2/15 menu plan

sunday: 

• meal prep some easy meals for the week

  • prep an easy meal or two for the week:

    • pulling things from the freezer

  • prep a versatile protein or two for the week:

    • a pan or two of oven roasted bacon

    • chicken meatballs

    • or air fryer chicken

    • or brett grills chicken

monday:

• sandwich/wrap/soup/salad night

  • sunday’s versatile protein

    • serve in a wrap, on the salad, with dip, something

  • big ol salad

    • prep produce + salad stuff for the week

  • cheesy veggie soup

    • omit bacon, sub bone broth

  • big bowl of fruit

tuesday:

• bean bowls

  • pinto beans + “ refried” black beans, freeze half

  • rice + mashed avocado + shredded cheese

  • corn, tomatoes, peppers, etc

• or pick up Chipotle’s Build Your Own family meal

wednesday:

• leftovers or an easy pasta

  • creamy stovetop mac and cheese

• big ol salad

thursday:

• leftovers or easy dinner of eggs/bread

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

    • scrambled eggs

    • my mom’s oatmeal pancakes, doubled for freezer

    • fruit or smoothies

    • veggies + ranch

friday:

• DATE NIGHT

  • leftover pasta or air fryer pizza (or carryout pizza) for the kids

  • 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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2/8 menu plan

sunday: 

• meal prep some easy meals for the week

  • roast the other chicken in our freezer:

    • this classic way

    • or this rock salt way

    • or this spicy honey way

  • roast potatoes

  • if time:

    • hard boiled eggs

    • take chicken pot pie out of freezer

    • make oatmeal jam bars, sub peach preserves

monday:

• soup + salad night

  • soup: cheesy veggie soup

    • omit bacon, sub bone broth

  • greek yogurt grape almond chicken salad

  • big ol salad + prep more salad for the week

    • double batch of air fryer chicken for the week

  • some sort of bread or crackers + cheese

  • big bowl of fruit

tuesday:

• burrito bowls

  • pinto beans + “ refried” black beans, freeze half

  • mashed avocado, corn, cilantro, tomatoes, jalapeno

  • shredded cheese

• or pick up Chipotle’s Build Your Own family meal, or pick up Chuy’s meal kit

• veggies + ranch

wednesday:

• big batch of juju’s oatmeal pancake muffins?

• or leftovers?

thursday:

• leftovers or easy dinner of eggs/bread

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

    • scrambled eggs

    • Valentine’s pancake mix

    • fruit or smoothies

    • veggies + ranch

friday:

• DATE NIGHT

  • an easy pasta or pizza for the kids

    • vday pasta + jarred sauce

    • 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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2/1 menu plan

sunday: 

• meal prep some easy meals for the week

  • chicken pot pie

    • double batch for freezer

  • thaw shredded beef in our freezer

  • make that lurking trader joe’s frozen thing in our freezer

  • a pan or two of oven roasted bacon

  • plain cottage cheese egg bites + instant pot hardboiled eggs

  • if time:

    • english muffin bread

    • double batch of chicken meatballs, freeze half

    • make peanut butter oatmeal balls, double, freeze half

      • sub maple syrup, add flaxseed, omit raisins

    • make oatmeal jam bars, sub peach preserves

monday:

• soup + salad night

  • soup: cheesy veggie soup

    • omit bacon, sub bone broth

  • greek yogurt grape almond chicken salad

  • big ol salad + prep more salad for the week

    • double batch of air fryer chicken for the week

  • some sort of bread or crackers + cheese

  • big bowl of fruit

tuesday:

• burrito bowls

  • cheese enchiladas, double + freeze

    • add shredded beef from our freezer

  • pinto beans + “ refried” black beans, freeze half

  • mashed avocado, corn, cilantro, tomatoes, jalapeno

  • shredded cheese

• or pick up Chipotle’s Build Your Own family meal, or pick up Chuy’s meal kit

• veggies + ranch

wednesday:

• leftovers

• big ol salad

thursday:

• leftovers or easy dinner of eggs/bread

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

    • scrambled eggs

    • yogurt muffins or orange yogurt muffins

    • 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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