sunday:

dinner:
- grill and chill
- slow cooker texas shredded fajita beef and/or chipotle chicken
  - for Quesadilla Night
- slow cooker refried beans
  - I need to write down my recipe, but it’s looooooosely based on this recipe
- queso + creamy jalapeno + guac
- big salad with goooood salad stuff for the week

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
- make rosemary bread or english muffin bread

monday:

dinner:
- picnic dinner at the park with friends
- ridiculously good air fryer chicken breast + wraps + chips
  - or sub sandwiches
meal prep:
- make a big batch of our favorite ip oatmeal for the week
  - here’s why this serves us well all week long
  - or make baked oatmeal cups
- make some sort of egg thing for the week
  - like these egg muffins
  - and/or a batch of ip hardboiled eggs
- make a batch of chicken salad

tuesday:

dinner:
- build your own burrito bowl
  - instant pot cilantro lime rice or instant pot mexican rice
  - chopped red onions, jalapeno, green onions
  - frozen corn or copycat chipotle corn salsa
  - chipotle copycat pinto beans
  - leftover chipotle chicken
  - leftover slow cooker texas shredded fajita beef
  - leftover queso + leftover creamy jalapeno + avo
  - pico or chipotle copycat tomato salsa
  - I also heat up some tortillas. So people can make a taco, or eat it on the side.
- big bowl of fruit
meal prep:
- here’s everything else I meal prep on Tuesdays and why

wednesday:

some sort of pizza, pasta, or rice, prepped before we leave for our Weekly Playdate
- instant pot pasta alfredo
- leftover ridiculously good air fryer chicken breast
- big bowl of fruit + rosemary bread (or frozen rolls)
- salad with goooood salad stuff for the week
meal prep:
- make some sort of muffins - let’s do our favorite yogurt muffins

thursday:

dinner:
- eggs, some sort of bread, and a smoothie. repeat every Thursday.
  - here’s why.
meal prep:
- bake something seasonal for brett as one of my goals for this school year
  - m&m cookies with leftover valentine’s m&ms
- freeze leftovers

friday:

something frozen or mindlessly easy:
- my chicken noodle soup
- frozen garlic bread + leftover produce
- 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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