sunday:

dinner with my family
- back-up plan: leftovers

monday:

dinner at the splash pad with friends
- pack a huge $10 snack box with sandwiches, fruit, cheese, leftovers, snacks, anything!

tuesday:

prep some eggs for breakfast (and the week)
- egg bites,
- hard boil eggs in Instant Pot
dinner:
- the bowls we make every week
  - grilled chicken/grilled steak
  - instant pot mexican rice or instant pot brown rice
  - pinto beans + “ refried” black beans
  - shredded cheese or weekly batch of queso
    - 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:

biggg food prep day - eat any of these components for dinner!
- brett grills protein for the week
- make some sort of easy meal for after the pool/for the freezer
  - chicken salad with apples and grapes
- make a batch of the best baked potatoes
  - here’s why baked potatoes make an easy way to clean out the fridge and why leftover baked potatoes in the fridge make for an easy way to take care of yourself all week long
- prep salad stuff, make croutons for the week
  - I put my salad in this big container with this thin dish rag and I put my salad veggies in these containers,

thursday:

food prep:
- make some sort of muffins, quick bread
  - lemon loaf / blueberry muffins
dinner:
- make a double batch of instant pot rice so we have leftovers
  - I take leftover grilled protein and toss it in this sauce or this sauce (we keep these on hand for easy meals!), then we eat over rice with some sort of Costco frozen veggie. THE BEST.

friday:

dinner:
- build your own sandwich with jimmy john’s bread
- or build your own grilled chicken sandwich//wrap
  - 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
  - caramelize onions
  - prep my favorite chicken salad
also prep fruit for the week
- cut pineapple with the tool that cuts pineapple in 2 seconds
- 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
- and, in the summer, I cut up any melon
  - and GOSH I love these big $12 food containers from Target - perfect for melon!

saturday:

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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