Welcome to another episode of Weight Loss Wednesdays! I'm Vanessa The Crafty Gemini, and I'm excited to share with you some pictures and information on the lunches I eat here on a daily basis. If you're new to my series, be sure to click the link below that will take you to the full video playlist where you can find all my Weight Loss Wednesday episodes. Don't worry if you're jumping in on this episode – you'll be able to see the full list and catch up from video number one.

As a busy mom of two preschoolers, I don't always have the luxury of sitting down for a full-blown meal in the middle of the day. We live on a little farm, where we're usually jet-setting off to run errands, play outside, or doing stuff here on the farm. This means that my lunchtime is often spent scrambling around and grabbing something quick and easy. Fortunately, I've learned some clever ways to make mealtime work for me, even when time is of the essence.

One of my favorite strategies for saving time during the day is cooking more than what we need. This way, I can have leftovers for the next day – not just for myself, but also for my husband to take to work in one of his lunch Bots. It's a win-win! By cooking extra, I can enjoy a delicious meal while also ensuring that there's something left over for later. Plus, it's always nice to have some extras on hand, just in case.

When it comes to my typical lunches, leftovers are definitely a staple. Whatever we had for dinner the night before, I'll quickly warm it through for lunch the next day. Sometimes, if it's enough, we'll all eat that together as a family – but other times, I might prepare something special just for myself. One of my favorite quick meals is a can of sardines paired with some steamed vegetables. It's a simple but satisfying combination that doesn't take more than five or seven minutes to prepare. To make it even quicker, I buy frozen organic vegetables and simply steam them through in a little pot with some water, adding a pat of butter and a squeeze of lemon juice for extra flavor.

Another quick meal I like to whip up is chicken soup. As you might know, we have chickens on the farm – I raise some for eggs, while others are used for meat. Whenever possible, I try to make my own chicken broth or bone stock from scratch, which I then use to make a big pot of soup that can be frozen or canned for later use. This way, I can enjoy a delicious and comforting meal whenever I need it – and it's also super convenient because I know exactly what ingredients went into making it.

Overall, these are just a few of my favorite quick lunch options that I like to share with you all today. If you enjoyed this video, please be sure to hit the thumbs up below, share it across your social media sites, and leave me a comment below letting me know what's your go-to quick lunch meal! Thanks again for watching, and I'll see you next time on Weight Loss Wednesdays. Bye for now!

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definitely will do it for dinner for when my husband comes home but for lunch it's often times going to be leftovers from the night before this is something that I always try to do and that is to cook more than what we need so we have leftovers for the next day not just for me to eat for lunch but also for my husband to take to work um in one of his lunch Bots right so I wanted to share with you all a couple of the lunches one of course is going to be leftovers so whatever we had for dinner the night before I'll quickly warm it through the next day and sometimes if it's enough we'll all eat that otherwise I will usually prepare the kids something for themselves and then make myself a little quick something on the side another quick meal that I like to prepare because it doesn't take much time at all is this dish you see here it's a can of sardines then I have some steamed vegetables with it and the steamed veggies I mean they don't take more than five or seven minutes I buy the frozen organic vegetables and I will just throw it in a little pot with some water steam them through throw some butter on top and then of course my squeeze of lemon juice then the third meal I'm sharing with you here is some chicken soup now as you all know we have chickens on the farm I do raise some of them for eggs and we raise other ones of them for meat so I will usually can my own chicken broth bone stock and things like that so from the chickens that we raise for meat I will usually make a huge pot of chicken soup and either freeze it can it or just keep a big pot in the fridge for a couple days where I can use it to make a few different meals with okay and so those are just the few different lunch options that I wanted to share with you all if you enjoyed this video go ahead and hit it with a thumbs up below share it across the different social media sites and leave me a comment below letting me know what is your go-to quick lunch meal thanks again for watching and I'll see you next time byehey it's Vanessa The Crafty Gemini in this episode of weight loss Wednesdays I'm sharing with you some pictures and info on the lunches I eat welcome to another episode of weight loss Wednesdays if you're new to my series you definitely want want to click right there that will take you to the full video playlist where you can find all my weight loss Wednesday episodes so if you're new to this it doesn't matter what episode you're jumping in on you'll be able to see the full list and catch up from video number one now in this video I'm sharing with you all info and pictures of some of my more typical lunches that I eat here on a daily basis again I don't have that much time since I'm home with two preschoolers we live on a little farm and we're usually jet setting it either running out doing errands or playing outside and doing stuff here on the farm so I don't always have the time to just sit down and cook a full-blown meal in the middle of the day I definitely will do it for dinner for when my husband comes home but for lunch it's often times going to be leftovers from the night before this is something that I always try to do and that is to cook more than what we need so we have leftovers for the next day not just for me to eat for lunch but also for my husband to take to work um in one of his lunch Bots right so I wanted to share with you all a couple of the lunches one of course is going to be leftovers so whatever we had for dinner the night before I'll quickly warm it through the next day and sometimes if it's enough we'll all eat that otherwise I will usually prepare the kids something for themselves and then make myself a little quick something on the side another quick meal that I like to prepare because it doesn't take much time at all is this dish you see here it's a can of sardines then I have some steamed vegetables with it and the steamed veggies I mean they don't take more than five or seven minutes I buy the frozen organic vegetables and I will just throw it in a little pot with some water steam them through throw some butter on top and then of course my squeeze of lemon juice then the third meal I'm sharing with you here is some chicken soup now as you all know we have chickens on the farm I do raise some of them for eggs and we raise other ones of them for meat so I will usually can my own chicken broth bone stock and things like that so from the chickens that we raise for meat I will usually make a huge pot of chicken soup and either freeze it can it or just keep a big pot in the fridge for a couple days where I can use it to make a few different meals with okay and so those are just the few different lunch options that I wanted to share with you all if you enjoyed this video go ahead and hit it with a thumbs up below share it across the different social media sites and leave me a comment below letting me know what is your go-to quick lunch meal thanks again for watching and I'll see you next time bye\n"