sunday:
dinner:
grill and chill, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes
meal prep:
unload groceries for the week
prep any fruit for easy snacking + easy dinner sides
assemble our veggie box
make bread
monday:
dinner:
friend dinner, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes
but we’re skipping this week!
we’ll do one of my favorite meals with those sweet potato tots in our freezer, a big bowl of fruit, a great big salad using our goooood salad stuff for the week
meal prep:
make a big batch of our favorite ip oatmeal for the week
here’s why this serves us well all week long
make a few yogurt parfaits
tuesday:
dinner:
something with beans
Tuesdays are my day I meal prep all this. so Tuesday Dinner is something with all that, and something with beans.
Quesadilla Night or Pinto Bean Bowls, again. We can’t get enough lately.
big bowl of fruit + big bowl of mashed avo
meal prep:
make some sort of egg dish for the week
the broccoli cheddar egg muffins or quinoa cheese egg muffins I never got around to making lasat week
and here’s everything else I meal prep on Tuesdays and why - Tuesday is a very, very important cooking day and it takes care of us the entire rest of the week
wednesday:
dinner:
leftovers
because it took me awhile to realize Leftover Night can be any night of the week. And because I have a standing weekly playdate with my BFFs Wednesdays after nap, cooking dinner wasn’t working. Wednesday Leftover Night it is!
I usually pack a dinner for KK - here’s my favorite containers and things for eating away from home!
meal prep:
brett roasts a chicken like this
make a batch of mini muffins (and/or other baked good) for the week
make some sort of soup and/or pasta
make instant pot alfredo
and/or make the instant pot creamy tomato basil soup I never got around to making last week
thursday:
dinner:
something with fish (or chicken)
air fryer salmon + leftover instant pot alfredo + roasted carrots + great big salad using our goooood salad stuff for the week
meal prep:
bake a treat for brett - my favorite apple cinnamon crumble :) :) :)
brett makes stock like this
do this quick little routine of seeing if there’s any leftovers from the week I can freeze
throw any lurking produce into these containers to make smoothie cups
friday:
dinner:
something easy, frozen, or IP
because Friday nights call for something easy, but our weekly habit of getting takeout was no longer working. and once I realized we had upcoming roadtrips, I reframed my mindset to look at Fridays as an opportunity to practice quick, road trip-friendly meals. (a second Leftover Night - or a trip to my parents’ house - is definitely an option, too.)
the frozen taquitos in our freezer + big bowl of mashed avocado + a big bowl of fruit
or that frozen costco meal in our freezer
meal prep:
make croutons
saturday:
dinner:
snack dinner saturday, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes
usually a toddler-friendly movie is involved, too
meal prep:
clean out the fridge
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