As many of you know, our almost 20 year old daughter was very ill the first 2 weeks of January with influenza A which turned into bronchitis which turned into bacterial pneumonia which turned into early stages of sepsis. After two trips to the ER in the first few days of January, he was admitted to the hospital’s ICU recovery room for a few days. (Thankfully they caught the sepsis in the early stages or it could have been worse. You can read more here.)
He lost a lot of weight and his recovery was slow, but he felt well enough and had good enough blood work results that he was able to return to Murfreesboro, TN where he lives and attend college. (Thankfully, her semester starts tomorrow instead of at the beginning of the month like most schools, so it gives her more time to rest and recover!)
He went back to his house in Murfreesboro today and I sent him food for the week so he could have nutritious food to eat, but not think about cooking and could focus on continuing his recovery and school. Here’s what I did for him:
Food I Can Make for Kathrynne:
She made a list of foods that sounded good and I based the diet on this:
5 servings of browned beef and onions and cooked rice (I froze this so it can be thawed and reheated as needed.)
4 servings of baked salmon and cooked rice
Cooked quinoa
Homemade granola bars
Homemade Energy Bites (I added protein powder as a mix to make this a little heartier!)
Some of my posts along with him:
Also posted with him for quick meals/snacks: Oatmeal packets, yogurt and granola, turkey and cheese, Quest bars, cuties, steamed vegetables, pre-cooked chicken, apples)
He’ll get bread, milk, and a few other things and he should get all his meals and snacks for the week!
Other Things I Cooked/Baked:
While I was cooking, I made a few extras for our family this week, too: sourdough bread, 3 loaves of French bread (rising in the pictures above and looking even better when baked!!), energy bites, granola bars, rice, quinoa , and ground beef and onions (I’ll have potatoes and peas for dinner one night this week).
Homemade Power Bites with Protein Powder
For years, I mentioned in my homemade power bite recipe that you could add protein powder to them as a supplement, but I don’t think I ever had. I added two scoops of my favorite Justin’s Peanut Butter Cup Protein Powder and I think they turned out really well and this way they pack an extra protein punch!
Homemade Granola Bars
Can you believe it? I don’t think I’ve ever made homemade granola bars? We’ve had this recipe from my sister on my site for years and I’ve always wanted to make it, but for some reason I’ve been buying granola bars (maybe because they haven’t been cheap at Aldi for years??)
I decided to make homemade granola this weekend as you like, but I didn’t have enough peanut butter and I didn’t have Rice Krispies or wheat germ to make my sister’s recipe, so I found this recipe online and substituted healthy Cocoa Puffs. instead of Rice Krispies + added more chocolate chips. They were delicious!!
Would you enjoy seeing more food prep posts like this? Let me know in the comments! And let me know what types of meal prep posts you’d especially like to see!
