eating through our freezer this week to keep dinner easy-ish since I'm hoping to do some major work this week on business things, tax prep, and deep cleaning our kitchen.
sunday: grill and chill
- or, or! with potato packets to use up russet potatoes + onions
see more about what kk's eating here
- 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
- here and here's how I meal prep
- see all my meal prep instagram posts here
- here's what I do when I don't feel like meal prepping
- 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?"
- prep kk's food, if needed
- see more about what kk's eating here
- make food for me
- make a batch of this oatmeal for the week, if needed
- make a batch of soft scrambled eggs, if needed
- make an oven omelette 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
BLTs (to use bacon in freezer) or rotisserie chicken sandwiches
fruit or bagged salad
tuesday:
tamales (from freezer)
- big bowl of mashed avocado (+ pepitas + cotija, if desired)
- photo/post showing this combo here
- I use my favorite avocado tool when dealing with avocados
see our full list of annual traditions here
wednesday:
costco frozen fish + tartar sauce
canned green beans + roasted potatoes (or tater tots, no shame)
thursday:
- shown in this post here
- I'll serve with mashed avo, thick shredded cheese, and fritos (like in this post)
- and/or I'll serve it brown rice (I love my rice cooker) and mashed avo + cheese
- (and/or I'll serve it with cornbread)
- freeze leftovers in this or this container
- shop my favorite leftover containers here
- here's my slow cooker
breakfast tacos (use leftover potatoes + tortillas from Sunday, leftover bacon from Monday)
- 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.
- here are my three go-to dinner strategies I repeat over and over. and over.
- here's what I do when I don't feel like making what's on the 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
- also, hi. i love cooking dinner. but i also love cooking dinner because I give myself a break every single week on fridays and saturdays.
- 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
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