Meal Prep During Nap Time

Nap time is my knight in shining armor. It's pretty much the only time I have to do, well, anything. I often like to challenge myself to see how much I'm able to do within a certain time period. I can't tell you why, it's just something I do. Clearly, I have no life. 
I take advantage during the weekends, and meal prep during nap time. Planning and execution are so crucial to keep our family on track with eating healthy. If I take one to two hours out of my Sunday to plan and prep out our meals for the week, everything else just seems to fall into place.  
First, I made a list on what I planned for us to eat during the week.

My game plan was to get dinner in the crock pot, prepare smoothie packs, make kale salad and bake muffins. I poured myself a small glass of wine and got busy. Wine always seems to make things more fun, doesn't it?
First, I peeled and cut all the sweet potatoes for this chili recipe and put them in the steamer. While those were cooking, I started browning the ground turkey with an onion. After the turkey was cooked, the sweet potatoes were finished as well, so I threw everything in the crock pot.
Next, I started assembling the smoothie packs. Our breakfast smoothies packs usually consist of a banana, quarter cup of old fashioned oats, spinach and maybe some berries. When we are ready to eat them, we add one cup of milk, a table spoon of almond or peanut butter with a four to six ounce container of yogurt. It's nutritious, satisfying and quick to make before we have to run out the door. It's pretty much the only breakfast my husband has time for in the morning. 
By one hour, I had dinner in the crock pot and smoothie packs done. I started to speed things up from this point, because I knew I only had about an hour left of nap time.
I started cooking a dozen eggs (scrambled with a splash of milk) for breakfast tacos. While the eggs were cooking, I laid out the tortillas and cut ten individual portions of saran wrap. After the eggs were finished cooking, I put them to the side to cool a little bit until I could handle them. 
While the eggs were cooling, I started on the kale salad. I made the dressing first with the juice of one large lemon, about one-eighth of a cup of extra virgin olive oil, one minced garlic clove, a pinch of salt and a few dashes of red pepper flakes. Afterwards, I threw in one bunch of kale, and mixed it around to get the dressing distributed. 
By this time. I was about an hour and seventeen minutes in and I had dinner cooking, smoothie packs made, the kale salad done and breakfast tacos halfway complete. 
I assembled our breakfast tacos by putting some scrambled eggs in each tortilla, added extra sweet potato chunks I made, along with some raw kale and shredded cheese on others. I wrapped the tacos individually in saran wrap and labeled each one with a sharpie with whatever was inside. I placed the tacos in a large ziploc bag and stuck them in the freezer. These are another super easy grab and go breakfast for the morning. You just pop them in the microwave wrapped in a damp paper towel for about two minutes, and boom! You have a delicious breakfast. These are really versatile, and you can add whatever you want to them. 
An hour and a half in, I had the the breakfast tacos in the freezer and I moved right onto the muffins. I made Skinny Mini Pumpkin Chocolate Muffins aka the best muffins you will ever eat in your life. I have made these about a dozen times for teachers, co-workers, friends and family. Everyone loves them, and I mean every single person. You must make them today and everything else Gina makes, because she's a food genius. AND she has a cookbook coming out at the end of the month! You better bet that's on pre-order for this mommy. I'm so excited! Sorry, I got off track. Where was I? Oh, right, muffins. 
These muffins are quick and easy to make and also make for an awesome breakfast or snack. By an hour and forty-eight minutes in, I had the muffins in the oven. By two hours and two minutes into nap time, the kitchen was cleaned and the dishwasher was running. I sat on the couch while the muffins cooked for a few more minutes and watched a little television. 
The grand total time to make everything and have the kitchen clean was 2:12! I hope this was helpful for you all. I know I can use any extra time during the week, and this really helps our family with healthy, happy bellies.