sunday: grill and chill
- brett grills our favorite hot honey chicken (+ extra for the week)
- bagged, chopped salad
- twice baked potato casserole
- I thinkkk I use cream cheese instead of sour cream
- I only put the cheese/bacon/onions on top - I don't fold them in the potatoes - maybe I halve the amount? I can't remember.
- cornbread
- 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:
- 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
oven roast bacon for tonight, tomorrow, and tuesday (I love my racks for this)
could prep tuesday's potatoes? or wednesday's sheet pan meal? so that both can just be dumped onto a baking sheet for dinner?
make food for me (and KK)
- *I adapt all these things for KK if need be if it's something we will share
- see more about KK's baby-led weaning journey here
- make a batch of this oatmeal for the week, if needed
- make oatmeal cups for KK (freeze leftovers for future weeks)
- make a batch of waffles, pancakes, or waffles, if needed
- make perfect blueberry muffins for me/brett
- make baby muffins for KK
- freeze leftovers, or double the batch and freeze half
- 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 these egg cups for KK - freeze leftovers for future weeks
- 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: soup + sandwich night
diy sandwich bar
- (from freezer - frozen in these containers)
- omit bacon for personal preferences - only because I hate mushy bacon - oven cook bacon to sprinkle some on brett's? use leftover bacon on Wednesday or for BLTs for lunch?
- if I'm feeling lazy, I'll use preshredded carrots (like, the kind for salads)
- I used four small potatoes and I used a little less broccoli (we were low) - then we put the broccoli florets in the food processor and essentially riced them (which we ended up loving the teeny tiny pieces of broccoli, as I detest large broccoli chunks in my soup)
tuesday:
cowboy quiche (brett's FAVORITE)
double recipe, oven roast the bacon, and use four normal pie pans - her doubled recipe is for two deep dish? i'll make four pies - three for freezer, one for dinner? PRAY FOR ME. WILL REPORT BACK. (this works! and i did 350 degrees for 40-45ish min)
serve with bagged, chopped salad or fruit
or with roasted sweet potato cubes? (I don't peel them and I cook them much longer - until caramelized - like in this photo)
- this recipe is a great reference for how to freeze quiche
wednesday:
- except roast the green beans longer - instead of how the recipe says - bc I prefer my green beans super roasted, like this
- add in leftover cherry tomatoes in the fridge?
- drizzle with trader joe's balsamic glaze at the end, sprinkle with good parmesan - bake for 2 more minutes, or leave as is?
serve with leftover cornbread
or with leftover roasted sweet potato cubes
or with leftover fruit lurking around
see this instagram post for a photo of how this dinner looked if you're a visual person
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 leftover cornbread)
- freeze leftovers in this or this container
- shop my favorite leftover containers here
- here's my slow cooker
friday: fajita friday or leftovers
- shop my favorite leftover containers here
- 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.
saturday: snack dinner saturday
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