Family First for Overall Health

There are a few things I do in order to eat no stress healthy meals while staying in budget...

1) Plan your menu out. This way you don't have to think about what you're going to cook tonight. You have all the ingredients that you need.

2) Buy in bulk and pre prep.

The kids wanted to go to Sam's after school to get a giant pretzel for a treat...
While they waited in line I decided to do a little shopping...
Sam's had a sale on their chicken.
Before putting the groceries up, I divided up the chicken to family size portions and added marinade.

Depending on when chicken is on my menu (we eat chicken and rice every Thursday in some variation and other styles of chicken throughout the week) I will let a bag dethaw in my refrigerator overnight. (It marinates as it dethaws)

Cook the baked chicken with a side of rice and a steamer pack of Birdseye vegetables and you will have an entire meal for your family.

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OUR NEXT SCHEDULED CLASS will take place is Saturday March 30th at Frank Brown Rec Center (fitness room). SIGN UP IS OPEN You do not have to be a resident of Auburn to join these classes; however, you must create an account and register through the Parks website. Register here---> https://auburnal.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=30609
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I love cottage cheese! It is a quick, delicious, and healthy snack that provides plenty of protein and calcium!

Homemade cottage cheese is so easy to make!

All you need are three ingredients!
- 1 gallon of milk (I like the creaminess of whole milk but you can use any kind.)
-one half of cup of lemon juice (you can use 3/4 cup of vinegar)
-one teaspoon of salt
-two tablespoons of heavy cream or half and half (totally optional)