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[quote=Anonymous]We like Mexican food so pretty much every week we make:
- rice
- black beans
- peppers and onions
- chicken
- ground beef
- steak (this is only sometimes, we don't do this every week, sometimes we'll do barbacoa, sometimes it's cilantro lime flank steak)
- guacamole
- shredded cheese (I can't stand the pre-shredded kind)

With that plus salsa, sour cream, tortillas, and chips you can make:
- burritos
- burrito bowls
- fajitas
- tacos
- quesadillas
- nachos
- salad

That gets us through multiple meals each week and you don't feel like you're eating the same thing over and over again because there are so many options.

We also do one pasta dish a week, so that requires a sauce and a protein and we always have leftovers of that for lunch another day.

One day is a salad of some sort - sometimes we use the pasta protein, sometimes a Mexican protein, sometimes a different protein. Another meal that's easy to customize and change up so it doesn't get old. We use the Chop't method - cut everything up first but then cut it all up at the same time together and toss it in the dressing. It means you don't tend to end up with some random pieces not eaten at the end because everything is all mixed up perfectly.

Another day is Asian wok something - either fried rice or stir fry. Again, switch up the proteins, switch up the veggies, and switch up the sauce (use a sweeter stir fry sauce, a saltier soy sauce, a spicier Szechuan sauce, etc.).

We also often do pizza once a week. Either get the dough pre-made (not pre-cooked but you can buy a ball of dough from most grocery stores) or if you're working from home, whip it up a few hours before dinner. Keep pizza sauce on hand (easy to make in bulk for the month, and make a few different sauces - red sauce, BBQ sauce, white sauce, pesto sauce), then add mozzarella plus various proteins. Also easy to not get tired of when you mix it up - a BBQ chicken pizza doesn't taste like a sausage and onion pizza, which doesn't take like a Mexican black bean pizza, etc.

One day is takeout for dinner, always![/quote]

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