5/19 menu plan

sunday: 

• dinner:

  • brett grills chicken

  • roast bacon x2 for trip

  • BLTs + ip potato soup

  • big salad with goooood salad stuff for the week

    • brett grabs dressings

  • buttery pull apart bundt bread

monday:

• dinner:

  • leftover grilled chicken

    • grilled chicken sandwiches/wraps with ranch and bacon

    • separate components for the kids

  • big ol salad with goooood salad stuff for the week + fries

• meal prep:

  • make some sort of egg thing for the week

    • like these egg muffins

  • prep mac and cheese for the trip

  • prep lettuce wraps + chicken salad for the trip

  • brown ground beef, freeze for trip

tuesday:

• Trader Joe’s Slow Cooker Meatballs

  • with pasta or as meatball subs

• big ol salad with goooood salad stuff for the week + rosemary bread

wednesday:

• Leftovers

thursday:

• Leftovers or grab takeout

friday:

• Grill sausage

  Tortillas + bbq sauce

• IP mac and cheese + coleslaw + fruit

saturday:

Hot dogs

• Little bags of chips + watermelon + grapes

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5/12 menu plan

sunday: 

• dinner:

  • grill and chill - brett grills chicken + sausage

  • our favorite sausage wraps using sunday’s leftover sausage

  • big salad, big bowl of fruit, frozen french fries

• meal prep:

  • salad, croutons

  • produce

  • bread

  • muffins or quick bread

  • lettuce wraps

monday:

• dinner:

  • host friends:

    • ip spaghetti + ip pasta alfredo

    • frozen breadsticks

    • bagged caesar salad + fruit

• meal prep:

  • chicken salad,

  • bacon

  • egg bites + hb eggs

tuesday:

• chicken caesar wraps with leftover grilled chicken from Sunday

• frozen french fries + big bowl of fruit

wednesday:

• cheese quesadillas

• chili from the freezer

• big bowl of fruit

thursday:

• trader joe’s beef and broccoli + brown rice

• big bowl of fruit, big salad, frozen rolls

friday:

• Pinto Bean Bowls

• or Build Your Own Tostadas

saturday:

• dinner:

  • snack dinner saturday + movie night

    • why this weekly combo is crucial for me as a mom

• meal prep:

  • clean out the fridge

  • unload groceries

  • 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

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5/5 menu plan

sunday: 

• dinner:

  • grill and chill - brett grills chicken

  • build your own burrito bowl

    • using the meal prepped components linked below

    • I also heat up some tortillas. So people can make a taco, or eat it on the side.

  • big bowl of fruit + big bowl of mashed avo

• meal prep:

  • pinto beans / “refried” black beans - recipe coming soon!

  • instant pot mexican rice

  • queso

  • creamy jalapeno

  • fajita vegetables and/or caramelized onions, if time

  • chopped red onions, jalapeno, green onions

monday:

• dinner:

  • BBQ Chicken sliders with 2 ingredient slow cooker bbq chicken from freezer

    • Sliders + red onions + pickles + coleslaw

    • Frozen french fries 

    • carrot sticks or cucumber with ranch 

• meal prep:

  • make some sort of egg thing for the week

    • like these egg muffins

    • and/or a batch of ip hardboiled eggs

  • roast some bacon

tuesday:

• trader joe’s beef and broccoli + brown rice

• big bowl of fruit, big salad, frozen rolls

wednesday:

• quesadilla night with sunday’s leftovers

• big bowl of avocado, leftover sauces, leftover produce

• meal prep:

  • make some sort of muffins or quick bread

    • blueberry quick bread

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

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

thursday:

• dinner:

  • eggs, some sort of bread, and a smoothie. repeat every Thursday.

    • here’s why.

    • let’s make a loaf of my favorite english muffin bread, if I feel up to it.

• meal prep:

  • bake something seasonal for brett as one of my goals for this school year

    • blackberry cobbler

  • freeze leftovers

friday:

• $7 carryout pizza

saturday:

• dinner:

  • snack dinner saturday + movie night

    • why this weekly combo is crucial for me as a mom

• meal prep:

  • clean out the fridge

  • unload groceries

  • 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

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i’m always sharing our favorite routines, our favorite systems, and our favorite dinners on Instagram.
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.