3/9 menu plan

sunday: 

• we eat a mix of leftovers and meal prep:

  • brett makes bread for the week

  • i roast bacon

    • I cut bacon in half, I lay on this oven rack, and I place the oven rack on a foil lined baking sheet, roasting at 400 for 25-30 minutes

  • i prep salad stuff, make croutons for the week

    • 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

  • make smoothie cups with leftover bananas and these deli containers

  • i rinse + destem grapes for the week

    • these are my favorite produce containers bc of how they stack

monday:

• little morning meal prep:

  • egg bites, hard boil eggs in Instant Pot

  • double batch of chicken meatballs (freeze half)

  • my favorite tomato soup - triple the amount of carrots, sub bone broth, add tomato powder to taste (to mask carrot taste)

    • freeze half for Future Haley, for camping trips, etc - i love to use these deli containers

    • or make my veggie rice soup

• framily dinner

  • on mondays we - with my three best friends’ families - rotate between gathering at each other’s houses for dinner, for play, for connection.

tuesday:

• burrito bowls

  • leftover grilled chicken

  • instant pot mexican rice or instant pot brown rice

  • pinto beans + “ refried” black beans

    • i usually do 2 c beans + 7 cup water + 2 TB bouillon + 1 tsp salt + 1 tsp onion powder + .5 tsp garlic powder in an Instant Pot for 30ish minutes (or a Slow Cooker for 8ish hours) - or I sub Pinto Bean Seasoning for the spices

      • I may remove some liquid and blend the cooked beans (using an immersion blender) with a little butter to make a “refried” situation

    • if I make it fresh, I always freeze half - so some weeks I’m just reheating frozen beans. but i’ve learned we love to have both pinto beans and “refried” black beans on hand each week

    • i love to freeze in these deli containers

  • shredded cheese or weekly batch of queso

    • i use yellow or white american, i use tillamook mexican cheese, i double the jalapeno, and I omit the cilantro

    • why we make queso each week

    • these are my favorite containers for leftovers + meal prep

  • mashed avocado, corn, cilantro, tomatoes, jalapeno

  • tortillas, tortilla chips

wednesday:

• leftover chicken + rice in one of these sauces

  • or this sauce we always have

• edamame + broccoli or green beans

• big ol salad

thursday:

• a quick reel on why we love a weekly Thursday dinner of eggs, bread, and smoothies

• smoothies

• scrambled eggs + those biscuits in the fridge

friday:

build your own grilled chicken sliders or grilled chicken wraps

• an array of sauces: chicken sauce, caesar, ranch, buffalo, mayo, etc

• lettuce, avocado, tomato, onion, croutons, cheese, bacon

• tortillas or rolls

• sweet potato fries + big bowl of fruit

• big ol salad

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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