easyyyyy dinners this week to clean out the freezer in the hopes we can go swim with Brett each evening :)
sunday: grill and chill
- read all the ways our weekly ritual of grill and chill helps us here
- brett grills steak
- roasted asparagus + grilled corn on the cob
- twice baked potato casserole bc im trashy
- (except i omit the sour cream, the chives, the garlic powder, and sometimes the bacon - and i mix in a little bit of cream cheese instead. bc i'm a purist. who also hates sour cream.)
- copycat olive garden salad
- brett loves his grill, his smoker, and his prep table (see other grill and chill favorites here)
- when the weather is yucky, we use (and love!) our cast iron grill pan indoors
- see our other weekly routines here and our yearly traditions here
weekly meal prep:
- here and here's how I meal prep
- shop my favorite meal prep goodies here
- I love this article for inspiration
cut or supreme citrus prep produce for the week
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 feeding KK here
- make a batch of this oatmeal for the week, if needed
- or some sort of baked oatmeal
- or some sort of overnight oats like this
- make a batch of beans and/or rice/grains, if needed
- KK and I LOVE rice and beans for breakfast/lunch!
- make a batch of waffles, pancakes, or muffins, if needed
- (or make a batch of sheet pan pancakes, like these or these)
- freeze leftovers, or double the batch and freeze half
- make eggs for the week, if needed
- like my trashy tater tot baked omelette, these egg cups, this sheet pan omelette, or whatever
- or make hardboiled eggs using this method
- 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: sandwich night
- diy sandwich bar (explained in above post) with brett's garden tomatoes
- so let's be real, it'll probably be a bacon, turkey, and tomato sandwich bar
- but let's do it with my favorite jimmy john's bread - explained in this post
- i love to do some oven roasted bacon
- I love my oven rack and baking sheets for baking bacon
- we also love our tomato knife + our panini press
tuesday:
tamales + mashed avo + queso
- 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) - i wrote a whole instagram post on this here if you'd like to know more!
- see our other annual traditions here.
- I use my favorite avocado tool when dealing with avocados
wednesday:
meatballs + tortellini + pasta sauce
- (i add a touch of half and half to the pasta sauce bc i like it an ooch creamy)
leftover copycat olive garden salad
thursday:
with macaroni and cheese, those frozen Trader Joe's carrots in the freezer, and leftover fruit
or use anything leftover from sunday?
friday: fajita friday or leftovers or something from the freezer
- meatball subs with leftover meatballs and sauce and Jimmy John's bread??
- shop my favorite leftover containers here
- also, on fridays I menu plan + order groceries
- here's my big Meal Planning 101 post - one of my post popular posts!
- or, watch my "how i menu plan" highlight on instagram if you prefer a video version of me talking :)
saturday: snack dinner saturday
pigs in a freaking blanket
fruit
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