tools the dash mini pancake maker these egg patties were perfect for the next step where I throw together some breakfast wraps which had cheese the egg patties a turkey sausage and some sauce I lied it was the pork sausage you guys saw in the video earlier which we had just cooked up in the air fryer I ended up using a taco sauce on some of those and then the Kinder burger sauce on the others they came out delicious and like I said before it was so nice to just not even have to think about breakfast every [Music] morning I just feel so [Music] lucky still can’t believe you love me m I then made some deli sandwiches for the road trip just with turkey salami and cheese this was just so we didn’t feel the need to grab fast food anywhere with our RV and toe that would have probably been a very awkward site to see it never ends it’s being more than friends yeah you know I’m here to stay every every single day [Music] yeah so hold me tight through the [Music] night it’s just us two me and [Music] you oh I can’t believe you love [Music] me we also off camera had made some pancakes and mini waffles for the kiddos so you can see all of our efforts in this clip here as I mentioned we always store half in the fridge to use up right away and the rest in the freezer that way if we don’t end up needing it during the vacation we can have it to use once we get home which is always a bonus because it’s hard to get back in the swing of things when you first get home from vacation all right you guys thank you so much for spending a piece of your day with me it means to the world to me as always I hope that I delivered whatever you needed when you clicked on that thumbnail if I did please feel free to reward me with the thumbs up and I hope you have a magical day bye