I long for the day I wake up and find myself one of those women whose house is uncluttered and beautifully organized. I suspect that won’t happen until the kids are grown, or at the very least, when their attention span for toys isn’t that of a gnat.
Home organization I don’t quite have down, but dinner? I’ve figured that one out. I look forward to sitting down each week with my white board, pen and paper and figuring out our meal plan for the week. Not only has it eliminated the end-of-the-day what am I supposed to make for dinner??? panic, it’s streamlined both my shopping trips and food budget.
Below you will find all the meals we ate this past month. There were some repeats of our favorites, and occasionally we get a take-out pizza because…well, I love take-out pizza! I also make a lot of salads because it’s an easy way to get veggies in. You can put almost anything in a salad! I’ve gotten into the habit of snapping quick photos of a lot of our meals, but I will work on getting the recipes written out in the next few weeks and link back to them.
Week 1
- Calzones, salad
- Cheeseburgers, sweet potato fries, broccoli
- Garlic noodles, salad
- Asian sticky rice bowls
- Leftovers
- Roast chicken, sweet potato crisps
- Take-out pizza
Week 2
- Chicken Enchiladas
- Mini meatloaves, acorn squash, broccoli
- Chicken soup, homemade bread
- Chicken ranch calzones, salad
- Dinner out with friends
- Spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, salad
- Leftovers
Week 3
- Chicken bites, spinach, roasted carrots
- Taco salad
- Homemade pizza, salad
- Baked potato soup, homemade bread
- Sweet potato quinoa chili
- Leftover soup, salad,
- Burritos
Week 4
- Chicken and vegetable stir fry, rice
- Slow cooker shredded beef tacos
- Chicken soup, homemade bread
- Quinoa mac n cheese, broccoli
- Leftovers
- Homemade pizza, salad
- Mini turkey meatloaves, mashed sweet potatoes, peas
And here’s what we’re eating this week:
Week 5
- Philly Cheesesteaks with peppers and onions
- Skillet lasagna, broccoli
- Roasted chicken, sweet potatoes, peas
- Taco salad
- Chicken tamale pie, salad
- Leftovers
- Spaghetti, chicken meatballs, salad
I like to make at least one dessert a week, too. But maybe that’s a post for another time…
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March 5, 2013 at 10:49 am
littlehoneybear
Oooh! I wish I were that organized! Looking forward to the recipes, because they all sound good!
March 5, 2013 at 1:16 pm
Lauren Bush
And…I’m hungry!! Can’t wait to try some out!
March 5, 2013 at 2:01 pm
navigatingthemothership
Very impressive! I have been going gang busters on organizing/cleaning the house but of course that meant that I wasn’t as gung ho on meal planning & making something every night. This is motivating me
March 6, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Erin
You are my hero.
March 10, 2013 at 5:26 pm
Erin
I am BEYOND impressed. & how do you make asain sticky rice bowls??? YUM!
March 16, 2013 at 12:47 am
Kim
Love it, Molly. I also long for the day I wake up and find myself one of those women whose house is uncluttered and beautifully organized. Alas, I am still not there yet, and we don’t even have kids. Or pets. Le sigh.
April 4, 2013 at 3:52 pm
Barbara
I made the sweet potato chili… It was awesome!.. Definitely a keeper for me… even my husband who doesn’t really like sweet potatoes…gave it a 7…so I am definitely keeping that recipe in rotation.. Thanks so much for the recipes that you post… It helps me out to see some new exciting things that won’t take me all day to make and won’t break the bank!
Thanks
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