1/4 menu plan

sunday: 

• meal prep some easy meals for the week

  • plain cottage cheese egg bites + big ol veggie egg bake

  • banana yogurt muffins + pumpkin yogurt muffins + oatmeal bars

  • a pan or two of oven roasted bacon + big ol pan of roasted broc

  • greek yogurt grape almond chicken salad

  • double batch of chicken meatballs, freeze half

  • double batch of spinach and cheese pizza rolls, freeze half

monday:

• soup + salad night

  • soup: cheesy veggie soup omit bacon, sub bone broth

  • THE saturday chicken nugget salad + prep more salad for the week

  • some sort of bread or crackers + cheese

  • big bowl of fruit

tuesday:

• air fryer chicken + sauce

  • or grilled teriyaki chicken + jasmine rice + roasted veggies

• roasted broccoli

• toast or english muffin

• veggies + ranch

wednesday:

• trader joe’s potsticker stir fry

• big ol salad

thursday:

• leftovers or easy dinner of eggs/bread

  • why we need a weekly dinner of eggs, bread, and fruit

    • scrambled eggs

    • blueberry muffins

      • double recipe, freeze half

    • fruit or smoothies

    • veggies + ranch

friday:

• DATE NIGHT

  • an easy pasta or pizza for the kids

    • like instant pot creamy ziti

      • freeze leftover pasta into pucks like this

    • veggies + ranch

saturday:

• movie night + snack dinner saturday

  • why a weekly snack dinner is crucial for me to rest as a mom

  • our popcorn favorites + our smoothie favorites

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12/28 menu plan

sunday: 

• come home from trip

• leftover bread + salad + air fried chicken nuggets + fruit

monday:

• soup + bread night:

  • instant pot cheesy potato soup

  • oven roasted bacon

  • BLTs or toast

  • big ol salad

tuesday:

• pick up Chipotle

wednesday:

• naan/pita/english muffin/tortilla pizzas

thursday:

• blueberry yogurt cake + banana yogurt muffins + oatmeal jam bars (use the raspberry jam in the fridge that needs to be used up)

• new year’s day

  • hot dog bar

    • white onions, caramelized onions

    • cheese sauce, shredded cheese

    • leftover chili from the freezer

    • ketchup, mustard, relish

friday:

• date night

• make an easy pasta for the kids

saturday:

• out with friends

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12/21 menu plan

sunday: 

• leftovers

monday:

• dinner:

  • sweet potato gnocchi, chicken sausage, green bean sheet pan dinner

tuesday:

• prep christmas food:

  • kk’s online cooking class for cinnamon roll casserole

  • cowboy quiche

    • this recipe makes one deep dish quiche, but i prefer to split the filling over two regular pie dishes to make two regular quiches

    • i also like to double the recipe to eat one quiche + freeze three quiches (I freeze the quiches baked or slightly underbaked)

• dinner:

  • christmas eve meatballs

    • freeze half

  • christmas salad + english muffin bread

wednesday:

• christmas eve!

  • cowboy quiche

  • christmas salad

  • orange muffins

  • english muffin bread + leftover jam from our advent calendar

  • christmas tree fruit + cheese platter

thursday:

• christmas day!

  • breakfast:

    • kk’s cinnamon roll casserole

    • coffee + eggs + fruit

  • lunch/dinner: apps & naps

    • brett's favorite ham and cheese sliders

    • christmas salad

    • pigs in a blanket

    • cocktail meatballs w/ TJ frozen meatballs

    • christmas tree fruit + cheese platter

    • christmas tree/wreath veggie tray

friday:

• leftovers

• meal prep for my mom to come babysit:

  • pasta for the kids

  • egg bites for the kids

  • pumpkin yogurt muffins / blueberry muffins

saturday:

• overnight date with b

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