currently eating
here is our meal rotation for all our breakfasts, snacks, lunches, and dinners:
currently cooking
sunday:
dinner: grill and chill
spicy honey whole roasted chicken with that whole chicken in our freezer
or brett can do this recipe, which is his go-to recipe for whole chicken
cheesy orzo or butter rice to use up the piles of rice/orzo we have hanging out in our pantry
reminder: when menu planning, the first thing I do is see what we already have on hand. it’s the best starting point!
whatever fruit we have hanging around
monday: sandwich night (+ soup/salad, if we're feeling it)
why we love a weekly sandwich night
build your own croissant breakfast sandwiches!!!
with the costco croissants I grabbed on our monthly trip and threw into our freezer with the hopes of having this dinner soon
I love grabbing the croissants from Costco (I LOVE those), and setting out these soft scrambled eggs, oven roasted bacon, and American cheese, and everyone can build their own sandwich. because then these become exactly like the breakfast sandwiches we loved that were offered at the nearby dorm in college. NOSTALGIC BLISS.
but obviously you could do classier ingredients or a wider variety of ingredients - the sky is the limit here! google for more ideas - there are lots of posts out there for croissant breakfast sandwich topping ideas!
I do like to make leftover sandwiches for our freezer, similar to this recipe. freezer breakfast sandwiches were some of my FAVORITE things I prepped while pregnant - Postpartum Haley loved these sandwiches. see this blogpost for a round up of allllll my postpartum favorites.
bigggg bowl of fruit or some sort of fruit salad
tuesday: taco-ish tuesday
one of my favorite meals: a crockpot of goooood pinto beans
there are lots of recipes out there, but I follow this loooose recipe
top with thickkkk shredded cheese and mashed avocado
don’t laugh, but I love my avocado slicer and my avocado masher
brett also likes to top with salsa, onions, and/or sour cream
eat with rice, cornbread, frito scoops, or tortilla chips
i love our darling rice cooker
wednesday: pizza, pasta, or rice
slow cooker creamy tortellini vegetable soup with that tortellini in our freezer
garlic bread or the bread or easy no knead bread or something
bowl of fruit
thursday: fish or some sort of meat
teriyaki salmon with sriracha mayo with that salmon in our freezer
big bowl of fruit
friday: takeout or leftovers
saturday: snack dinner saturday or dinner with loved ones
those frozen taquitos in our freezer
crema + mashed avocado
don’t laugh, but I love my avocado slicer and my avocado masher
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these non-slip elastic headbands for working out
these lanterns + these travel white noise machines when our power went out this week
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KK’s current favorite toy, in all seriousness
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currently meal prepping
i usually do a little meal prep on Sundays as a part of our Grill and Chill, but I may instead do a bit here and there throughout the week. (you’ll notice I allow space in my daily rhythm for potential meal prep.)
below is the list of what I hope to meal prep this week - it may not all happen, and that's okay! even 5 minutes of prep is super beneficial.
prep some dinner components:
none this week
prep some sort of dessert for the week:
one of my favorite podcasters said this is an incredibly easy way to plan joy into your week and I SO agree. see here why it’s our new favorite thing for our marriage.
prep some things to make breakfasts/snacks/lunches smoother:
pull egg and cheese bites from freezer or make easy breakfast burritos
make easy banana oatmeal muffins, freeze leftovers
make a double/triple batch of pancakes, freeze leftovers
make a batch of sweet potato mac and cheese or superhero mac and cheese or cauliflower mac and cheese, if time/energy
make a few bean and cheese quesadillas, if time/energy
Need more ideas for make-ahead breakfasts and lunches to meal prep? Here’s my list of favorites!
currently reading
very little reading happened this week. and that’s okay.
whenever a routine doesn’t happen, i give myself so much grace. because oftentimes when I skip a routine, I am reminded how much I miss and benefit from said routine. and I return to it with newfound enthusiasm.
can’t wait to read again tonight.
see my full list of my favorite routines and systems - aka the things that help me feel my best.
currently streamlining
currently loving
my skincare + makeup routine - my newest blogpost!
my little meal prep routine (and what meal prep means for me)
my favorite lunch + the real reason we have Sandwich Night each week
currently working on
packing lunches at night for when KK and I would benefit from a packed lunch the next day - I’m SO excited about this!!! I loveeeee looking into lunchbox ideas, and I love this new routine to take care of Future Haley. here’s a picture of our first packed lunch this week - reminded me of what Teacher Haley used to do!
currently sharing
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