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sunday:
dinner: grill and chill
dinner: grill and chill
- no grill and chill - eat out for Trail of Lights
- see these instagram posts for more on our grill and chill tradition + our sunday routines
- brett loves his grill, his smoker, and his prep table (see other grill and chill favorites here)
- see our other weekly routines here and our yearly traditions here
weekly meal prep:
- fyi
- see all my meal prep instagram posts here
- shop my favorite meal prep goodies here
- I love this article for inspiration
- prep dinner things: “What can I do now that will make eating at home this week easier?"
- cut or supreme citrus
- homemade sub rolls, if time/energy allows ha
- make ahead twice baked potatoes (for monday's dinner + extras for freezer), if time/energy allows ha
- make thursday's dinner (I have something that day), all the way up until the baking step: cheesy broccoli quinoa casserole
- (I use rotisserie chicken, I use steamable frozen broccoli instead of that first step, and I use preshredded cheese which she advises not to - whoops)
- i cook quinoa in my beloved rice cooker on brown rice setting
I used my favorite 11 cup Pyrex dish for this (here's a set I have in blue) - prep kk's food, if needed
- see more about what kk's eating here
- make food for me
- make my creamy chicken noodle soup (some for lunch, some for the freezer - freeze in these containers)
- make a batch of this oatmeal for the week, if needed
- make a batch of soft scrambled eggs, if needed
- make an oven omelette in my lidded pyrex for the week, if needed
- here's my recipe (I loosely tweaked this oven omelette recipe and this recipe) or here's my post on similar egg cups.
- make smoothie cups and/or yogurt parfaits, if needed
- see my "smoothies" highlight on my instagram
- see more about my yogurt parfaits here
- make snack boxes in divided glass containers like this, if needed:
- see my "snack box" highlight on my instagram for this better explained + past boxes
- see my Pinterest boards to see where I save all food inspiration for snack boxes/adult lunchables/bistro boxes/whatever you call them
monday:
cheesy broccoli quinoa casserole, prepped on Sunday (use rotisserie chicken, I use steamable frozen broccoli instead of that first step, and I use preshredded cheese which she advises not to - whoops)
(I cook quinoa in my beloved rice cooker on brown rice setting)
I used my favorite 11 cup Pyrex dish for this (here's a set I have in blue)
I used my favorite 11 cup Pyrex dish for this (here's a set I have in blue)
tuesday:
- I usually make a double/triple batch of this recipe and freeze the leftovers, as these freeze SO WELL and i love having frozen taco meat in my freezer for a quick dinner
- see my favorite freezer containers here, but I love to freeze my taco meat in these containers
- use ground beef and/or ground turkey
- I give the onion a few minutes head start before adding in meat, and I add in riced cauliflower when sauteeing onion
- and/or sometimes I blend spinach into the tomato sauce (I don't measure how much spinach or cauliflower, sorry!) by literally throwing the tomato sauce and some spinach into a blender
- crunchy tacos + mashed avocado + pico + diced tomatoes + diced red onions + TJ's jalapeno sauce + shredded lettuce + quesadilla cheese + crema
- see instagram post here for a visual of the toppings
- ALSO psa i love my avocado tool
wednesday:
snack dinner
use homemade sub rolls (prepped on sunday?)for sandwich night?
or skip the homemade rolls and make good club sandwiches?
thaw slow cooker broccoli cheese soup from freezer for me?
- 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 have a highlight of me talking through my process in my "how I menu plan" highlight, if you prefer that.
- 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:
- snack dinner saturday
- finger foods, apps, cheese + crackers, various produce*, roasted veggies, dips, frozen chicken nuggets, anything goes - as long as it feels like a break from cooking
- *I'm a relatively picky eater, so I use this time to try produce I haven't necessarily liked before + experiment with different ways to cook/eat said produce - serving a new food alongside, say, cheese and crackers makes it less threatening to me
- see my "snack dinner" highlight on my Instagram for more posts
- aaaand this article in favor of snack dinner (+ ideas)
- my favorite place to learn cheese plates is this instagram account or her book
- our wedding anniversary tradition is to subscribe to a cheese of the month club - a nod to our dating days and a way to celebrate all year
my favorite posts/pages to help you:
- meal planning 101, for those that want to start menu planning, know how I menu plan each week, or laugh about what I did before menu planning
- see more about what kk's eating here
- 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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