10/29 menu plan

sunday: 

• dinner:

  • grill and chill, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes

    • no grill and chill - trunk or treat at kk’s school!

    • sheet pan chicken sausage and veggies

      • use up all the peppers and onions we have on hand, grab the sausage from the freezer

      • add balsamic glaze?

    • ip mac and cheese + big bowl of fruit

    • frozen rolls (or these favorite buttered rosemary rolls)

• 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

monday:

• dinner:

  • friend dinner, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes

    • if it falls through for whatever reason, we’ll do my favorite, easyyyyyy build your own bar of all time

• meal prep:

  • make a big batch of our favorite ip oatmeal for the week

    • here’s why this serves us well all week long

  • make a few yogurt parfaits

  • make pumpkin muffins

tuesday:

• dinner:

  • hot dog mummies or mummy pigs in a blanket

  • frozen sweet potato tots + biggggg bowl of fruit

  • leftover ip mac and cheese

  • salad with the goooood salad stuff for the week

wednesday:

• BLTs + instant pot potato soup

• salad with the goooood salad stuff for the week

• big bowl of fruit

make instant pot egg bites

thursday:

• garlic toasts pizza or pizza quesadillas

• bagged caesar salad or salad with the goooood salad stuff for the week

• big bowl of fruit

make cinnamon swirl quick bread I never made last week for Brett

friday:

• my favorite, easyyyyyy build your own bar of all time

• or pancake, eggs, leftover bacon

• or leftovers

saturday:

• dinner:

  • snack dinner saturday, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes - lately we love some sort of cheese, cracker, and smoothie combo

    • usually a toddler-friendly movie is involved, too

• meal prep:

  • clean out the fridge

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new posts this week

• 10 tiny, behind-the-scenes things I did for my household this month

• what I bought on Amazon this month

• my flaxseed shakers

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10/22 menu plan

sunday: 

• dinner:

  • grill and chill, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes

  • Brett smokes sausage for sausage wraps

  • baked parmesan sweet potato cubes + rudy’s creamed corn

  • big bowl of fruit

• 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

monday:

• dinner:

  • friend dinner, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes

  • our turn to host!

    • ip spaghetti

    • ip pasta alfredo

    • bagged caesar salad

    • frozen garlic sticks

    • big bowl of fruit

tuesday:

• dinner:

  • something with beans

    • Tuesdays are my day I meal prep all this. so Tuesday Dinner is something with all that, and something with beans.

    • Quesadilla Night or Pinto Bean Bowls or Build Your Own Tostadas, or Burrito Bowls again. We can’t get enough lately.

  • big bowl of fruit + big bowl of mashed avo

• meal prep:

  • here’s everything else I meal prep on Tuesdays and why - Tuesday is a very, very important cooking day and it takes care of us the entire rest of the week

wednesday:

• brett’s favorite sliders

• big bowl of fruit

• chips

• leftover rudy’s creamed corn

make cinnamon swirl quick bread for Brett

thursday:

• dinner:

  • one pot homemade hamburger helper

  • salad with our goooood salad stuff for the week

  • easy homemade bread or 30 minute dinner rolls

  • big bowl of fruit

friday:

• eggs + pancakes + fruit

• or leftovers

saturday:

• dinner:

  • snack dinner saturday, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes - lately we love some sort of cheese, cracker, and smoothie combo

    • usually a toddler-friendly movie is involved, too

• meal prep:

  • clean out the fridge

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new posts this week

• why we love Build Your Own Tostadas as a stupidly easy dinner

• how I use months of the year to prioritize my health

  • (and my yearly list)

• a case for why Build Your Own Biscuit for Dinner is the best

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10/15 menu plan

sunday: 

• dinner:

  • grill and chill, explained in this ig post about our latest dinner themes

    • chipotle - recovering from sickness

monday:

• dinner:

  • leftovers - my chicken noodle soup + sandwiches + grapefruit

tuesday:

• dinner:

  • grilled cheese + grapes + leftover soup again

  • (finallyyyy feeling better, but we’re still having easy dinners to clean out the fridge)

wednesday:

• pull our favorite taco meat in the freezer for our favorite ground beef tacos

thursday:

• dinner:

  • BLTs (and/or leftover biscuits) and potato soup

  • and let’s do our apple tasting dinner tradition! with this salted caramel sauce

friday:

• dinner:

• build your own biscuit bar

  • my favorite biscuits

  • scrambled eggs

  • butter, jam, honey, slices of cheese

  • sausage gravy, sausage patties, and/or leftover bacon

saturday:

• dinner:

  • leftovers, Snack Dinner Saturday

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new posts this week

• none - recovering from a nastyyyy few weeks of sickness

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want more?

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and know that when you share kind words with me or share my page 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.