What makes a meal?

I've reached the point in my pregnancy that I really don't feel like doing anything except have this kid already. :) So to counter that I make sure I get out during the day and do some household things, like clean anything that's above waist level.

Then 4:00 comes around and I think about dinner. I love to cook! And I love to cook a really good healthy meal. But how do you cook a great meal when you're super tired and really just don't want to? It's so tempting to just call it in. Literally, "Hi I'll have a large pizza and a salad, thanks bye." BUT, then I'll feel like crap and the satisfaction of the easy way out will be replaced with the longer feeling of indigestion and bloating.

I want to fill my belly with nutrient dense food. Food that will make me feel like I've be rewarded for doing a lot.

Enter Trader Joes. Super puffy heart this place!! They don't have everything, but what they do have makes life just a bit easier. For example, instead of take out, I grab a couple of chicken breast and some pre cut veggies. Tonight was turnips and butternut squash. Throw the whole thing into a roasting pan at 400 and let it do it's thing. About 40-50 min later after I've watched some sort of mindless distraction, my dinner will be done and I will feel better about my meal and myself.

I will most likely also make an other side veggie and a salad of some sort. I find that a meal comprised of mainly vegetables and some lean meat does a great job of meeting my requirements.