January Meal Shortcuts
Ginger & Lemon Cubes, Cacao Black Sesame Granola, Carrot Ribbon Salad, Carrot Ginger Dressing, Saffron Chai Spice, Mix Cold & Flu Busting Immune Supporting Tea, Soothing Rest & Digest Tea
Happy first meal shortcuts of the yearrrr!!!
I felt a little overwhelmed starting the new year because I wasn’t at home, I was traveling and with the holidays I had been out of my routine for a couple of weeks, but I let go of that need to control and allowed myself to just enjoy and recharge and that actually led to so much more joy and productivity and CREATIVITY in the long-run. This is a life lesson that I know deep down but always have to re-learn each time it happens lol.
Now I feel even more inspired and excited being back to normal routine. This weekend I started doing my new year reset—just cleaning things, organizing, ridding of the old to make room for the new. I am also having a lot of fun with the way that I go about reorganizing things. Instead of a rigid and strict way of doing it, I am making it more whimsical. I’ve decided that whimsical is one of my words for 2026, we’re adding more whimsy into our every day mundane tasks.
Ok so some ways I am doing that for example is when I cleaned out my fridge, like I have to do every week because somehow craziness overflows no matter how organized I make it at the time, I added fun dimensions and sections to my fridge, put everything in cute mismatched jars I’ve saved and collected as the jar hoarder that I am, used fun labels. I also made a list of inventory of the stuff I do have in my fridge because sometimes things get lost and this reminds me to make use of things I have and also get more creative in the kitchen! Using each organization as an opportunity to add creativity, art and character to my space has made it so much more fun.
& then of course the first thing I filled my fridge with is these meal shortcuts. There are a lot of new people here (hi! so excited you are here), so a brief little introduction to meal shortcuts for ya:
Something I’ve been shifting my perspective on over the last couple of years is letting go of rigidity and allowing more flow in my life. When I first was introduced to the health and wellness world with all of my health issues, there was a lot of noise, and I fell down that rabbit hole. In that I lost my connection with my own intuition & fell out of tune with my own voice. Finding that again meant tuning out the noise and really listening to my own body and what works for me. Less rules, more flow. I used to be super super strict with everything I ate, all the rules I followed, etc etc, and that really only led to more stress and fear. Giving that up has been the most freeing (and healthy!) thing in my life.
Ok so how does that relate to meal shortcuts though. For me, flow and listening to my intuition has a lot to do with what I eat and what I am craving. So meal prep doesn’t really work for me (not saying that meal prep isn’t absolutely amazing for some people depending on the situation, we’re all different and meal prep can be so necessary and life changing!). But with that being said I do like having little shortcuts that make my life easier, building blocks that cut out some work for future me to create whatever I want in that moment.
For example, I know I love warm lemon and ginger water in the morning, but in order to have it I have to take out the lemon, cut & squeeze, wash and peel fresh ginger and juice it, and add to my hot water then clean some dishes. OR I can just make these lemon ginger cubes so in the morning I just pop one in with hot water and have it instantly! & look I love the slow intentional process of doing things I think those moments are important to have, but I just don’t always have the time to do that and that’s why these shortcuts are so helpful. So with that being said, I hope you enjoy these shortcuts as much as I do!!!
Ginger & Lemon Cubes
Cacao Black Sesame Granola
Carrot Ribbon Salad
Carrot Ginger Dressing
Saffron Chai Spice Mix
Cold & Flu Busting Immune Supporting Tea
Soothing Rest & Digest Tea
Date Chocolate Truffles
Also, I will be announcing last week’s giveaway winners in the subscriber chat later today!
Ok let’s get into it!!!!!!
Ginger & Lemon Cubes + Shots
Ingredients
5 hands ginger
2 cups filtered water
2 large juicy lemons
Recipe
Clean and scrub ginger, and/or shave off skin
Chop ginger into smaller pieces and place in blender with water and blend
Use a mesh strainer or cheese cloth to separate ginger juice from pulp*
Juice lemons and add to ginger juice, option to add 1 tsp mineral salt and mix
Save juice for shots and/or freeze in an ice cube tray overnight
Once done, pop out of the ice cube mold and store in a freezer safe jar
Once ready to use, pop 1-2 in a mug and pour over hot water, enjoy warm ginger lemon water!
Cacao Black Sesame Granola
Ingredients
