sunday:

dinner:
- grill and chill
- no grill and chill today - going to a dear, dear friend’s birthday party! YAY!
  - quick dinner: hot honey meatballs from Costco + rice (or buttered noodles for the kids) + salad + big bowl of oranges + frozen rolls

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

monday:

dinner:
- framily dinner at laura’s house
  - quick back-up dinner if kids are still sick: trader joe’s orange chicken + rice + big bowl of oranges + frozen rolls
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
  - and/or a batch of ip hardboiled eggs
- maybe make a few yogurt parfaits
- make a batch of chicken salad and/or lettuce wraps and/or teriyaki ground beef bowls

tuesday:

dinner:
- build your own burrito bowl
  - using the meal prepped components linked below
  - I also heat up some tortillas. So people can make a taco, or eat it on the side.
- big bowl of fruit + big bowl of mashed avo
meal prep:
- here’s everything else I meal prep on Tuesdays and why
  - pinto beans / “refried” black beans - recipe coming soon!
  - instant pot mexican rice
  - queso
  - creamy jalapeno
  - fajita vegetables
  - caramelized onions
  - chopped red onions, jalapeno, green onions

wednesday:

some sort of pizza, pasta, or rice, prepped before we leave for our Weekly Playdate
- instant pot “orange pasta” - KK’s favorite
  - here’s why I add in riced cauliflower to all my pastas
- could add in those frozen Trader Joe’s meatballs in our freezer
- big bowl of fruit + the frozen rolls in our freezer
- salad with goooood salad stuff for the week
meal prep:
- make some sort of muffins - let’s do our favorite yogurt muffins

thursday:

dinner:
- I’m headed to a dinner with friends.
- but the kids will have eggs, some sort of bread, and a smoothie. just like every single thursday.
  - here’s why we repeat this every thursday.
meal prep:
- bake something seasonal for brett as one of my goals for this school year
  - valentine cookies or valentines day cookie bars
- freeze leftovers

friday:

something frozen or mindlessly easy:
- the chili in our freezer
  - fritos + shredded cheese
  - big bowl of fruit
  - salad with goooood salad stuff for the week
- or the sloppy joes in our freezer
  - rolls + frozen tater tots
  - big bowl of fruit
  - salad with goooood salad stuff for the week

saturday:

dinner:
- snack dinner saturday + movie night
  - why this weekly combo is crucial for me as a mom
meal prep:
- clean out the fridge

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