Jen, I have been loving your content lately. We all certainly missed you while you were on a break, but I hope it was what you needed to feel refreshed and bring back your passion for youtube!
Thanks Jen! This was different than your usual recipes, so I was interested to see how it all turned out. I agree that the amount of work needed for those lime tarts is really too much work for a so-so dessert. I expected it to be spectacular lol. I really never had coconut rice, and I’m excited to give that a go. The other recipes looked really appetizing too - as you always make your recipes! It was fun to watch❤
Great video. I have Lisa’s cookbook also, so it was fun to see a “home cook” create the (mostly) entire meal prep and give an honest review. Hope to see more healthy meal prep videos! I really like her seasonal meal prep ideas too (on her channel).
Your meal prep posts always give me such great things to plan. I fell in love with your pepper grinder and had to get one. I never knew they made a battery operated pepper grinder until I started watching your channel---Thank You Jen
Great insights! I agree key lime tarts are a bit fussy and not something I would do, but tasty I’m sure. The shrimp looks yummy and I agree more is needed. I would only prep shrimp for 2 days out. You’ve got me thinking and motivated! Thanks!
All the recipes with the exception of the little desserts looked nice and quite simple. Would try them, of course starting with the shrimp recipe. Good tip on storing the pecans. They do keep a very long time in the freezer that way. Lots of good tips in this one Jen. Thank you so much. See you soon.
Magazine-worthy food presentation, Jen! Those are good whole food recipes; not processed foods. I’ll agree with everyone on the lime tarts-too much work. Although nuts are whole, natural, foods, they are calorically dense so one of those tiny tarts would be enough!
Jen, I've been binge-watching your videos for the last few months and I just love all the content you put out. As someone who also works in healthcare, seeing someone like you do so much (while also acknowledging they can't do it all and that's OKAY!) is inspiring. It's great to see, too, someone who makes cooking accessible for a wide range of diets, time, varying locales, skills, and available equipment! You've given me ideas aplenty for the kitchen! Also, I truly enjoy your stances on social justice (Pride, racism, feminism, etc.) and cooking for causes (Lasagna Love) while donating your profits to the issues you care about. You put your money where your mouth is and it shows. Looking forward for more videos in the Chapin-verse!
Hello, Jen. Yes, I agree. Prepping food ahead saves so much time during the week! I also prep ingredients such as some proteins, produce and grains and mix and match. Total game changer!
With respect to Factor, my personal experience was that their food was mostly very good, they were famous for not shipping everything I ordered and they don’t tell me. When I called they just said they sold out of that meal… pretty much to bad for you. This happened more than once so I called & they said they would give me a credit, for which I said “No, I want a refund!” They refunded me and I cancelled the service. Beware!
I have tried literally every service and yes, sometimes things go missing. I have always had really great customer service though! Never a problem with Factor, but I have had problems with Hello Fresh many times.
Hi Jen, great video, thanks for sharing. I always prep ahead of time. It just makes the cooking so much easier. Also I have Arthritis in my back so I have to take brakes with cooking. Have a great rest of your week.❤️
I love this and definitely how I cook. You may want to try some additional weekly meal prep plans…..here are some of my favorites (tried and true). 1) Cook Once, Eat All Week by Cassy Joy Garcia (she also has a YT channel). This concept means you take 1 protein and 2 veggies/starch and create 3 different complete meals for the week. It is gluten-free for those doing low-carb but it is also easy to sub in some gluten items if you want. For instance one week is: chicken breast, tomatoes, and rice to make Green Chili Chicken Casserole, chicken Parmesan Bake and Cajun Chicken and Rice skillet. The prep is included in 1ish hour of prep but it is step by step from longest to shortest task. She also includes 2 bonus dinners each week for variety. These are a standard protein, veggie and starch that is easy to throw together and is intended to be prepped alongside the main meals. Another good feature is she has lots of substitutions to cater to a variety of diets. It includes the full shopping list, prep tasks, bonus meals, and full recipes. 2) Damn Delicious by Chungah Rhee. I use this to make 1-2 recipes for me and my husband’s lunches. I usually can quickly make these recipes while I am meal prepping dinners for weeknights. 3) Hands down favorite is the website tastesbetterfromscratch.com. She has pre-planned meal plans that include printable shopping lists and recipes. Or you can add the website for free and curate your own meal plans that create the shopping list and recipes. (With your knowledge and practice with meal prep you can easily prep components on the weekend for quicker weeknight meals.)
Another great video! I have that cook book also. I use her recipes regularly. Try the turkey spinach patties. I double them. So good! Thank you for trying the key lime dessert. Too intimidating for me!!
ooh i was so excited to see this video on Lisa’s cookbook. I’ve been following her for years and have made quite a few of her recipes and also have done some of her meal preps too. Her broccoli salad is my most requested dish for potlucks. For me learning how to make healthier foods has paid off healthwise for myself and my family..Jen, Thank you for the amazing job you do… I think the Food d Network is missing out by not hiring you, 😘
I just bought it!! It is pretty if nothing else. LOL. i wanna make the Shrimp! and the Rice. Drooling a little. And the Mediterranean egg breakfast thing.:) Thank you for the video!
I'm not sure about finding actual key limes here, but I've found a bottle of key lime juice to make a key lime pie. I'm not sure which is better, fresh lime juice or actual key lime juice. I live in Michigan so maybe you could find it also. I have your same measuring spoons, fyi! Some of the magnets have come off over the years but I still ordered another set! lol I don't meal prep but I still like these videos! Thanks Jen!
Well, you did good. I followed Lisa. She's absolutely excellent in what she does. She was a little too sophisticated for me. I still check her channel every now and again. I do so much better with the likes of your channel, even as intelligent that you are, you still speak our language. No, I'm not criticizing anybody. I'm just not her kind of cook. The shrimp dinner looked fantastic ❤
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Thank you so much, I appreciate it!
Jen, I have been loving your content lately. We all certainly missed you while you were on a break, but I hope it was what you needed to feel refreshed and bring back your passion for youtube!
@@AprilLee1996 thank you so much !!
Thanks Jen! This was different than your usual recipes, so I was interested to see how it all turned out. I agree that the amount of work needed for those lime tarts is really too much work for a so-so dessert. I expected it to be spectacular lol. I really never had coconut rice, and I’m excited to give that a go. The other recipes looked really appetizing too - as you always make your recipes! It was fun to watch❤
I really love this style of meal prep. I tend to do a lot of ingredient prep and other things that make dinner easier for me throughout the week.
Thank you for doing this. I like Lisa’s channel but I haven’t made anything from her recipes yet. I definitely need more meal prep in my life!
Great video. I have Lisa’s cookbook also, so it was fun to see a “home cook” create the (mostly) entire meal prep and give an honest review. Hope to see more healthy meal prep videos! I really like her seasonal meal prep ideas too (on her channel).
OMG, I just purchased this week before last! I've been following her for a while now. Beautiful illustrations, too!
Your meal prep posts always give me such great things to plan. I fell in love with your pepper grinder and had to get one. I never knew they made a battery operated pepper grinder until I started watching your channel---Thank You Jen
Meal prep is so important. I cook extra food when I cook, in general, just to make meal prep easier.
Great insights! I agree key lime tarts are a bit fussy and not something I would do, but tasty I’m sure. The shrimp looks yummy and I agree more is needed. I would only prep shrimp for 2 days out. You’ve got me thinking and motivated! Thanks!
Thanks! I’ve been binging on Clean and Delicious! I’m definitely going to get that cookbook. 💕
Hope you like it!
OMG! I love Downshiftology! I have followed her forever😍
Thanks for this video, everything looked delicious!
Smile Jen.. thank you for all of your hard work❤
All the recipes with the exception of the little desserts looked nice and quite simple. Would try them, of course starting with the shrimp recipe. Good tip on storing the pecans. They do keep a very long time in the freezer that way. Lots of good tips in this one Jen. Thank you so much. See you soon.
Magazine-worthy food presentation, Jen! Those are good whole food recipes; not processed foods. I’ll agree with everyone on the lime tarts-too much work. Although nuts are whole, natural, foods, they are calorically dense so one of those tiny tarts would be enough!
Jen, I've been binge-watching your videos for the last few months and I just love all the content you put out. As someone who also works in healthcare, seeing someone like you do so much (while also acknowledging they can't do it all and that's OKAY!) is inspiring. It's great to see, too, someone who makes cooking accessible for a wide range of diets, time, varying locales, skills, and available equipment! You've given me ideas aplenty for the kitchen!
Also, I truly enjoy your stances on social justice (Pride, racism, feminism, etc.) and cooking for causes (Lasagna Love) while donating your profits to the issues you care about. You put your money where your mouth is and it shows.
Looking forward for more videos in the Chapin-verse!
I appreciate you! Thank you!!
Sweet comment! 😊💯😊
Hello, Jen. Yes, I agree. Prepping food ahead saves so much time during the week! I also prep ingredients such as some proteins, produce and grains and mix and match. Total game changer!
I have the book and I love all the recipes that Lisa has included in it… I love her RUclips channel as well.. ❤❤❤❤
With respect to Factor, my personal experience was that their food was mostly very good, they were famous for not shipping everything I ordered and they don’t tell me. When I called they just said they sold out of that meal… pretty much to bad for you. This happened more than once so I called & they said they would give me a credit, for which I said “No, I want a refund!” They refunded me and I cancelled the service. Beware!
I had a similar experience ( with a different company) but it involved price increases so I canceled as well.
I have tried literally every service and yes, sometimes things go missing. I have always had really great customer service though! Never a problem with Factor, but I have had problems with Hello Fresh many times.
I have the same citrus juicer. It works great!
Hi Jen, great video, thanks for sharing. I always prep ahead of time. It just makes the cooking so much easier. Also I have Arthritis in my back so I have to take brakes with cooking. Have a great rest of your week.❤️
I agree! 9/10 of Lisa's recipes are easy & taste great!!
I love this and definitely how I cook. You may want to try some additional weekly meal prep plans…..here are some of my favorites (tried and true).
1) Cook Once, Eat All Week by Cassy Joy Garcia (she also has a YT channel). This concept means you take 1 protein and 2 veggies/starch and create 3 different complete meals for the week. It is gluten-free for those doing low-carb but it is also easy to sub in some gluten items if you want. For instance one week is: chicken breast, tomatoes, and rice to make Green Chili Chicken Casserole, chicken Parmesan Bake and Cajun Chicken and Rice skillet. The prep is included in 1ish hour of prep but it is step by step from longest to shortest task. She also includes 2 bonus dinners each week for variety. These are a standard protein, veggie and starch that is easy to throw together and is intended to be prepped alongside the main meals. Another good feature is she has lots of substitutions to cater to a variety of diets. It includes the full shopping list, prep tasks, bonus meals, and full recipes.
2) Damn Delicious by Chungah Rhee. I use this to make 1-2 recipes for me and my husband’s lunches. I usually can quickly make these recipes while I am meal prepping dinners for weeknights.
3) Hands down favorite is the website tastesbetterfromscratch.com. She has pre-planned meal plans that include printable shopping lists and recipes. Or you can add the website for free and curate your own meal plans that create the shopping list and recipes. (With your knowledge and practice with meal prep you can easily prep components on the weekend for quicker weeknight meals.)
I put together one of her recipes tonight for our meal tomorrow.
Another great video! I have that cook book also. I use her recipes regularly. Try the turkey spinach patties. I double them. So good!
Thank you for trying the key lime dessert. Too intimidating for me!!
ooh i was so excited to see this video on Lisa’s cookbook. I’ve been following her for years and have made quite a few of her recipes and also have done some of her meal preps too. Her broccoli salad is my most requested dish for potlucks. For me learning how to make healthier foods has paid off healthwise for myself and my family..Jen, Thank you for the amazing job you do… I think the Food d Network is missing out by not hiring you, 😘
Looks so yummy! Thank you for sharing!❤
I just bought it!! It is pretty if nothing else. LOL. i wanna make the Shrimp! and the Rice. Drooling a little. And the Mediterranean egg breakfast thing.:) Thank you for the video!
This was fun! I like to meal prep components. Make life easy.
I'm not sure about finding actual key limes here, but I've found a bottle of key lime juice to make a key lime pie. I'm not sure which is better, fresh lime juice or actual key lime juice. I live in Michigan so maybe you could find it also. I have your same measuring spoons, fyi! Some of the magnets have come off over the years but I still ordered another set! lol I don't meal prep but I still like these videos! Thanks Jen!
So funny because after I filmed this I found a bottle of Key Lime juice at the grocery store! :)
@@Jen-Chapin That’s funny! My husband is a huge fan of key lime pie. I bought a zester just to make it. Never made vegan pie and probably won’t. 😆
@@megnanimous. yeah I don’t recommend it lmao
The tarts would have had me rage-quitting and dumping it in one big springform pan. They turned out pretty cute tho 🥰
I was *almost* there LOL
Another great video of delicious recipes.
I love downshift channel ❤️
Great video. Interesting approach for meal prep. Can you share the link to your sister’s channel. I want to support her as well.
here you go! www.youtube.com/@Kristen_Peters
I’m here from the Zachary Michael
Channel bc any friend of Zach is a friend of mine :))
Heyyy!!
Well, you did good. I followed Lisa. She's absolutely excellent in what she does. She was a little too sophisticated for me. I still check her channel every now and again. I do so much better with the likes of your channel, even as intelligent that you are, you still speak our language. No, I'm not criticizing anybody. I'm just not her kind of cook. The shrimp dinner looked fantastic ❤
Basically a Promotional Video since the recipe aren't "shared"...good on you Jen...not
You can buy the cookbook. Also all your comments on my videos are smart ass comments, but thanks for always watching and commenting!!
Thank you as always to take time and share. Hugs friend Elissa modesto cali @elissa_tc