Meal Planning
Do y’all meal plan? We tend to wing it more during the summer months, but meal planning during the school year tends to be essential. I know I’ve mentioned it on here before, but we use an app called AnyList which allows us to store recipes, meal plan, and create a grocery list. There is an annual fee, but it is less than $10 for the year, and DH and I can sync it to both our phones and Alexa so it works for us super well. Here are the meals we did last week: Monday: Jen’s chicken. I follow Jen Hatmaker and she threw out a very easy roasted chicken recipe on her social media account a couple of weeks ago, that I decided to try. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGIY25ws1Z_/?mc_cid=1040c6a3ca&mc_eid=7abaa6467a I roasted two chickens with carrots and potatoes, and threw together some gravy. Yum--it was a good way to start the work week.
Tuesday: Cheessteak sandwiches in the Instapot with green salad and apple slices. https://www-laurengreutman-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.laurengreutman.com/slow-cooker-cheesesteak-sandwiches/amp/ Everyone loved these!
Wednesday: Potato soup with French bread and green salad. https://tasty.co/recipe/slow-cooker-loaded-potato-soup We double it at our house and again, crowd pleaser.
Thursday: Crispy lemon chicken pasta with green salad. It’s basically chicken breasts or tenders served over a bed of angel hair pasta with a garlic white sauce. You can tell my sides need a bit of work.
Friday: Pizza. We were doing homemade pizzas, with from scratch dough, but they take so much time to make and bake. We are now doing tortilla pizzas. Everyone still gets to make their own, but we just throw the toppings onto a flour tortilla and either put them on the grill or on the stove top or the oven. Really just depends on the mood. Kids like them and it’s a welcome easy meal on a Friday.
