sunday:
dinner:
hosting brett’s fam:
eggs
oven roasted bacon
cheese slices
butter + variety of jam
big bowl of fruit
meal prep:
unload groceries for the week
prep any fruit for easy snacking + easy dinner sides
assemble our veggie box
prep a few mason jar salads for the week with mixed greens, goat cheese, red onions, candied pecans, honey crisp apple, and bal vinaigrette
monday:
dinner:
dinner with friends who are in town!!
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 some sort of egg thing for the week
like these egg muffins
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 or Build Your Own Tostadas, or Burrito Bowls again. We can’t get enough lately.
big bowl of fruit + big bowl of mashed avo
meal prep:
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
let’s make “refried” black beans, mexican rice, creamy jalapeno, and queso (looooosely based on this bean recipe, this rice recipe, this creamy jalapeno recipe, and this queso recipe - I promise I’ll write out my recipes soon!)
wednesday:
homemade artisan bread + big bowl of fruit
salad with our goooood salad stuff for the week
meal prep:
make some sort of muffins - let’s do these lemon ricotta muffins or these apple cinnamon muffins I never got around to making last week
thursday:
joey’s birthday!
here’s our three birthday traditions
here’s what we’re doing for Joe’s birthday
dinner:
brett smokes pork butt, ribs
ip mac and cheese + coleslaw
leftover homemade artisan bread + big bowl of fruit
salad with our goooood salad stuff for the week
meal prep:
brett picks up cupcakes :)
freeze leftovers, make smoothie cups
friday:
date night :)
saturday:
dinner:
snack dinner saturday, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes - lately we love some sort of cheese, cracker, and smoothie combo
usually a toddler-friendly movie is involved, too
meal prep:
clean out the fridge
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