sunday:
breakfast:
- banana pancakes or my mom's oatmeal pancakes
- freeze leftovers, or eat the leftovers this week for breakfast/snack/lunch
this week's meal prep:
- make a batch of egg muffins with bacon and cheese
- or make a batch of beans and rice
- or make a batch of yogurt muffins
- make a batch of this oatmeal for the week
- can you tell we struggled with breakfasts/snacks/lunches last week?
- bake a batch (or two) of my favorite pb chocolate chip cookies (freeze leftovers)
- wash + destem grapes, divide into these into individual mason jars to make easy grab and go snacks
- cut broccoli for tomorrow's roasted broccoli
- make salad dressing for tomorrow
- assemble twice baked potatoes for tomorrow, if time/energy
- see my meal prep favorites in the next section
dinner: grill and chill
- brett grills burgers
- brett grills chicken breast for tuesday
- read all the ways our weekly ritual of grill and chill helps us here
- 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
my weekly meal prep favorites:
- prep dinner things:
- asking myself: “What can I do now that will make eating at home this week easier?"
- ex: chop vegetables, pull things out of the freezer to thaw, make salad dressing, cook rice, see if anything this week can be made ahead of time, etc.
- prep some sort of dessert for the week
- yep! one of my favorite podcasters said this is an incredibly easy way to plan joy into your week and I SO agree.
- make some things to make breakfasts/snacks/lunches smoother
- a batch of this oatmeal for the week, if needed
- or some sort of baked oatmeal
- or some sort of overnight oats like this
- prep any produce, if needed
- cut apples for the week, chop up melon, wash + destem grapes, supreme citrus (or use my favorite method to slice citrus), etc.
- I do like to prep some of these into individual mason jars to make easy grab and go snacks.
- 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 a stack of PB&Js for the freezer, if needed
- like this tutorial! here's my instagram post on them.
- we use dave's killer bread, a frozen pb&J thaws beautifully in my purse/car/swim bag, and it makes the BEST snack.
- make eggs for the week, if needed
- like these egg cups, this sheet pan omelette, or whatever
- or make hardboiled eggs using this method
- make smoothie packs, if needed
- see my "smoothies" highlight on my instagram
- make mason jar yogurt parfaits, if needed
- 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
- or see all my meal prep instagram posts here
- see my Pinterest boards to see where I save all food inspiration for snack boxes
monday:
abi and ryan visit!
tuesday:
brett gone to a bros night
- make a batch of egg muffins with bacon and cheese
- make a batch of yogurt muffins
wednesday:
- except i roast the green beans by themselves first because I like them pretty charred
- i serve with good parmesan and trader joe's balsamic glaze
golden sweet cornbread + fruit
thursday:
ritz cracker chicken (omit the italian seasoning for personal preference, and I use chicken tenders)
bagged salad
leftover cornbread
friday: fajita friday or takeout/drive-thru or leftovers
- use leftover ritz cracker chicken to make caesar wraps or ranch wraps
- 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
naan pizza. and lots of it.
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