how dinner happens these days: I wear KK in this carrier or I set her in our bouncer while I prep dinner (or, or! I do what I can during her naptimes), we set KK in the tripp trap high chair with the newborn insert while we eat, and we answer questions from this book (like we used to do when we were dating). And grocery delivery. Weekly grocery delivery.
See my Instagram stories for peeks at my daily life + this week's dinners.
sunday:
grill and chill
monday:
grill and chill
- LOL CANCELED BC HALEY FEELS ICKY - chinese delivery instead wahooooo!!
- see this instagram post for an explanation of our weekly grill and chill tradition
- brett loves his grill and smoker
- see our other weekly routines here and our yearly traditions here
monday:
beef stew (edited to add: brett did not like this. big fat bummer.)
favorite biscuits (double, freeze leftovers)
weekly meal prep:
- visit my Pinterest boards to see where I save all food inspiration and ideas, like yogurt parfaits and snack boxes
- shop my favorite meal prep goodies here
- my version of Meal Prepping is asking myself, “What can I do now that will be helpful in the future?” AKA “What can I do now to make Thursday’s dinner easier?”
tuesday:
fish sticks + tartar sauce
tater tots + roasted brussels sprouts
- roasted brussel sprouts (I kinda wing this recipe, so take these directions with a huge grain of salt)
- i buy shredded brussel sprouts from HEB or Trader Joe's (or! or! I'll buy whole brussel sprouts, slice off the stem thingy, and cut the brussel sprout in half so that it falls apart deliciously in layers on the cookie sheet), I toss them in olive oil and generously sprinkle with garlic salt. I cook in an oven at 400 degrees (move the rack to the top third of the oven) and I cook until browned and crispy (like 20-30ish minutes? I DON'T KNOW. sometimes I move them around half way through? do what speaks to your heart). Then I drizzle them with TJ's Balsamic Glaze and put back in the oven for 2-3 minutes. thank you for coming to my ted talk.
slow cooker chili (freeze leftovers in these containers)
(I usually double the beans, and do all pinto, or half pinto and kidney, sometimes i use ground turkey and/or I halve the meat -- like this time, I did 2lbs ground turkey, 2 cans pinto, 2 cans kidney)(omit the adobo chilies, and I double the green chiles)
add cheese + sour cream + fritos for frito pie for brett's lunch
or cornbread?
thursday:
(could grab american cheese in fridge to make breakfast sandwiches)
leftover fruit
friday:
fajita friday or f it friday
- grab fajita family pack from chuy's
- orrrr eat leftovers, depending on fridge situation + our mood
- also, on fridays I menu plan + order groceries. I try to post my step-by-step each week in my instagram stories if you want to see how I menu plan, but I also wrote a blogpost about how I menu plan.
- see this quick instagram post on my friday routines here.
- see this blogpost for a list of all our routines, if you'd love some ideas.
saturday:
- halloween = tamales for dinner!!
- our halloween tradition is to order tamales from this restaurant to be delivered to our door (they ship nationwide) - and we order extraaa to keep in the freezer as a quick dinner in the coming months (and to make the shipping costs worth it).
- see our other annual traditions here.
my favorite posts/pages to help you:
- meal planning 101, for those that want to start menu planning, what to know how I menu plan each week, or want to laugh about what I did before menu planning
- shop my amazon store
- read about my five things I'm loving this week: a weekly series
- here's my list of things to do at home, haley wynn style
- see my favorite things I did/prepped/bought for postpartum here
- click here for my postpartum meal plan + what I froze for postpartum
- or read all about my pregnancy so far + how I'm prepping for baby
- see this Instagram post for more on my freezer cooking
- (also peek at the "freezer" highlight on my Instagram)
- have a question? I may have answered it in my questions of the week blogpost or saved it in one of my highlights on instagram.
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