sunday:

meal prep:
- prep salad stuff, make croutons
  - I put my salad in this big container with this thin dish rag, I put my salad veggies in these containers, and I put my croutons in a big ol mason jar
- rinse + destem grapes for the week
  - these are my favorite produce containers bc of how they stack
- make egg bites, hard boil eggs in Instant Pot
- pull soup from freezer
  - reheat my favorite tomato soup - i triple the amount of carrots, sub bone broth, add tomato powder to taste (to mask carrot taste)
    - i freeze in these deli containers
- make an easy meal or two for dinner, lunches
  - reheat crockpot bbq chicken from freezer
    - bbq chicken flatbread
    - roasted sweet potatoes
    - honey roasted carrots
  - make chicken spaghetti to use up some things we have, freeze
  - thaw that enchilada quinoa casserole from freezer

monday:

brett gone for work
- smoothies
- eggs + english muffins

tuesday:

i have a late appointment, so let’s leave an easy, favorite dinner
- instant pot orange pasta
  - I sub 3 c bone broth and 1 c half and half, then add riced cauliflower at the end
    - here’s why i add riced cauliflower to our pastas
  - here’s how I freeze leftover pasta for easy toddler meals
- chicken meatballs from the freezer
- big bowl of fruit + buttered english muffins

wednesday:

host playdate!
weekly batch of muffins or quick bread
- double batch of yogurt muffins
cheese or yogurt + big bowl of fruit
brett eats leftovers

thursday:

fish taco po boys

friday:

tamales + avocado

saturday:

family movie night + snack dinner saturday
- movie night must-haves - a play tent and a big ol crash pad
- why we have a dvd player and some special kid dvds
- snack dinner, with the kids’ snack dinner in muffin pans
  - why a weekly snack dinner is crucial for me to rest as a mom
  - our popcorn favorites + our smoothie favorites

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