12/12 menu plan

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here is our meal rotation for all our breakfasts, snacks, lunches, and dinners:

see this blogpost for more on why we love our meal rotation, how we created it, and tips (plus a freebie!) for making a meal rotation work for you. see how I menu plan here and where I find new recipes here.

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sunday: 

dinner: grill and chill  

monday: sandwich night (+ soup/salad, if we're feeling it)

why we love a weekly sandwich night

fish stick poboys

frozen french fries + fruit

tuesday: taco-ish tuesday

  • chips and my favorite guac

    • copycat Jack Allen’s guac: mashed avo + cotija cheese + pepitas

    • here’s a recipe (or here!) if you need - I tweak it a bit for my own preferences

  • brett’s gone for dinner, but if for some reason that changes I’ll throw some frozen taquitos in the oven (or make crunchy black bean tacos) for him

wednesday: pizza, pasta, or rice

  • pioneer woman tomato soup

    • when the soup is finished, i add in arborio rice and let the soup bubble until the rice is cooked. makes the most delightful creamy tomato and rice situation. and i’m sorry - i have neither an exact measurement of rice nor a more detailed set of instructions. I follow my heart - which makes for a terrible recipe.

    • here’s an oldddd instagram post if you’re a visual person and would like to see a boomerang of what a bigggg pot of this rice-y soup looks like

  • italian grilled cheese

  • big bowl of fruit and/or a bagged salad

thursday: chicken, fish, or sausage

friday: takeout or leftovers

saturday: snack dinner saturday or dinner with family

friends are in town, so I’m not 1000% sure what that means for dinner. will play it by ear!

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currently meal prepping

i usually do a little meal prep on Sundays as a part of our Grill and Chill, but I may instead do a bit here and there throughout the week. (you’ll notice I allow space in my daily rhythm for potential meal prep.) at a minimum, I try to always do this - makes the whole week SO much smoother!

below is the list of what I hope to meal prep this week - it may not all happen, and that's okay! even 5 minutes of prep is super beneficial.

prep some dinner components:

  • none this week

prep some sort of dessert for the week:

prep some things to make breakfasts/snacks/lunches smoother - at a bare minimum, I try to always prep some sort of eggs, some sort of oats, and some sort of muffins/waffles/pancakes for our breakfast rotation, and I try to change up the recipes each week so that cooking stays fun for me and so KK is exposed to variety:

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recipes - here’s where I find new recipes.

currently streamlining

  • my water routine, courtesy of my dear friend lisa. i got this cup (i’m OBSESSED) and I fill one for me and one for Brett in the morning, and I refill them again in the early afternoon. our water intake is on through the roof, and it’s been so easy.

    • here’s a quick instagram post where I model how I came up with my routine. (I’ve since tweaked my water routine shown in the post to meet my current needs, but the process is still the same.)

  • our vitamins and supplements - cleared space so they could live on our counter, tucked in and behind this basket. and now we never forget to take them. make your home work for you!

    • recognize the basket? it used to be my postpartum basket!

    • full list of routines that help me feel my best - like a detailed list of my vitamins - coming soon!

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  • our christmas traditions - see the list here! we don’t have many since we love to leave space for a slowwww Christmas season, but the few we have we love dearly.

  • our new coffee routine - brett’s elated and I’m smitten. read about it here!

  • my upper back, neck, and shoulder heating pad

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always sharing our favorite routines, our favorite systems, and our favorite dinners on Instagram - come say hi! your kind words make my day. truly.

and know that when you share my page on Instagram with your followers, I do a happy dance. your support means everything, and your support allows me to spend time creating free content, like this menu plan. xo.

12/5 menu plan

currently eating

here is our meal rotation for all our breakfasts, snacks, lunches, and dinners:

see this blogpost for more on why we love our meal rotation, how we created it, and tips (plus a freebie!) for making a meal rotation work for you. see how I menu plan here and where I find new recipes here.

currently cooking

sunday: 

dinner: grill and chill  

monday: sandwich night (+ soup/salad, if we're feeling it)

why we love a weekly sandwich night

tuesday: taco-ish tuesday

tostadas

  • with lettuce, tomato, guac, beans, pico, cheese, crema, diced red onions

  • reheat that frozen leftover fajita meat from Fajita Friday in the freezer for brett

wednesday: pizza, pasta, or rice

thursday: chicken, fish, or sausage

friday: takeout or leftovers

saturday: snack dinner saturday or dinner with family

our annual hyde park grill date

  • many, many years ago, brett and I were little dating babies in college. and when we went home for the holidays, we’d meet back up around Christmas time at my favorite restaurant - which, given that I’m from Houston, he’s from New Braunfels, and said restaurant is in Austin, was quite impressive. since then we’ve gone every year around Christmas. i love it so much.

  • here’s our full list of things we do every december

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currently meal prepping

i usually do a little meal prep on Sundays as a part of our Grill and Chill, but I may instead do a bit here and there throughout the week. (you’ll notice I allow space in my daily rhythm for potential meal prep.) at a minimum, I try to always do this - makes the whole week SO much smoother!

below is the list of what I hope to meal prep this week - it may not all happen, and that's okay! even 5 minutes of prep is super beneficial.

prep some dinner components:

  • none

prep some sort of dessert for the week:

prep some things to make breakfasts/snacks/lunches smoother - at a bare minimum, I try to always prep some sort of eggs, some sort of oats, and some sort of muffins/waffles/pancakes for our breakfast rotation, and I try to change up the recipes each week so that cooking stays fun for me and so KK is exposed to variety:

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my favorite fertility health book. I first read this book yearsssss ago and I swear by it - it influenced and shaped a lot of my routines. reading this book again is bringing me a lot of calm and joy in this season.

(i’m not pregnant. i’m just reading to get a refresher on things I can do to take care of myself. after a season of grieving and healing, we’re in a season of nourishing and appreciating.)

currently streamlining

  • my list of things we do every December. seasonal things, household tasks, holiday traditions, yearly routines, renewing memberships, recurring expenses, etc. a big ol brain dump, if you will.

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  • this page full of menu plans! so many great ideas!

  • this new weekly routine - aka our our marriage’s new favorite thing.

  • my go-to lunch when I don’t want to spend time making food…and none of our leftovers or meal prepped goodies sound appealing. (it happens.)

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  • sticking to our christmas plan (and budget). saying no to things that don’t align with our priorities. leaving plenty of room to savor this season. and scheduling lots of rest and recharging for this INFJ.

currently sharing

always sharing our favorite routines, our favorite systems, and our favorite dinners on Instagram - come say hi! your kind words make my day. truly.

and know that when you share my page on Instagram with your followers, I do a happy dance. your support means everything, and your support allows me to spend time creating free content, like this menu plan. xo.

11/28 menu plan

currently eating

here is our meal rotation for all our breakfasts, snacks, lunches, and dinners:

see this blogpost for more on why we love our meal rotation, how we created it, and tips (plus a freebie!) for making a meal rotation work for you. see how I menu plan here and where I find new recipes here.

currently cooking

sunday: 

dinner: grill and chill  

monday: sandwich night (+ soup/salad, if we're feeling it)

why we love a weekly sandwich night

  • build your own meatball sub bar - brett will be ELATED with these leftovers.

  • easy spinach salad (prep double the ingredients for wednesday dinner)

  • tater tots because I detest both red sauce and meatballs (but KK and Brett love these), so I’ll be setting up camp at one of my favorite combos: a gooooood salad and some sort of potato.

tuesday: taco-ish tuesday

yes, yes. I know this isn’t taco-ish in the least. but if I’m not feeling a dinner theme, I’ll skip it. nbd. dinner themes are there to help us when we need it. we are not bound to them by any means.

wednesday: pizza, pasta, or rice

thursday: chicken, fish, or sausage

friday: takeout or leftovers

saturday: snack dinner saturday

holiday cheese board or a massive fridge/freezer cleanout. we’ll play it by ear!

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currently meal prepping

i usually do a little meal prep on Sundays as a part of our Grill and Chill, but I may instead do a bit here and there throughout the week. (you’ll notice I allow space in my daily rhythm for potential meal prep.) at a minimum, I try to always do this - makes the whole week SO much smoother!

below is the list of what I hope to meal prep this week - it may not all happen, and that's okay! even 5 minutes of prep is super beneficial.

prep some dinner components:

  • none, unless I wanted to prep some salad ingredients ahead of time

prep some sort of dessert for the week:

prep some things to make breakfasts/snacks/lunches smoother - at a bare minimum, I try to always prep some sort of eggs, some sort of oats, and some sort of muffins/waffles/pancakes for our breakfast rotation, and I try to change up the recipes each week so that cooking stays fun for me and so KK is exposed to variety:

currently streamlining

  • Pretzel Dinner - our newest fall tradition that we’re STILL talking about almost two months later. it was THAT good.

  • our double desk - aka how we store all our sensory play tools, our office supplies, and our household goods. see here for a peek inside our beloved Ikea hack…and arguably the hardest working piece of furniture in our house!

currently loving

  • my break from Instagram this week - it’s been the loveliest way to recharge!

  • this Sandwich Night favorite - one of my go-to sandwich and soup combos that even Brett The Soup Hater loves.

  • this dinner. always and forever. KK wholeheartedly agrees. (my fridge agrees, too. any leftovers look new and shiny again when a big bowl of this is next to them.)

  • the love shown towards this step-by-step Instagram post on how I created our meal rotation, and why I chose the dinner themes I did. (that’s my roundabout way of saying I did a lotttt of thinking out loud in this post, so consider yourself warned. and to the people that found it helpful, I absolutely cherish you.) thank you from the bottom of my heart for such kindness.

currently working on

  • ignoring all the sales. we have everything we need and more!

  • our friday routines - the linked post details why we have the friday routines that we do in hopes that it may inspire your own ideas!

currently sharing

always sharing our favorite routines, our favorite systems, and our favorite dinners on Instagram - come say hi! your kind words make my day. truly.

and know that when you share my page on Instagram with your followers, I do a happy dance. your support means everything, and your support allows me to spend time creating free content, like this menu plan. xo.