sunday:

dinner:
- grill and chill, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes
- that trader joe’s chicken schawarma in our freezer
- gooood tortillas (or homemade flatbread)
  - or Build Your Own Bowls like this
- tomatoes, lettuce, onions, yogurt sauce
- the frozen french fries in our freezer
  - or roast the potatoes in our pantry

meal prep:
- unload groceries for the week
- prep any fruit for easy snacking + easy dinner sides
  - here are my produce boxes
- assemble our veggie box
- prep goooood salad stuff for the week
- 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:
- my favorite, easyyyyyy build your own bar of all time
- roast the sweet potatoes lurking in our pantry
- cut up allllll the grapefruit in our pantry
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
  - double (or triple!) the amount, freeze for our upcoming Airstream trip
- 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:

brett roasts a chicken
my favorite au gratin potatoes with the potatoes in our pantry
goooood salad stuff for the week
big bowl of fruit
meal prep:
- make some sort of muffins - let’s do these spinach muffins or yogurt muffins (double recipe, freeze for upcoming Airstream trip)

thursday:

dinner:
- leftovers
meal prep:
- bake something for brett - snowball cookies, spritz cookies, peanut butter fudge, and/or regular fudge
- freeze leftovers, make smoothie cups

friday:

garlic noodles
teriyaki salmon with sriracha mayo with that salmon in our freezer
goooood salad stuff for the week
that can of crescent rolls in our fridge
big bowl of fruit

saturday:

christmas with brett’s family!
- bring fruit
- bring salad - like my favorite brunch-y salad
- bring leftover Christmas cookies - snowball cookies and spritz cookies, peanut butter fudge, and/or regular fudge
dinner back home:
- hot cocoa snack dinner:
  - hot cocoa bar with this awesome set,
    - or these peppermint hot cocoa spoons,
    - or this marshmallow hot cocoa spoon,
    - or this sprinkle-y hot cocoa bomb (KK would LOVE this!),
    - or this reindeer cocoa set!!!
  - this trio set of roasted holiday nuts,
    - or this trio set of savory holiday nuts,
  - cheese + crackers,
  - popcorn
    - see our must-haves for the best popcorn here
    - see popcorn introduction + choking info here
    - brett and I exchange these three gifts every Christmas - last year we invested in gooooood popcorn gear and it has been the best gift ever. truly.
  - regular pretzels,
  - these christmas pretzels!!!
    - and/or these christmas white chocolate pretzels
    - and/or these milk chocolate pretzel rods
  - etc
- read more about our Hot Cocoa Snack Dinner here.

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