For dinners this week, I made grilled chicken, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, corn on the cob, steamed broccoli w/parmesan and taco meat. We’ll have all this for dinner, and I’ll put some in single-serving containers to take to work for lunches too. I also have leftover chicken alfredo pizza and beef enchiladas, and chopped veggies for salads that I’ll use for lunches. On the night that I get everything fed, watered and bathed early, I plan on making bowtie lasagna. There’s always at least one of those days in my week! I also have French fries and breaded fish fillets I can throw in the oven on the night that I am being completely lazy and realize I need to feed my kids at 8:30. Unfortunately, I always have at least one of those days in my week too!
If you want any of the recipes, just let me know! I use a lot of Pioneer Woman’s recipes, but some of them are just tried and true ones that I’ve used for years! When I decide to pre-cook for the week, I usually do it all in one day. It’s easier that way, because then I don’t have a disastrous kitchen for more than one day. But I haven’t fully recovered from my surgery and I’m still feeling kinda slow, so it’ll be spread out over two days! I try to do all my baking as early as I can because my oven heats my kitchen up so much. A lot of times if I’m doing chicken, I’ll throw it on the BBQ so I don’t have to use the stove as much. This week I did it on the stove though. I cooked chicken breasts in some olive oil and Vidalia onion dressing. SO yummy!
Mornings are always rushed in my house, mostly because I don’t like to drag my butt out of bed. So breakfast ends up being on-the-go more often than not. I plan on baking muffins and banana bread so we have something quick and easy to grab on the way out the door, in addition to our fruit and yogurt! I haven’t decided what kind of muffins to make, so if you have a good recipe, please share! There may or may not be cookies in the oven with these other baked goods and possibly some fresh bread……… And lastly, I always get a serious snack craving halfway through my morning at work, and then on my drive home, so I’m going to see if I can find a good snack recipe!
Wes cant eat some of what we do because of his lack of teeth, so he’s still eating baby food most of the time. I put a squash in the oven tonight that I’ll mash up for him and I’ll boil some teenie tiny cute little pasta to mix up with it too! I saved a ton of babyfood jars, so I will reuse those and not have to add to my dishes!
Next week I plan on trying a creamy-tomato based spaghetti with artichokes that looks heavenly! Creamy-tomato is my new favorite sauce! And I’ve been craving fry bread, so we’ll probably have Navajo tacos next week too! Which reminds me of a tip. When I make a basic recipe (like tacos) for dinner I try to cook twice as much of the meat as I’ll actually need. That way I have pre-made meat that I can throw into a quick dinner. I made twice as much taco meat for tacos this week as I actually need, so I can use the rest for Navajo tacos next week!
Here’s a rundown on my menu for the week!
Breakfast:
Fruit, yogurt, muffins, leftover pancakes. I might cook up some sausage and scrambled eggs so I can throw a breakfast burrito together quick.
My lunches at work:
- Salad w/tomatoes, green onions, hard boiled eggs, grilled chicken and whatever else I find in the fridge that looks good!
- Mashed potatoes w/brown gravy, corn and grilled chicken (Think KFC bowls)
- Leftover chicken alfredo pizza (you NEED this recipe if you like white sauce pizza!)
- Leftover beef and green chile enchiladas
- I only have a 4 day work week, so that covers me!
Dinners:
- Grilled chicken and mashed potatoes w/ steamed broccoli
- Bowtie lasagna (a way yummy PW recipe!)
- French fries and fish fillets
- Tacos and corn
